[Delta Green] Operas and Avatars: Puppet Shows and Shadow Plays

[taitzu52]

(OOC- I keep forgetting that we also have Hobbson in the Phoenix field office. So for continuity's sake, all the posts that have stuff going on at AZ State Troopers HQ, make that Phoenix field office. Andrews love to keep things internal, and Taitzu loves the consistency!)

 

[Gomez]

"Detective McLance, thank you for taking my call.", says Andrews. "We're profiling a case with similar instances to one you handled last year." Andrews mentions the Charles case, but quickly changes the subject to Elijah Jackson. "Do you have any idea how long he was in Louisiana? Was there any investigation into who he was and who HIS victim or victims were?" After some conversation and pleasantries, Andrews will request that the file on both parties in the case be sent over to AZ State Barracks.

"Oh, the Elijah Jackson case. His victims were homeless people living on the streets of New Orleans. He was a homeless person himself so we don't have a good grip on how long he had been in New Orleans. Though our records show that he had stayed at the St. Bartholomew's Shelter for the Homeless about a month or two before the series of murders here in New Orleans. It looks like Jackson had killed at least 21 homeless people in Nashville as well. Though at the time Nashville police believed it to be the work of Father Willard Franklin of the St. Bartholomew's shelter. The Father had been questioned by police on the disappearances of 21 men and women who had stayed at the shelter. After the police questioned him, he committed suicide by disemboweling himself before a search warrant was obtained." says the Detective.

"David Charles? I have a number and address if you’re interested. I have not talked to him though since the case broke several months ago. If you want I could pull his driver license records on my computer right now."

 

[taitzu52]

"Yes," says Andrews, "that information on Charles would be much appreciated." He makes sure that the file is on it's way to the Bureau office and ends the call.

"Look Brown, before we make the calls to Nashville, this situation is becoming huge. We have a trail that begins in West Virginia, and ends here. I have a feeling that unless we pick somebody up soon, the trail's going to continue in Nevada or California." He picks up a cigarette and lights it, blowing smoke over the files in front of him. "I think that we should concentrate the most on the West Virginia case if we're going to find out how this all started. Right now, we're just picking up the pieces." Andrews picks up his gun and his cigarettes and heads towards the door. "I need to take a walk. I'll be back in 30."

 

[Maerdwyn]

Solomon puts down the phone before calling Nashville, but alarm bells go off in his slightly addled head when Andrews heads for the door. "Andrews, look, I'm trying to to be paranoid, okay? But someone who knows a lot more about this case than anyone not on our payroll should knows where we're staying and is leaving us presents. Just keep that safety off, and maybe check in on the cell phone in 15, yeah?"

 

[Maerdwyn]

Solomon settles down with the notes on West Virginia.

A woman from the Phoenix crime lab comes by to pick up the letter and envelope. She brings you the autopsy reports from West Virginia. The man found hanging from the tree had died from blood loss and trauma. Several small needle like wounds were found on the man's chest. It was believed that he was tortured before he died. The autopsy report on Mack Tooley is not very informative though lab reports do show that Mack Tooley had human blood and tissue in his digestive track.

ooc: In what respect was the autopsy on Tooley not informative? What does it list as the cause of death, etc.

 

[Gomez]

ooc: In what respect was the autopsy on Tooley not informative? What does it list as the cause of death, etc.

The cause of death was listed as a .45 bullet to the brain. Other than the human blood and tissue inside the man's digestive track there were no other irregularities found.

 

[Maerdwyn]

(Incorporating Taitzu's post from before with what I think we know about the timeline now. When do the West Virginia, Nashville, New Orleans and Houston events fit into the timeline? Do any of the crimes overlap (for example were any murders still occurring in one city while they had already begun somewhere else?)

Approximate order of events, pending corection or new information:

January 18, 2004 - Comet in WV
January-April, 2004 - Cattle and unnamed vic in Tecumseh County WV.
April, 2004 - Mack Tooley, the suspect, shoots self in head.
??? - 21 homeless residents of St. Bartholemew's Shelter, Nashville. The original suspect disembowels self. Current suspect, Elijah Jackson goes to New Orleans.
??? - 21 people in French Quarter disappear. Suspect, Elijah Jackson shot in the abdomen when breaking into David Charles' home. Human fless found in Jackson's degestive track
??? - (how many over how long?) prostitutes in Houston, cannibalized . Original suspect Kenneth Braverman.
??? - Braverman children killed, cannibalized. Original suspect Kenneth Braverman. Eliane Braverman presumed kidnapped by husband. Herwherabouts unknown.
June 1, 2005 - Approx. Kenneth Braverman killed, cannibalized and disemboweled.
June 7 - Approx. Begay sheep begin to disappear.
July 20- Approx. Begay family murdered. Last sheep deaths.
July 4 - Allen and Karen Curtley Car found abandoned on 70 en route to son’s house.
July 6 - Felix Royos Gas station attendant working night shift on 70.
July 10 - Ed Stoltz and Chris Martin Fishermen at he reservoir near 70; camp undisturbed.
July 15 - Rolf Trautner and Freda Ollenburg German tourists: rental car found abandoned on 70.
July 15 - Dieter and Vera Van Olsen Dutch tourists; rental car found abandoned on 70.
July 27 - Begay Family (four) Farm near 70 abandoned for at least a week (approximate dates of deaths according to autopsy? July 20?)

Brown writes down his observations relating to the timeline.
1) Suspects in the killings, current or former, are all dead. Lazy police work - pinning the crimes on a dead guy? Probably not - some of the suspects had evidence of being cannibals. Suspects killed by own accomplices? More likely, except in the case of Elijah Jackson.
2) Two suspects were disemboweled (Father Franklin, Ken Braverman) and one's abdomen was mutliated by a shotgun blast (Elijah Jackson).
3) Using approximate/unspecific numbers prostitutes(Houston) and cattle (West Virginia)and there has been one death about every 5.2 days since the meteor shower on Januar 18, 2004. There have been (at least) two weeks since the last known disappearance/death. Are they taking a break, or have we missed some people?
4) Jackson is a known connection between Nashville and New Orleans. The Bravermans connect Houston and San Carlos. No known connections between West Virginia and Nashville, or between New Orleans and Houston.
5) Need background checks on the suspects. Was there criminal behavior prior to the meteor shower? Is there any evidence of a cult or other group?
6) Named People still missing:
Eliane Braverman
Allen Curtley
Karen Curtley
Felix Royos
Ed Stoltz
Chris Martin
Rolf Trautner
Freda Ollenburg
Dieter Van Olsen
Vera Van Olsen
7) Of these, only Eliane Braverman is a confirmed suspect, based on her bite marks found on Kenneth Braverman's liver. Were any of the the tourists also part of the group, rather than being mere victims? No evidence to support this, except the need to tie the killer(s) in with a group and the fact that they have not been found, and were not part of the local community.

Other questions:
a) Who sent us the letter and the email? If they aren't one of the killers, why aren't they stopping those who are? Whoever it is is playing games.
b) What was the unidentifiable substance in Braverman's blood? Was it found in any of the other victim's blood? need to check back with Quantico on that.
c) Who, if anyone, does that coyote belong to? Maybe our letter/email writer?

 

[Gomez]

OOC: Wow you have been busy!

After looking over your timeline I think I made a mistake on one part of it. The meteor shower should be in 2005 not 2004.


January 18, 2005 - Meteor shower in WV
January-Feb, 2005 - Cattle mutilations, disappearances, and unnamed vic in Tecumseh County WV.
Feb. 24th, 2005 - Mack Tooley, the suspect, shoots self in head.
March - 21 homeless residents of St. Bartholemew's Shelter, Nashville. The original suspect disembowels self. Current suspect, Elijah Jackson goes to New Orleans.
April - 12 people in French Quarter disappear. Suspect, Elijah Jackson shot in the abdomen when breaking into David Charles' home. Human flesh found in Jackson's degestive track
May - 8 dead prostitutes found in Houston, cannibalized . Original suspect Kenneth Braverman.
May 27th - Braverman children killed, cannibalized. Original suspect Kenneth Braverman. Eliane Braverman presumed kidnapped by husband. Her wherabouts unknown.
June 1, 2005 - Approx. Kenneth Braverman killed, cannibalized and disemboweled.
June 7 - Approx. Begay sheep begin to disappear.
July 4 - Allen and Karen Curtley Car found abandoned on 70 en route to son’s house.
July 6 - Felix Royos Gas station attendant working night shift on 70.
July 10 - Ed Stoltz and Chris Martin Fishermen at he reservoir near 70; camp undisturbed.
July 15 - Rolf Trautner and Freda Ollenburg German tourists: rental car found abandoned on 70.
July 15 - Dieter and Vera Van Olsen Dutch tourists; rental car found abandoned on 70.
July 20- Approx. Begay family murdered. Last sheep deaths.
July 27 - Begay Family (four) Farm near 70 abandoned for at least a week (approximate dates of deaths according to autopsy? July 20?)


Now times and dates of many of the murders are uncertain because many of them were found way after the fact. Who ever is doing the murders seems to like to hide their victims. But none of them appear to overlap time wise.

None of the suspects had any type of criminal backgrounds other than Elijah Jackson who had some counts of vagrancy and drunkenness on his record.

 

[taitzu52]

(OOC- 21 victims in Nashville AND New Orleans? Coincidence, or typo?)

Andrews doesn't go too far, paces around the parking lot, and along the road in front of the motel, looking at the stars, and smoking too many cigarettes. He knows that in his mind that he's going to have to dig into the coldest case of all: Tooley. Not looking forward to tracking down the Professor, or making follow up calls to Tooley's "kin" in WV makes Andrews even more on edge than ever. He cuts his walk down to 15 minutes and heads back in to split the duties with Brown.

 

[Gomez]

When Andrews comes back from his walk, Brown answers his phone. "Agent Brown, this is Sheriff Colorados. I sent Ronnie Lupe, he is an apprentice of the shaman, Ted Valor, up to the see if the three elders could talk to us. Well that was at noon and it takes about 45 minutes to reach the scared cave where they are having their retreat. It's after 6 PM and I called Ronnie's wife. He has not been back home since I sent him. He was to get right back with me at the police station. To tell the truth, I am a little worried."