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 Kentucky State Police Case Number: MP-119502030289 Last Note Entered: 08/25/2014 Case notes by Date: 3/13/2001: Melanie Scott (DOB 3/2/1989) reported missing by Georgia Scott (Mother) and State Attorney General Robert Walker (Uncle) Approximately 13 hours after her disappearance by executive order and a state manhunt is issued. 3/16/2001: Marty Whiteford interviewed (Tape on file). 3/18/2001: Timeline established. M. Scott was upset with her mother over an argument with her boyfriend, Marty Whiteford. She went to Marty asking for money, and he gave her 160 dollars from an ATM at a gas station. He claimed he had no idea about her intention to run away. She then told him that she would meet him and his family, though she failed to show up. 3/24/2001: Interviews with several Commercial Truck Drivers seem to confirm that she was hitchhiking. According to many of the drivers she was carrying a bed roll and potentially a tent. 6/23/2001: After several leads are followed, no new evidence surfaces. Case filed for long term follow up. 8/25/2014: Call originating from Tokacha Kentucky coming from a satellite phone connected to Georgia Scott's phone. According to G. Scott the content of the call was muddled and difficult to understand, however she recognized the voice of her daughter. G. Scott claims that the request was for help. Governor R. Walker begins task force to reopen the case, starting in Tokacha.  Character Creation: Standard nWoD core. Your characters will be Kentucky State Police working quietly on this at the behest of the Governor. The game will be primarily investigative in nature though your job will be dangerous. Players will have free reign to do what they want. Time is a factor and based on what occurs things will change and move outside the players immediate view depending on what they say and do. If you do not know nWoD do not worry, just ignore character creation and read the acceptance portion below and have an idea of what kind of person your investigator is. Acceptance: Only taking 3 PC's total to keep the thread fast and manageable. I ran into issues with my last campaign because I took on way more than I could swallow, this will be more direct and organized. Treat this recruiting thread as a briefing, with your supervisor "Lt. Daniels" though Governor Robert Walker is in the room as well. Ask for questions or evidence. Top 3 get a spot in the thread, and even if you don't get a spot you get to contribute to the game. mugrim fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Mar 24, 2014 |
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Definitely want in on this, but it's 4:30 AM so this might be a little rusty Toby Shaw still hadn't come to grips with Kentucky, and he knew it. The AC was on full blast by the time his phone rang and the air was still thick as he woke up, sucking it in and coughing as he reached for the receiver. Ten minutes later he was in his nicest cheap suit and headed to a "temporary command center" in Lexington. Something big was coming together and he'd been roped into it. Not the sort of thing he had been used to in Kansas City, but then a lack of happenings was one of the many reasons he decamped for the bluegrass state, upgraded to the state service. People in the boonies always kept you guessing. Shaw pressed the palm of his left hand into his cheek and breathed deeply. He hadn't expected to be called in at such an hour, lesser still to be put up for a case that hadn't been his. But he'd done good work in the capacity of General Investigator within KSP these last few years, and that was his natural conclusion as to why he was there. Shaw didn't even really know much about the case beyond what little the local news had reported back in March, but he didn't have much room to be asking questions - with the Governor in attendance, everyone else in the room clearly walked on eggshells. Best thing to do, Shaw reasoned, would be to look smart and optimistic. Shaw spreads his hands out leisurely, elbows tucked to his sides, from his place at the table. In dangerous situations like these it helps to make yourself seem bigger than you are. "Look. We've had no reported sightings of Melanie in the last 5 months. We've heard no ransom demands and by this point I doubt we'll get any. If, God forbid, she has been kidnapped then this is the only piece of evidence that this case is going to just up and give us. Are there any other details about the call that we can use? And what do we know about Tokacha? Gangs, bikers, smugglers? What's our approach on this? What's our theory, sir?" Basic Chunnel fucked around with this message at 12:39 on Mar 24, 2014 |
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Mar 24, 2014 12:22
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It's been over a decade, not five months. It was 4:30 though and red eyed enthusiasm is appreciated. I'm responding as if you said it non-sleep deprived. "Almost no crime. The city is extremely difficult to reach and fairly secluded. We're trying to reach the County Sheriff's office now but we are getting a recording stating that he will be in at 6. The entire County has only two LEOs and nothing at all in the way of state assets. The last time we had personnel there on a case Carter was president. The visit was less than 3 hours. As officers entered town the fugitive they sought turned herself in. The other two hours and fifty minutes was them verifying the facts of the case. As far as the phone it is a foreign number, with registration in Australia and England. We are still working on tracking its source and provider but the international nature of it is slowing us down."
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Mar 24, 2014 20:09
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Oof, stumbled out of the gate. In that case whether Toby initially remembers anything about the case is down to how big of a stir it made in the media all that time ago, he was in KC at that point. Shaw's hands drop to his sides. He tilts his head back slightly and squints. "That is strange... Well, considering the absence of law enforcement in town, I could see... gang operation from a surrounding county setting up shop? Quiet place to stash contraband, captives." He rubs his eyes and sighs. "Still doesn't make sense though, cause even if some two-bit oxy runners decide to diversify into kidnapping, they're gonna have a list of demands and they're not gonna hold off on alerting the family for a decade." "And that phone. High tech for this stretch of the sticks, don't you think? High tech for any local criminal operation. They'd use burners or beepers or some poo poo." Shaw shakes his head "A lot of trouble to go through. I think we can reasonably expect that whoever had the phone set up didn't mean for Melanie to make the call. She's being held somewhere without cell service, maybe deliberately maybe not. Or our guy has the resources and know-how to take extraordinary lengths to ensure he can't be traced." "I think we could be looking at one guy, an... eccentric. Survivalist, or someone who went off the deep end and off the grid. What do we have on census data for the county? If we're lucky the guy's local, we can check property tax receipts, criminal records, involuntary stays at psych wards." Shaw glances at the Governor from the corner of his eye, momentarily. "Sex offender registries. He's got some connection to Tokacha, that's probably how we'll find him. He kept Melanie alive for ten years. I don't think there's much point in focusing on the why of that. He's slipped up and she's pointed us toward him. We need to track him down, hope he hasn't realized he's been made." "What kind of manpower are we looking at on this? Can we count on local law enforcement? If we go in blind here we could lose this chance."
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Mar 24, 2014 22:37
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Lt. Daniels sips the last of his coffee and puts out the cup, waiting for an underling to go fill it for him. A bright eyed kid comes out of nowhere and grabs the cup. "We're still trying to get the Sheriff's on the phone. This call is only 9 hours old as of now and it's taken us that to get to this point." The coffee comes back. "We just learned about the town as the call of origin. Census data is pretty limited. 1800 people in the county, nearly all of them in this town. The town is pretty common as far as we can tell. The only real information our station really has on them is that they often refund " He drinks a prolonged gulp. Whether to emphasize his authority or keep him up at 4am you're not really sure. "Satellite phone is a bit of a mystery to me, we're still working on that. We don't want to form a narrative this far, game plan is to send three agents. Normally two would do but this is going to be a long visit, we want eyes on the ground constantly but..." The governor interjects "We want this quiet. There are many possibilities out there still, but Tokacha is a small town. Three agents may make a person think they can keep things quiet and play by ear, but we bring the cavalry to a small town, not only are we looking at a public relations disaster, the culprit may think getting rid of the problem is the only way to stay safe."
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Mar 25, 2014 03:09
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 Detective John Williams took another sip of his awful coffee and tried to wrap his head around the case again. He'd worked missing persons before, seconded to the FBI when a mayor's daughter got lost hiking in the woods, and he knew that the first 24 hours were the most crucial in a case like this. The first week was when favourable results started dropping off, and after a month the chances of finding a missing person alive were pretty fuckin' slim. Now they were looking at a thirteen year old case because of a phone call that the mother said "sounded like" her girl? Still, it was as close to a lead as they were going to get, he supposed - and working this case might help his prospects for the rumoured promotion opening up soon in East Troop. So, show willing, he thought, and maybe you can get some of those sweet bars you've been coveting for a while now. "Sir, do we have any leads based on what the mother heard in the call? Did she say that her girl mentioned any places or names, anything that might help?" He took a sip, turning to Shaw, "I'm with him on the phone, most folks in that part of the world don't even have cells, never mind sat phones, so it'd make sense to look for a guy from out of town. Are the FBI getting involved? 'Cause it'd make it easier using their resources, if we get leads out of state..."
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Mar 25, 2014 04:28
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Before I go full-tilt into a post, would it be acceptable to make a police psychologist rather than a police officer as a possible investigator?
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Mar 25, 2014 04:40
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Nyarai posted:Before I go full-tilt into a post, would it be acceptable to make a police psychologist rather than a police officer as a possible investigator? As long as they're on the same payroll you're fine.
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Mar 25, 2014 04:47
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Richard "Just Richard" Gallo was the youngest officer in the room. He joined the state police before the ink dried on his criminology degree, taken in due to his helpful, if bizarre, insight on several state cases before he graduated. Rumor was that he didn't pass the physical requirements for the police academy, but they let him through anyway. "Just Richard" - a teasing name from his own insistence - had barely been in for three months when the Scott case reopened. From the time he was called in, he spent every minute on a department laptop, researching facts about the case, while also pouring over the physical case notes, idly listening to the back and forth between those in the room. Finally, he spoke up in a rapid-fire of questions. "Georgia Scott's phone, has it changed numbers in the past 13 years? The number that called is foreign, but originated in Tokacha? What's the internet like in Tokacha? What sort of money moves through that place? What's the primary industry? Farming? What's percentage of the population is on welfare? How about in 2001, also? Who's the most well known person in the village? What amount of information from this case was released to the public? Any major changes to the village since 2001? We have any info on their small town politics? What's the school like there? How about in 2001? What's the nearest other village or city? How far away is it? During the phone call, exactly what words can be made out for certain? Can I get some coffee too, please?" Richard looked up from the computer to see everyone staring at him. "Er, um, s-sorry." he stammered out before shoving his nose back into the computer.
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Mar 25, 2014 05:00
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Sweet. I love goon gaming! Police psychologist Michael Rutledge managed looked bright-eyed thanks to some coffee he'd choked down on the way. He swished his cup about, not entirely sure why he was here. Lieutenant Daniels barely had a case, let alone a suspect. Then again... missing persons cases were often hardest on the officers. Michael could tell that Williams thought she was dead. Probably Shaw too, given the nearly imperceptible scowl that preceded his questions. People could change opinions, and that could spell disaster if one of them got their hopes up. Michael was presumably here to keep the team grounded. He pondered the facts of the case, such as it was. They were about to charge halfway across the state, all on a likely wrong number. The governor's sister needed a good therapist not a task force. Regardless, Michael didn't drive all the way to Lexington to say nothing. He chimed in, "Perhaps our suspect is both local and yet not. When you contact the sheriff's office, you may wish to ask about any persons of interest who have left the area to go abroad for any amount of time. Criminals do often return to their comfort zones." Nyarai fucked around with this message at 05:27 on Mar 25, 2014 |
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Mar 25, 2014 05:02
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John Williams "No FBI" The Governor immediately interjects without a second thought. He won't say why but the implication is clear. He doesn't want to look like an incompetent fool who can't protect his own family. The Gov' speaks up again. "She stated that she was crying and begging to be picked up but it was pretty hurried and there was a lot of crying. My sister was far too wracked with emotion to find out where she was coherently, though she does think she made out something about how she couldn't stop the whispers in the mouth or dark or something."
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Mar 25, 2014 05:05
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Jon Joe posted:Finally, he spoke up in a rapid-fire of questions. "Georgia Scott's phone, has it changed numbers in the past 13 years? The number that called is foreign, but originated in Tokacha? What's the internet like in Tokacha? What sort of money moves through that place? What's the primary industry? Farming? What's percentage of the population is on welfare? How about in 2001, also? Who's the most well known person in the village? What amount of information from this case was released to the public? Any major changes to the village since 2001? We have any info on their small town politics? What's the school like there? How about in 2001? What's the nearest other village or city? How far away is it? During the phone call, exactly what words can be made out for certain? Can I get some coffee too, please?" The Lt speaks up. "Georgia's phone has been unchanged for 30 years. While she's had...issues...she's an organizer at her church and uses that phone number for everything. It's the one steady bill she's paid for years. We know almost nothing about Tokacha at the moment, let alone it's infrastructure. When we converted to digital they never submitted their records and we didn't care much to find out apparently. Everything is kept at their clerks office. No major changes in the town that we know of, if anything it's probably the least changed city in that period in the state. The nearest town is about 2 hours away. It's not just the distance but the roads and mountains. The Scott case was widely public and..." The Governor reassures Daniels "You can say it" "The Governor made it's failures a very public issue at the time and later again when he ran for election. We have our boys looking for people who were natives of the town right now."
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Mar 25, 2014 05:28
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Nyarai posted:"Perhaps our suspect is both local and yet not. When you contact the sheriff's office, you may wish to ask about any persons of interest who have left the area to go abroad for any amount of time. Criminals do often return to their comfort zones." "We will be asking when the time comes, we have a lot of questions for them. We've dealt with towns like this before, the only thing they hate more than state law enforcement is federal. We're trying to keep it civil now and keep cooperation going. Diplomacy will be a big asset here, and anything you say needs to be assumed to go out to everyone in town. Michael, do you have any experience in counter intelligence?"
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Mar 25, 2014 05:35
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Richard nodded his head along with everything, making oohs and ahs at seemingly random times. "She couldn't stop the whispers in the mouth or dark or something?" he repeated to himself a few times, just enough to be annoying. "Mouth, dark, they don't sound alike at all. Was the message, 'I can't stop the whispers in the chzzzz'?" he tried his best impression of static. Richard looked to Michael "Could be she's stressed and rambling, I'm not so sure. What if she's trying to tell us something? Not just a cry for help, but directions?" He whispered to himself "mouth, dark, mouth, dark" over and over. "You did just make these words up, right Governor? Or should we be searching caves?" His head tilted a bit as he whispered "whispers" a few times. "What sort of rivers are nearby?"
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Mar 25, 2014 05:48
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Michael tried not to roll his eyes. The kid was sweet but clearly naive. He'd certainly never called a relative for help during a bad trip. His brother still had that voicemail and would play it from time to time. rear end in a top hat. Michael turned to face Lieutenant Daniels and responded, "Yes, I was attached to the Department of Defense during my fellowship, and a number of my KSP clients have been undercover officers. I've tried to keep up-to-date in the field."
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Mar 25, 2014 05:55
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Richard The Lt. finishes his 5th cup. "There's a series of rivers that seem to converge and then break off again between the mountains, and as with much of the rural side of this state the limestone strata has over the years developed quite a bit of caves. I doubt we've sent a surveyor there though I'll have Billy here jump on it." Michael "It's possible that we may need some counter intelligence work here. News travels far too fast in small towns like this and who knows what may mean the difference between finding Melanie alive...or not."
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Shaw shifts in his seat. "Containing the investigation's gonna be an uphill battle in the long run. Town that small, we'll stick out no matter what pretense we use. Not that I doubt Michael's capabilities." He gestures toward the intern for a cup of coffee. "Antiquated comm services in the area might work to our advantage in that sense... The call as heard by Mrs. Scott could point us in a direction but we have to assume, given the circumstances, that Melanie has been isolated, probably traumatized, possibly dehydrated or starved. We'll revisit once we hit the ground. What about the original case files? Witness reports, interviews?" Shaw gestures again at the intern, this time without hiding his annoyance. "If no one else is on it, I'll look up the local history buffs at U of K in a few hours, see if they know anything about this town. Could be old mine operations in the area, grain silos, somewhere our perp could've stashed Melanie. Hell, maybe they'll have genealogical records, shed some insight into the residents. Best to cover all our bases before we move out." Basic Chunnel fucked around with this message at 07:43 on Mar 25, 2014 |
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Mar 25, 2014 07:39
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John lazily jotted all the new information down in between gulps of coffee. No FBI seemed like they were making it harder on themselves just to cover for the father's ego, but the LT.was obviously on board, so that's the way it was going he guessed. Checking his notes again, he piped up. "Whispers in the dark, you say? Does this town have an old mine or caves nearby? I'd say cellar, but if she's being held by an out of towner then he'll have every gossiping neighbour watching him like a hawk, it'd be real hard for him to sneak in a struggling girl."
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Mar 25, 2014 11:15
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Michael drummed his fingers against the table, scribbling notes with his other hand. FBI agents were far better trained to handle these situations, but they would intimidate their suspect far more than three KSP agents. "No offense taken. It definitely will be a challenge. One agent could be cloaked under all manner of pretense. Three, on the other hand... We'll have to get creative." He cleared his throat. "She probably wouldn't have struggled. It would be a simple matter to drug her or threaten to kill her if she made a scene." Michael would leave the dreaded 'Stockholm Syndrome' until after the governor's departure.
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Mar 25, 2014 15:06
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 Detective Louis Thompson sat drinking his coffee, painfully aware of the Governor's presence. He was severely underdressed and he suspected his hair was well past the preferred level of neatness. But poo poo, when they called him into this he assumed it was to lead up the on-the-ground search for the Scott girl, not sit here and run his jaw with the politicos. Louis, or Lou as he usualy went by, had been on the on the KSP force for 12 years and had spent most of that time in the woods of Kentucky looking for lost hikers, lost hunters, and more shady folks who were trying heir hardest to stay lost. He found most of them too, or what was left of them. So when this call came it, he assumed it was time get stated, so he packed up his woods gear and dressed for the cool August morning, not for a damm meeting room. He was just glad he left Petunia at home, she never liked being left in the car and this looked like a long morning of talking. As he listened to the other officers talk and ask questions, he figured he better chime in, give them a reason to keep issuing his pay checks. "I have hike around most of this state but I don't recollect ever being near Tokacha before. If I remember my geography, I believe it is in a draw valley between the foothills of the Appalachians, just south of the Boone national forest. That's decent county over there, too have to get a truck or ATV in so most city hunters don't head out that way much and the hiking is better on the west side of the Forest. Never had much call option be out at way. Any chance of getting some topo maps of the town and surrounding country? The Army Corps usually has pretty good maps of that area, but some of them are as old as the ARC projects. Better then nothing though. "
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Mar 25, 2014 16:00
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"The town probably has a fair amount of caves given the area. We are pulling up some good topographic maps of the area, but right now we're using the general ones. We're trying to look for records of a mine, though we know there's nothing active there with the EPA. As for the valley, it's actually multiple draws that feed in and out of each other. The town rests on top of a wide flat hill, and it's surprisingly dense downtown. There are a lot of farms out there, don't really know what tehy would grow. If you were looking for a place to hide a girl, it wouldn't be your worst choice." Choices will be coming down in a couple of days. If you want a submission join the conversation, don't worry about knowing the rules. There will be some extra 'buffs' to choose from down the line.
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Mar 26, 2014 00:47
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Richard rubs his temple for a bit before asking "Do we have access to any magnetic maps of the area?"
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 Connie Bellworth had been a State Trooper for almost as long as Detective Louis had been hunting down lost hikers. A Kentucky native, Connie had grown up in a one stop light town much like Tokacha and she understood the desire to get the gently caress out as soon as she had the means. She was in her last year of academy when the Scott case broke back in '01. It had been a big deal back then, and she still remembered most of the news articles and the short TV segments on Channel 4. She waited for the younger, more enthusiastic boys to finish tossing their theories before leaning forward in her chair. It squeaked, which got their attention. She glanced around the room. "I know this may be hard to believe, fellas. But if she's still alive after what, thirteen years? It's not because someone had her locked in a basement all that time. When she ran, she must've found someone to take her in. Maybe in Tokacha. And that's where she's been ever since. Now, either that deal finally went sour and this was a legitimate call for help, or she got ahold of something strong enough to make her give her mom a call on a number she memorized as a child. If that was even her." Connie glanced at the Governor out the corner of her eye. "Now all of us being here means we're giving the mystery caller the benefit of the doubt as to her identity. And I'm not saying that whoever she shacked up with was good people. Runaways don't catch breaks like that. Showing her picture is probably too dangerous at this point, at least publicly... But if we can get something aged up we might be able to ask a few questions to the community leaders. Talk to whoever runs the Church, if there is one. If she came through as a vagrant she might have stopped there." She paused, mulling over what they knew. "The sat phone's a puzzle to be sure, but that might have been the only phone that can even get reception in that drat valley. It's still too expensive for the area, and in a small town like that everybody knows who's got the new toys. If it's not a drug ring, that is. Which it very well might be."
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"We're drawing a blank currently and still working on gathering things." A man comes in with a folder and hands it off to the Lt. "We have a dossier people. Sheriff James Rolland. 47 years old, one of two law enforcement officers in the entire county. Virtually nothing ever filed with the state police other than the occasional congratulations. A few civil claims by tourists for excessive force over 20 years of work, but that's cleaner than my record. He's pretty quiet overall. Almost all his cases go straight to county court but that's pretty garden variety."
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Mar 26, 2014 02:20
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The Governor holds out "The Lady is right, get that kid, what's his name, Johnson? Wake him up to make a bunch of different aged mock ups."
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ForeverBWFC posted:John looks up. "Does he know we're coming sir?" "We've yet to get him on the phone, we don't have a home number and the department line is closed until later in the morning. Recording says 6."
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"If Connie's got it right and Melanie's camped out in Tokacha for the last ten years of her own free will, that's probably our best case scenario. Coulda been living in plain sight, maybe somebody remembers her as an emigre. Figure most people would know each other from childhood, that far out. Then again 10 years could be long enough for someone to become just another face in town." Shaw swigs the last of his stale coffee and sets the cup down as he speaks. "This Rolland guy's to be our guide dog, then? What about the other officer in town? Sheriff's deputy?" "How long until we head out? I'd like to collect as much foreknowledge on the area as possible before we deploy. If there's any data to collect, at least." Basic Chunnel fucked around with this message at 02:48 on Mar 26, 2014 |
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Michael tried to look surprised at Connie's theories and chastised his own cowardice. "Well, if we don't get there before dawn, someone's bound to notice our arrival." He rubbed his eyes and glanced at his watch, then a thought occurred to him. "You said tourists... Are there any attractions specific to Tokacha other than the wilderness?" Perhaps that would help them infiltrate the town with slightly less scrutiny. "I'll reach out to some of my colleagues, see who knows anything." He remembered a colleague studied depression in Appalachian mining towns. Perhaps Tokacha was among his sample group.
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Shaw "Rolland will be our guide, yes. The only other LEO is the Sheriff's deputy, and oddly enough he might be a wee distant relative of yours. Richard Shaw. Poor kid must have been the butt of every joke in school." Michael "There is nothing we know that would make it a tourist destination outside of the rivers, the lake, and the mountains. It's a long ride, side winding up and down mountains. Chances are people there like the seclusion."
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"Well now, if we want to go in undercover posing as guides scouting for a group a' city boy hunters, that might not be a bad idea. Deer season is almost here, a bunch a fellas come into town, looking to rent a cabin or camp for the season, might not attract too much attention. Like I said, it isn't a common destination, my daddy and I used at guide for folks all the time, I could play the part ok I suspect, just in town looking for some leads on some monster bucks hiden' in deepest Kentucky. When I got the call I was sorta expecting to head right out, so I got my truck packed with my woods kit already, wouldn't take no time at all to grab some more tents and such to make us a convincing hunting party."
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Mar 26, 2014 07:39
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Connie chuckled at the thought of 'tourists' in a town like Tokacha. "We don't want to look like a threat to the sheriff or his town, but we still need enough freedom to do our jobs. Hunting is a good screen but we'll still be considered outsiders, and it'd be awful suspicious for a bunch of hunters to start visiting places and asking questions like we're going to need to do." She tapped her pen on the desk. "Sticking as close as you can to the truth is usually the safest bet. No mention of the Scott girl or any political involvement. Say we're on a manhunt. Looking for a violent felon who jumped parole and was last seek hiking his way up into the hills around Tokacha. Gives them a reason to want us to be there, for a little while. We can ask our questions, and probably receive some honest or mostly-honest answers. Hell, the aged up photo of Melanie can be a stand in for our felon's girl."
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Gah, I haven't played real-world fantasy in a long time. Luckily, we have mistaya.  Michael nodded along with Connie's observations, internally sighing with relief. Camping in this weather would be a nightmare. He hated the outdoors too. Now I have to run to work. Hopefully, an idea'll come to me before I get back.
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Mar 26, 2014 22:31
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Gonna have a forensics guy up tonight!
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"That is a good point Ma'am, but unless we issue an actual alert and get the media to pick it up, a fugitive story is gonna have a real short life time for it begins to seem a bit suspect. Even hillbillies have tvs and the internet these days. I also suspect the Feds would take an interest if they got wind of us hunting for a dangerous felon they aint never heard of. I think if we wanna keep a low profile with the townsfolk, media, and the Feds, we are not gonna want to start talking about an armed man loose in the woods. "
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 Dr. August 'Gus' Pekowacha, Forensic Investigator Gus enters the room just in time to get caught up on a review of the situation, nodding to the bright eyed boy and giving him a fatherly pat on the shoulder as he brings the old Shawnee man a cup of joe. "Sorry I'm late, was moonlighting with a house call." He warms his hands on the cup as he listens to all the discussion, thinking back to the original case, as far as he could remember the details. Young girl, out hitchhiking alone, no traces ever found, not even any fingerprints or DNA traces anywhere in the general vicinity of the places she'd been sighted, which was no mean feat... then again, the tech available at the time, especially here, was crap. He was just thankful he hadn't had to do an autopsy on the poor girl and have to tell Georgia Scott what killed her little girl, though sometimes closure is better than just not knowing. His thoughts stray to his house call, a local Native girl, barely 14, 5 months pregnant and feeling antsy over the baby quickening... Melanie was almost her age when she'd up and vanished. She'd be 25 now, and it had undoubtedly been a rough 25. Clearing his throat after taking a sip, Gus speaks up, "I'd have to agree with Connie," he nods to her, "it'd be a mite difficult to keep someone bound or imprisoned against their will for over 10 years without someone getting suspicious or catching on. Other than than the possibilities of a secret room or some sort of... basement dungeon like those fellas out in Germany had a couple years back, there's the more simpler things that could always draw suspicion... she was 12 when she vanished, but by now she's a woman... let's say theoretically some creep feller has her locked up, people might get suspicious when a lone fella living by himself is out buying boxes of tampons every month or so, right? And that's the least of his concerns. He'd have to feed her, treat her wounds if she's been bound up... lot to take in over 10 years. Assuming it's a he, or even one person. "It's more likely she could have been drugged, maybe against her will, maybe not. What are the medical facilities like out there? Local GP's office? Maybe a clinic? No disrespect to you, Governor, but on the off chance we find her alive, she may not survive that trip out of Tokacha." Fuzz fucked around with this message at 00:28 on Mar 27, 2014 |
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Mar 27, 2014 00:24
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"Would it be possible to get a cover story as some people from Fish and Game? Area like that, bet it's a long time since they had some one take a look around in the wilds and see if there's been any illegal hunting. Gives us an angle to poke around in the area around town, and ask about strangers in town too. We can say they've been hunting protected wildlife or something..."
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Mar 27, 2014 01:01
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Lt. Speaks up after listening. "A cover story is fine, but if you want the Sheriff to give you any assistance at all, you can't come in on a lie, or at least come in on one and not include him. Now I came from a town twice the size of Tokacha, and any belief you may have that you can tell someone something without it flying all around town needs to go out the window. Make no mistake, you will be under a microscope. There's a reason I got the gently caress out."
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Mar 27, 2014 01:19
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"I'm not suggesting we cut local police out entirely, God knows we'll need their help, but if we want to do this undercover like people are saying then we need to be telling people we're there for something when we start asking questions."
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Final Decision tomorrow night
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