Reno PD Interview - Wed, May 31, 2017

The session begins with Luke (Handler) reminding the group about events from the prior session:

• The agents convinced Kim Boyer that her employers might be involved in Nora Bridget’s disappearance.
• They implied her bosses had hidden knowledge, and this, combined with Kim’s dislike for Rusty Lodell, made her open to the agents’ plans.
• The agents changed disguises and vehicles to avoid Persistent Vigil’s aerial surveillance and left Reno, heading to Carson City.
• In Carson City, they took refuge in a hotel, bringing Kim with them to analyze Nora Bridget’s laptop data and review the unexplained “glitch” footage.

Luke summarizes key investigation points so far:

• Kim Boyer was asked to sort through the data on Nora Bridget’s laptop to uncover more details behind Nora’s patterns and predictions.
• Persistent Vigil’s software (and data from Bridget’s phone) hinted at upcoming murders. Nora had predicted multiple killings but had only partial dates and times.
• One murder was predicted to occur at 1281 Galt Way, which apparently did happen the previous night. The occupant of that home, Ludmilla Barraclough, was found killed in a supposed home invasion.
• A further predicted murder was set for June 2nd at 6:35 p.m., at 48 Rancho Manor Drive in Reno.

The group’s plan regarding Persistent Vigil:

• They aim to destroy or remove any evidence of the unnatural in Persistent Vigil’s systems, including glitch footage and research data.
• Pizzarelli and a program-affiliated computer specialist helped build a virus that would be inserted into Persistent Vigil’s files, triggered by Kim Boyer returning to the office. She would pretend to speak with her boss and secretly plug in the USB with the virus.

Mark (Cole Parker) raises the idea of speaking to local police about the spate of ritualistic or violent murders:

• The conversation highlights that the first murder was clearly ritualistic, involving occult markings. Later killings also seem connected, but each crime has different elements or circumstances.

The discussion shifts to how sophisticated software might track the agents:

• The group recalls that Persistent Vigil’s advanced system offers widespread surveillance, correlating drone footage with traffic cameras.
• They note they managed to slip away from Reno by using disguises and multiple car swaps, believing the company’s system might not have tracked them thoroughly after they left the city.

Roman Butler (FBI contact) calls Graham Drummond:

• He reports that the Beltrán Leyva Organization (BLO) is largely dismantled, but the hitman “Santa” and a crew called “Los Toros Locos” might still be active. Rumors suggest they were killed in 2012, yet an informant recently indicated they passed through Sacramento.
• Butler wants more solid evidence before committing more federal resources, hinting that if the agents confirm a cartel hit squad’s presence, Butler could mobilize a task force.

Later, the agents receive a call from Pizzarelli:

• Kim Boyer locked herself in the bathroom of the hotel suite where she was working with the program’s computer expert.
• Kim specifically asks to speak with Graham Drummond, indicating a personal crisis or revelation.

In the hotel room, Drummond speaks with Kim behind the locked bathroom door:

• Kim emerges and reveals her discovery: she believes the “glitches” are part of a larger pattern and that Nora Bridget vanished when she both understood the pattern and was observed by the drone.
• Kim refers to possible “observer effects,” theorizing that being aware of the drone while it surveils someone who understands the pattern causes a disappearance event. She ties this to Nora Bridget’s final moments on camera.
• Kim fears that if she, too, understands the pattern fully and is observed by a drone overhead in Reno, she might disappear just like Nora.

Kim mentions that someone else may have coded these elements into the drone software:

• The group discusses an email found on Nora Bridget’s phone that shows handwritten spirals and Arabic text.
• Pizzarelli connects the email address to Anthony Cooper, one of the children from the Cornucopia House case 15 years earlier. This child was not one of the “quiet children” but still part of that orphanage’s group.
• Anthony Cooper joined the Air Force, worked on classified programs, then pursued linguistic studies and archaeological work. Pizzarelli admits that Delta Green monitored him, but she did not share this with the agents until now.

With Kim stabilized, the group contemplates next steps:

• They intend to keep Kim away from drone coverage in Reno, fearing she might vanish if she is both recognized by the system and fully understands the pattern.
• They still need Kim to plant the virus at Persistent Vigil to delete unnatural data.

Cole Parker arranges a meeting with Detective Oliver Larson at the Reno Police Department:

• Cole introduces himself as a Deputy U.S. Marshal and takes McCarter along as a “consultant.”
• Detective Larson agrees to discuss the homicide files, initially puzzled that the U.S. Marshals would be interested in local murders.

Detective Larson outlines four key homicides:

1. May 19 (First Murder):

   • Victim: Howard Peña, a janitor at Greater Nevada Field.
   • Murder occurred at night while he was filling in for a colleague.
   • Scene was ritualistic: symbols painted in blood, suggesting some occult or “satanic” overtone.
   • Attackers avoided traffic cameras and left little evidence.

2. May 24 (Second Murder):

   • Victim: Geraldo Calderon, a journalist.
   • Abducted from his home on Idlewild Drive, then killed in Rancho San Rafael Park.
   • Found tortured, set on fire, indicating a very brutal and possibly personal crime.

3. May 27 (Third Murder):

   • Victim: Dora Sandoval, a casino cashier.
   • She was robbed at her register, forced into a vehicle, then taken across the parking lot.
   • The group killed her with machetes and fled, again avoiding most surveillance.
   • Detective Larson finds this disorganized, yet carefully executed in terms of evading identification.

4. Night before the session (Fourth Murder):

   • Victim: Ludmilla Barraclough, murdered at 1281 Galt Way in Sparks.
   • The attackers kicked in her front door, dragged her into her backyard, and killed her similarly with blades.
   • Investigators found gloves and overalls discarded in a trash can. A single fingerprint inside a glove might be a lead.

Detective Larson remarks on inconsistencies in motive:

• The first killing is overtly ritualistic; the second a personal attack on a journalist; the third a mix of robbery and homicide; the fourth a home invasion.
• All share a similar M.O. regarding multiple suspects, masked faces, stolen vehicles, and use of extreme violence with machetes or hatchets.

Larson provides further details:

• The police suspect the same three men are responsible.
• Stolen cars have been located or abandoned, often taken from storage lots or areas where owners would not notice immediately.
• The men deliberately circumvent traffic cams, wear masks, and leave minimal forensic evidence.

Cole requests copies or pictures of essential parts of the case files:

• Larson allows limited note-taking and review.
• Cole gains a more thorough look at crime scene photos and can confirm the extreme violence at each scene.
• McCarter, present but distraught, dissociates upon seeing references that remind him of prior cases, especially the Everglades incident.
• Parker notices McCarter’s detachment but does not draw attention to it publicly.

Detective Larson promises to share any new developments:

• Cole likewise offers to convey information if federal leads point to the same suspects.
• They agree to stay in contact, especially if future incidents with a matching M.O. occur.

The session ends with the group still uncertain:

• They have learned more details about the four murders in Reno/Sparks.
• They remain concerned about Kim’s safety and the drone-based disappearance phenomenon.
• They suspect Anthony Cooper’s role in the drone software is significant but lack his current whereabouts.
• The next predicted murder time and place (48 Rancho Manor Drive on June 2nd at 6:35 p.m.) looms, creating a sense of urgenc