Interdiction of LASD Personnel Potentially Linked to Unnatural Substance - Tue, Nov 20, 2018

Recap of prior investigation at Franklin Dyer’s old house (the “Southside Tiger” lair)

• The agents previously staked out 4261 3rd Avenue, Franklin Dyer’s former residence, which is also associated with the Southside Tiger serial killer case.

• The house appeared empty: no lights, no car, an auction sign still up, and a history of failed sales where no buyer ever closed.

• After midnight, the agents broke in:

  • Justin disabled the security system.
  • Booth picked the lock on the front door.

• Inside:

  • The house was gutted: no furniture, no power, dust everywhere.

• In the basement:

  • There was a powerful, unnatural smell, but it registered differently to different agents:

    • To Frank, Justin, and Jay it smelled like cinnamon-dusted feces and eye-burning ammonia.
    • To McCarter and Philomena, it smelled oddly savory, like brown gravy and kimchi.

  • McCarter fell under the influence of the smell:

    • He tore down drywall until he exposed bare concrete.
    • Beneath it was a yellow-brown stain, blooming up the wall like vapor frozen into the stone.
    • It was clear someone had tried to scrub, bleach, and grind it away, then gave up and built over it.

  • The team collected concrete chips and residue samples from this stained area before leaving the house prior to dawn.

Autopsy handoff and findings for Jaz Ihejrika

• On Monday morning, the agents met Dr. Kessler at a donut shop to receive the autopsy report for Jaz Ihejrika.

  • Kessler was too nervous to stay long and handed off the report quickly.

• Key medical findings:

  • The autopsy ruled out drugs or psychosis as an explanation for Ihejrika tearing his own head apart.

  • Ihejrika had:

    • Mercury poisoning.
    • Toxic levels of zinc sulfate and antimony oxychloride in his blood.
    • A triangular injection site near the spine.

  • The brain appeared paradoxical:

    • Simultaneous tearing apart and regeneration.
    • Overflowing with growth factors and decay proteins.

• Philomena recognized the compounds by their older alchemical names:

  • Zinc sulfate as “white vitriol”.
  • Antimony oxychloride as “powder of algaroth”.

• Kessler’s conclusion:

  • No overdose, no stimulant, and no known chemical could cause a man to tear his own head off.
  • The agents now had a formal doctor’s opinion confirming the unnatural nature of the event.

Current timeline and day

• The Handler establishes the current in-game time as the morning of November 20th (a Tuesday).
• The team has been on the case for several days since Ihejrika’s death on November 14th.

Clarifying the attack on Ihejrika via ATM footage

• The players ask whether the surveillance video showed an injection.

• The Handler clarifies:

  • The agents recovered ATM camera footage from across the street.

  • A figure in a dark hoodie snuck up behind Ihejrika while he walked at night.

  • The attacker jabbed him in the back with something held in an overhand grip:

    • It appeared to be a larger instrument (not a small syringe), something that could be gripped in the whole hand and driven into someone’s back.

  • Due to the distance and grainy quality:

    • They could not discern details like a three-pronged needle or any specific features of the injector.

  • Within minutes of the injection, Ihejrika began seizing and then ripped his own head apart.

Handler’s full recap of the investigation and suspects

• The Handler summarizes the situation for the agents:

  • Trigger event:

    • On November 14, 2018, Jaz Ihejrika was captured on camera tearing his own head apart.
    • This event triggered the current investigation.

  • Initial response and deputies’ behavior:

    • The agents arrived in town that following Friday.

    • They analyzed the initial video and, later, the original footage from a sandwich shop that captured the aftermath.

    • In the extended footage, two sheriff’s deputies—Deputy Julian Saines and Sergeant Freddie Sutton—arrive very quickly.

      • They seemed to know what they were doing as they initially rolled up on the scene.
      • Once they saw the condition of the body (Ihejrika having torn his head apart), they appeared visibly shocked.
      • They then conferred for a minute or two before finally calling for an ambulance and other responders.

    • Their quick arrival and their behavior suggested suspicion to the agents.

  • Connection to the Dondre lawsuit and the TNU

    • Investigating Ihejrika, the agents discovered that his podcast had focused heavily on the Dondre wrongful death lawsuit:

      • A lawsuit against the county, city, and others, related to a botched tactical police raid.
      • Both Saines and Sutton had been members of the TNU (Tactical Narcotics Unit) at Sheriff Station Southwest, which covered Ihejrika’s neighborhood.
      • The Dondre raid location was also in that same neighborhood.

    • Ihejrika appeared to be using his platform to highlight misconduct in that raid.

  • Lawyer Nalina Estevez and the pattern of dead witnesses

    • The agents met with Nalina Estevez, the lawyer on the Dondre case:

      • She reported that all her key witnesses had died under suspicious circumstances, often ruled as overdoses.
      • She stated that if she stayed on the case, she was sure she would be next.
      • She had effectively no case left due to these deaths.
      • While she claimed she was not afraid, her behavior (leaving town, taking heavy precautions) indicated otherwise.

    • Estevez shared her view that:

      • Lieutenant John Marlin of LASD was effectively running a gang from within the Sheriff’s Department.

      • Members of the TNU, including Sutton and Gully, were high-ranking members of this gang.

      • The gang had:

        • More members spread across the department.
        • Additional personnel who were “friendly” and exchanged mutual favors.

  • Witness intimidation and probable murders

    • By following up on the deaths of witnesses from the Dondre case, the agents uncovered:

      • Strong evidence of threats, witness intimidation, and likely murders committed by TNU members.
      • Testimony that the four TNU men had visited the widower of one victim to bully and threaten him.

    • This pattern strongly suggested the TNU was operating as a criminal gang.

  • Motive regarding Ihejrika

    • The agents learned:

      • Ihejrika had obtained a “friendly ear” on the County Board of Supervisors.
      • He was using that connection and his podcast to push the Dondre case narrative.

    • This gave the TNU:

      • Motive to silence him (as he was digging into their misconduct).
      • Means and opportunity to do so, given their history of suppressing witnesses.

  • The Southside Tiger / Franklin Dyer connection

    • The public reputation of the TNU was burnished by their successful takedown of the Southside Tiger, serial killer Franklin Dyer.

    • Investigating Dyer further, the agents noticed:

      • Similarities between the way Dyer’s victims died and how Ihejrika died.

    • With the new autopsy showing heavy metals and bizarre neural activity, plus the stench and residue in Dyer’s basement, the agents strongly suspected a connection between:

      • The Dyer basement “chemistry”, and
      • The compound used on Ihejrika.

  • Dyer’s victims and the FBI’s earlier interpretation

    • Official FBI analysis (from the Behavioral Analysis Unit) had concluded historically that:

      • Dyer was torturing victims, keeping them alive to prolong their suffering.
      • He removed their tongues.
      • The victims who died in captivity did so from malnutrition and dehydration.

    • The raid’s official story:

      • Dyer supposedly slit one captive’s throat and bashed in the skull of the other when the TNU arrived.

    • The agents had questioned:

      • Why one victim’s front skull was smashed in.
      • Whether Dyer could realistically have inflicted such injuries in the short time between noticing a raid and the TNU breaching the basement.

  • Dyer’s background and identity oddities

    • Online true crime diggers had uncovered that:

      • Dyer attended Miskatonic University as an undergraduate for a single semester.
      • He was reportedly expelled for non-payment of tuition.

    • More concerning, his pre-college history appeared fabricated:

      • His college application listed parents at an address that had been uninhabited since the 1920s.
      • The listed parents had fake Social Security numbers.
      • This suggested Dyer’s official background was not real.

    • Dyer’s body:

      • Was autopsied.
      • Was later cremated.

  • Scent sensitivity and the basement residue

    • McCarter and Philomena (secretly) had both smelled the bizarre scent in Dyer’s basement.
    • This reinforced the connection between Dyer, the basement stain, and the compound found in Ihejrika’s blood.

Elemental analysis of the basement residue

• Philomena leverages her position as a British Museum researcher:

  • She calls a colleague at UCLA (or a similar LA-area institution) to obtain lab time.
  • They agree to run an x-ray fluorescence (XRF) elemental analysis on the concrete chips.

• The lab work:

  • Is done quickly in the morning and by lunchtime they have results.

  • Confirms that the concrete residue includes the same elements present in Ihejrika’s blood:

    • Mercury.
    • Zinc (corresponding to zinc sulfate / white vitriol).
    • Antimony (corresponding to antimony oxychloride / powder of algaroth).

• This effectively ties the basement stain to the same family of substances that killed Ihejrika.

Access to official Southside Tiger case files

• The agents clarify what records they do and don’t have:

  • They do not have the full case file for the Southside Tiger investigation.

    • Those files, including crime scene photos and detailed evidence logs, would reside with LAPD and the LASD, not the FBI.

  • The FBI only has some Behavioral Analysis Unit notes from when LAPD asked them for a profile on the suspected serial killer.

  • Any crime scene photographs from the Dyer raid are presumed to be with LASD, since they executed the raid.

  • The agents express doubt about trusting any official reports from LASD regarding the condition of Dyer’s basement.

Spells and occult knowledge from Kalamatiano’s notes

• The Handler lists the rituals documented by Kalamatiano (from prior sessions, referenced here):

  • A ritual to call forth a creature of the woods in service to Magna Mater.
  • A ritual to send that creature back to where it came from.
  • A ritual to permanently alter a body so it can secrete the Mother’s Milk.
  • A ritual to transfer one’s mind and life force into another person, taking them over for some uncertain duration.
  • A ritual to heal and soothe wounds.
  • A ritual to command someone to do as they are told (infallible suggestion type effect).
  • A ritual to cause someone’s body to erupt in pustules and crippling pain, described by Kalamatiano as a means of disciplining those whose faith had wavered.

• McCarter:

  • Remembers all of these rituals from the notes.
  • Has not used them, but knows that Kalamatiano claimed to be able to perform them.

• The group briefly discusses the possibility of using infallible suggestion or other rituals, but does not actually cast any spells during this session.

Strategic debate: arrest vs. kidnapping vs. mind-wipe

• The team debates how to deal with the suspected corrupt deputies, particularly Sergeant Freddie Sutton:

  • One suggestion:

    • Use fake FBI arrest warrants to formally “arrest” Sutton and Saines and take them to an official facility (like the FBI building) for interrogation.
    • Use standard law-enforcement psychological tactics (lying about evidence, “your partner already talked,” etc.) to break them.

  • Concerns:

    • The agents do not officially have law enforcement arrest authority in this cover.
    • Their handler, Assistant U.S. Attorney Pitzerelli, set them up as investigators, not sworn agents with clear arrest powers.
    • The FBI building’s leadership has been told only that “investigators” are using some space, not that these PCs are agents.
    • Creating official arrest records would risk scrutiny from the city’s lawyers and the department, especially since the targets are law enforcement.

  • Another path:

    • Use the “arrest” as a pretext:

      • Roll up on Sutton, present phony federal paperwork, and get him into custody without causing an immediate scene.
      • Instead of taking him to a legitimate facility, they rendition him to an off-the-books location.

    • Once taken, the team assumes Sutton would ultimately have to die to avoid exposure, whether via:

      • Execution after interrogation, or
      • Some combination of mind-wipe and disappearance (if the mind-wipe option is used).

  • Mind-wipe consideration:

    • McCarter has previously used a mind-wiping spell on an innocent graduate student to save them.

    • The group recognizes:

      • Mind-wiping a guilty, dangerous deputy like Sutton is morally and practically different.
      • Still, they acknowledge the spell could be used to erase memories and implant a false narrative, similar to what Kalamatiano did.

Decision to acquire a boat and conduct an offshore rendition

• The team shifts strategy away from abandoned buildings and remote city sites:

  • They abandon the idea of Skid Row or other urban locations as interrogation sites due to:

    • High risk of being seen.
    • Long drives from Sutton’s home with an unconscious or bound man in their vehicle.

• They decide:

  • To kidnap Sergeant Freddie Sutton, not confront the entire TNU at once.
  • To transport him to sea on a privately controlled boat for interrogation.

• Boat acquisition:

  • Frank Booth has substantial off-the-books funds and the expertise to hide ownership:

    • He can set up a shell corporation with layers of indirection and offshore accounts.

  • They opt to buy a boat rather than rent, to minimize paper trail questions and allow ongoing use.

  • The Handler has Booth roll a d6 + 2 days to represent setup time:

    • The total comes to 6 days.

    • These days cover:

      • Establishing the dummy ownership structure.
      • Finding and purchasing the boat.
      • Arranging any necessary equipment.

  • They give the boat a previous-owner name; the Handler introduces the boat as “Hull Yeah” (a dad-joke style name), which the team keeps.

Sutton stakeout: observing his home life and routine

• During the 6-day prep window, the agents stake out Freddie Sutton’s home:

  • Philomena takes the lead with a successful Stealth (27/50).

• Observations:

  • Location:

    • He lives in the Carson suburbs, somewhere near the intersection of 110 and 91.
    • The house is a three-bedroom mid-century home, renovated to be very modern, with a two-car garage.

  • Financial red flag:

    • The house is nice enough that the agents question how a deputy sergeant could afford it on his salary.

  • Security:

    • No obvious alarm system.
    • Manual deadbolts are used on the doors; Sutton and his wife are seen locking them.
    • The driveway has motion-sensing lights mounted up high.

  • Lifestyle:

    • Both Sutton and his wife appear to be in their late 40s or around 50.

    • On nights when Philomena watches:

      • They generally stay in; no frequent social outings are observed.

    • The Handler adjusts the schedule:

      • Sutton works an afternoon-into-late-evening shift.
      • He gets home later at night, and seems to be more of a night owl.

    • When the wife is alone:

      • She often has a glass of wine in her hand.
      • She spends a great deal of time cleaning the house.

  • Domestic violence incident:

    • On one night, from a parked car across the street, Philomena hears a loud screaming fight:

      • The shouting is primarily a woman’s voice, screaming and shrieking.
      • The yelling abruptly cuts off mid-sentence, which is alarming.

    • Later, when the wife is seen again:

      • She has a visible bruise around her eye.

    • The agents infer that Sutton is physically abusive to his wife, reinforcing their view that he is a “full stack piece of shit.”

Choosing the time and method to grab Sutton

• After observing his patterns, the agents decide:

  • To grab Sutton at home, on a day when:

    • His wife leaves the house.
    • He is off-duty or at least not actively on patrol.

  • They aim for Sunday, November 25th as the operational day.

• Luck check:

  • A Luck roll indicates that Sutton does not leave home that day.

  • However, the Handler allows that the wife goes out, leaving Sutton home alone.

  • This presents the preferred window:

    • No potential immediate domestic witness.
    • Lower chance of someone calling when they see Sutton being taken.

Execution of the “arrest” at Sutton’s front door

• The team moves in:

  • All four investigators plus Jay go to Sutton’s front door with a mock federal arrest warrant.

  • The agents intend to use the warrant as a bluff:

    • To minimize noise at the initial contact.
    • To keep Sutton from immediately reaching out to his union or department.

• Initial contact:

  • They knock/ring at the front door.

  • Sutton looks through a window to see who is outside:

    • Frank notices Sutton’s expression instantly turns into a scowl.

  • Sutton calls out, “Just a minute”, and his heavy footsteps move away from the door.

• Back coverage:

  • Anticipating a possible rear escape, Philomena and Jay move to the backyard gate to watch the back door.
  • Sutton does not exit the back.

• Sutton returns:

  • After 4–5 minutes, Sutton returns to the front door.
  • He unlocks the deadbolt and opens the door only a crack, enough to see, but keeping most of his body and his gun hand concealed.
  • Frank notices he cannot see Sutton’s gun hand.
  • Sutton says something like “Yeah? Who are you?”

Forced entry and takedown inside Sutton’s home

• Frank identifies himself:

  • States Sutton’s name and asserts they have a federal warrant for his arrest.
  • Instructs Sutton to open the door and step outside.

• Sutton’s reaction:

  • His face flushes with anger.
  • He responds with “Fuck you”, refusing to comply.

• Frank’s immediate response:

  • Frank decides to slam the door into Sutton and force entry:

    • He throws his shoulder into the door.
    • Rolls a critical success (01) on his unarmed combat check.

  • Result:

    • The door slams hard into Sutton, catching him off guard.
    • Sutton is knocked off his feet, falling onto his back.
    • In the process, he pulls a small table down onto himself, partially pinning/stunning him.
    • He is momentarily stunned, wind knocked out of him.

• Entry and restraint:

  • The agents immediately push into the house:

    • Frank enters with his gun drawn, shouting overlapping commands (e.g., “Get on your stomach,” “Don’t move your hands,” “Put your hands behind your back,” etc.).
    • The confusion and volume of commands are intentionally overwhelming.

  • McCarter assists in physically restraining Sutton.

  • They perform a pat-down and secure him:

    • Recover a primary handgun from a back waistband holster.
    • Find a holdout pistol in an ankle holster.
    • Both weapons are confiscated.

  • They ask if he has any more weapons:

    • Sutton says something to the effect of, “You already took my fucking guns”, implying no additional weapons.

  • They use zip ties (instead of metal cuffs) to bind his hands:

    • Zip ties are common in law enforcement and are less conspicuous to carry.

Seizing Sutton’s phone and discovering “Fish”

• They take Sutton’s cell phone:

  • On the lock screen, they see a recent text exchange:

    • Sutton texted a contact named “Fish”: “they’re here what do I do”.
    • “Fish” replied: “play along we’ll get you your union rep”.

  • The agents infer:

    • “Fish” is almost certainly Lieutenant John Marlin (as in “marlin” = fish), the TNU lieutenant and suspected gang leader.

• Phone containment:

  • They unlock the phone via face recognition, briefly using Sutton’s face while he is still conscious enough.

  • They then place the phone into a Faraday bag to prevent:

    • GPS, Bluetooth, or other signals from giving away the location.
    • “Find My”–type features from tracking the phone even when off.

  • This prevents further communication and tracking from Sutton’s department or associates.

Chemical sedation of Sutton by Jay

• Sutton continues:

  • Verbally abusing the agents, especially Jay, using racist language and insults.
  • Frank notes aloud that Sutton earlier had cried when injected and expresses some surprise at that reaction; Jay is apologetic but also somewhat satisfied with the effect.

• To avoid a noisy extraction:

  • The team has Jay sedate Sutton.

• Jay’s actions:

  • Jay retrieves a syringe from the car.

  • He dons a nitrile glove on his gun-injection hand.

  • Back inside:

    • Jay grabs Sutton’s neck from behind and injects him in the side of his neck.
    • Sutton panics, demanding to know what Jay just injected him with, and screams that they can’t do this.

  • The sedative takes effect:

    • Sutton’s eyes grow heavy.
    • He briefly sobs as he realizes his situation.
    • Then he collapses unconscious.

  • Jay estimates:

    • He dosed Sutton heavily enough that he should remain unconscious until the boat is well out to sea.
    • He was not particularly concerned with Sutton’s long-term health, given the intent of the operation.

Transporting Sutton to the boat

• To move Sutton covertly from the house to the marina:

  • The team obtains a large chest freezer (ostensibly for fish storage on the boat).
  • They use dollies to move it.

• Extraction sequence:

  • They drag/carry Sutton to a dark corner near the vehicle.

  • They place him inside the chest freezer:

    • He remains zip-tied.
    • They are careful about air; the lid may be slightly cracked or open for short-term oxygen, but the transcript does not specify the exact gap; they accept the risk for the short transit.

  • The freezer is then:

    • Loaded into the back of their SUV (the “Max”).
    • Driven to the marina.
    • Put back onto dollies and rolled down the pier.

• Public-facing appearance:

  • To observers:

    • It looks like a group of people moving a freezer onto a fishing boat, likely for storing fish.
    • The team has fishing gear, vests, and a general “deep-sea fishing” look to maintain cover.

  • The Handler accepts this as sufficient to avoid suspicion without requiring a separate Stealth roll for the marina approach.

Out at sea on “Hull Yeah”

• The agents board their newly acquired boat, “Hull Yeah”.

  • The boat was likely repossessed from someone who lost money in crypto (joked in-character), but in-game it’s just their vessel now.

• Operational positions:

  • Philomena:

    • Takes the helm and pilots the boat out of the marina.
    • She has sufficient Drive skill to manage a motor boat.

  • Jay:

    • Monitors Sutton’s vital signs and consciousness.
    • Sits near him with one of Sutton’s confiscated guns on his lap and a nitrile glove on his shooting hand.

• Once they are far enough from shore:

  • They ensure they are outside easy observation or earshot from land.

  • The exact distance isn’t specified, but they aim for being far enough that:

    • Sutton’s screams would not be heard.
    • Immediate rescue is unlikely.

• Sutton wakes up:

  • After a couple of hours, Sutton regains consciousness.

  • The agents decide not to strap him into the fishing chair; instead he wakes up in or near the freezer on deck.

  • Upon awakening:

    • He is groggy and disoriented.
    • He reflexively reaches for his neck, realizing he’s been injected and is still restrained.
    • He slowly realizes he is on a boat at sea.
    • The agents are in fishing attire and vests, emphasizing the “fishing trip” cover.

Initial interrogation at sea: Sutton’s denials and fear

• Sutton quickly assesses the situation:

  • He notes that this is not standard procedure.
  • He assumes the agents want him to “cut a deal”.

• Frank leads the questioning:

  • Asks: What did you inject Jaz Ihejrika with?

  • States they already know he was injected and how quickly he died.

  • Notes:

    • They have ATM footage of someone injecting Ihejrika.
    • They have records of Sutton’s suspiciously early arrival at the scene.

• Sutton’s first line of defense:

  • Claims ignorance:

    • Says he doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
    • Insists it was a simple overdose, and he was just responding to a call.
    • Says they were short-handed, that it was a routine drug event.

  • Denies knowing anything about the injection or any unusual drug.

• Frank presses harder:

  • States he knows exactly what was injected and wants to hear Sutton say it.

  • Points out:

    • Sutton seemed surprised at the crime scene in ways that don’t match a normal overdose.
    • They have video of the injection minutes before Ihejrika ripped his head apart.

• Bluff about the substance:

  • Frank mentions that they recovered material from Dyer’s house that matches the compounds in Ihejrika’s blood.
  • They suggest the event is connected to the Southside Tiger raid.

• Sutton’s initial reaction:

  • At the mention of Dyer, Sutton looks genuinely confused.

    • The agents note via Human checks that:

      • The name “Dyer” comes out of left field for him.
      • He did not anticipate that angle.

  • He recognizes Dyer only as a serial killer (“the Tiger,” “that sicko”), not as someone connected to the drug.

Escalation: threatening injection and breaking his story

• The team prepares to escalate:

  • Justin readies a syringe filled with a yellow-brown liquid, intended as a bluff that it is the same compound used on Ihejrika.
  • Sutton sees the syringe and remembers Ihejrika’s fate.

• Frank explains:

  • This is what Ihejrika was injected with.
  • If Sutton does not talk, they will inject him with it.
  • Frank says they will uncuff him so he can rip his own head off, just as Ihejrika did.

• Sutton’s response:

  • He becomes visibly afraid, eyes flicking to the syringe.
  • He rails that they don’t need to do this, tries to negotiate.
  • He says “Tell me what you want” and suggests they can work something out.

• McCarter’s attempt to refocus:

  • McCarter says they don’t care about his little gang or general LAPD corruption.

  • Emphasizes:

    • They only care about this specific drug.
    • They want to know everything about it.
    • They want to know everyone who knows about it.

• Sutton’s first lie about the injector:

  • He insists he doesn’t know what the stuff is.

  • Says it was supposed to be PCP.

  • Claims:

    • They thought they were dealing with PCP.
    • They don’t know what went wrong.

  • Claims that they “just paid a junkie” to inject it:

    • That he doesn’t know the junkie’s name.

• Human checks:

  • Most of the team succeeds on Human rolls.

  • They conclude:

    • Sutton is lying about not knowing who did the injection.
    • His performance is too smooth and rehearsed.
    • He is trying to sell a plausible story to outsiders.

• Philomena calls his bluff:

  • She calls “bollocks” on his story.
  • Urges Justin to inject him anyway.

• Justin moves to inject:

  • Justin moves behind Sutton, lining up a shot at his backside or neck.

  • At the last moment, under intense fear, Sutton breaks:

    • He blurts out that it was Gully:

      • Sergeant Anton Gully from the TNU.
      • Gully had the job of stabbing Ihejrika.
      • He says they thought it was PCP, not whatever this turned out to be.
      • He insists they did not know the injection would cause Ihejrika to tear his own head apart.

Details about the Dyer raid from Sutton’s point of view

• At Frank’s prompting, Sutton walks through the Southside Tiger raid:

  • The TNU executed the raid on Franklin Dyer’s house.

  • They surveilled the house:

    • Tried to ensure Dyer was alone.
    • Thought he had captives in the basement.

  • Entry:

    • They waited until they believed Dyer was on the upper floor.
    • They breached the house and searched for the basement entry.
    • Finding the entry took longer than they hoped.

  • Basement scene:

    • By the time they got down into the basement:

      • Dyer had already slit the throat of his male captive.

        • The male victim was lashed to a chair.
        • Blood loss made it clear he was dying.

      • Dyer appeared to be moving to kill the female captive as well:

        • Sutton describes that even with armed officers present, it looked like Dyer was about to kill her.

    • The TNU shot Dyer, killing him almost instantly.

  • The female victim, Clements:

    • They cut her free from the restraints.

    • They reassured her that she was safe.

    • As soon as she was able to move freely:

      • She flung herself across the room.
      • She bashed out her own brains on the edge of a table.

  • Aftermath and cover-up:

    • Sutton says something about “weird shit” in the basement:

      • Dyer had what looked like a “mad scientist” lab:

        • Vials.
        • Beakers.
        • Jars of white powders, rocks, and herbs.

    • Lieutenant John “Fish” Marlin:

      • Did not like how the scene looked or how it would sound in reports:

        • A captive bashing her own head in.
        • Strange alchemical setup.

      • Ordered that the story be changed:

        • Officially, Dyer would be said to have killed both captives before the TNU arrived.
        • The basement lab would be cleaned up and made to look more mundane.

      • Sutton says the “weird chemistry set” was supposed to be “dumped”.

    • Sutton claims:

      • All the Dyer case materials went to evidence, since the case was closed.
      • He believes the lab equipment and substances were destroyed.

Possibility that Gully kept Dyer’s materials

• Under questioning:

  • Sutton states that Gully was the one assigned to clean up Dyer’s basement and “get rid of that stuff” at Marlin’s direction.

  • Sutton previously assumed it had been destroyed.

  • He acknowledges that:

    • Given Gully’s nature, it’s possible he kept some of it instead of destroying it.

• When asked about whether Gully was interested in Dyer’s lab:

  • Sutton characterizes Gully as a psycho, but not as someone he’d expect to care about chemistry.
  • Nonetheless, the fact that Gully did the cleanup and later injected Ihejrika strongly suggests he had access to whatever survived from that lab.

Crime scene photos and official evidence

• The agents ask about:

  • Photographs taken at the Dyer scene before cleanup.

• Sutton’s response:

  • He says that crime scene photos were taken.

  • He is unsure whether photos exist from before the cleanup or only after it.

  • Any such photos would be in:

    • The LASD evidence systems.
    • Possibly archived as part of the now-“closed” Southside Tiger case.

  • For Dyer’s lab equipment:

    • Sutton insists it all would have been boxed up and sent to evidence initially, then disposed of as ordered by Marlin.
    • He reiterates the belief that the odd components were destroyed (though his tone suggests he now doubts that fully, realizing Gully might have disobeyed).

Motives for killing Jaz Ihejrika and targeting Nalina Estevez

• When asked specifically “Why Jaz?” and “Why now?”:

  • Sutton explains:

    • Ihejrika would not shut up about the children killed in the Dondre raid.
    • He kept publicly harping on misconduct related to the TNU and the raid.
    • He had obtained some political traction (e.g., a friendly county supervisor).
    • This made him a dangerous nuisance to the TNU and their gang.
    • The group decided to eliminate him.

  • Regarding Nalina Estevez:

    • Sutton says that when lawyers disappear, people pay attention.

    • He implies Nalina’s time “was coming” but acknowledges she was a more sensitive target:

      • Killing her would bring more scrutiny.
      • The Dondre case and Ihejrika were already being manipulated and suppressed.

    • He suggests:

      • Ihejrika was a safer initial target, because his death could be staged as another overdose.
      • The lawyer, on the other hand, required more careful handling.

Attempt to manipulate the agents and bargain for his life

• Sutton tries repeatedly to reframe the situation:

  • He suggests:

    • They are clearly not acting as standard FBI.
    • They have broken many rules already (kidnapping, offshore rendition).

  • He offers:

    • Money or product from his side businesses.
    • Information about other criminal ventures.
    • Cooperation in framing Gully or even Marlin as the main culprits.

  • He insists:

    • He is not their real problem.
    • Gully and Marlin (“Fish”) are the primary figures they should focus on.

• He also suggests:

  • If they let him go, he will disappear to Mexico.

  • Claims:

    • He’ll just drive away.
    • They will never see him again.

• The agents, however:

  • Understand that he has:

    • Seen their faces.
    • Experienced a black-bag operation.
    • Knowledge of the boat and the off-the-books rendition.

  • Implicitly recognize:

    • Leaving him alive and free is highly dangerous for them and for Delta Green.

Leaving Sutton under Jay’s watch and deferring his fate

• After concluding they have extracted the key information:

  • That Gully injected Ihejrika with something likely derived from Dyer’s lab.
  • That Marlin (“Fish”) ordered the cover-up and may be the head of a cop-gang.
  • That Dyer’s lab materials were ostensibly destroyed but may survive via Gully.

• The team decides to step away from Sutton to discuss his fate in private:

  • They leave Sutton on deck under Jay’s supervision.

  • Jay:

    • Sits nearby with one of Sutton’s own handguns resting on his lap.
    • Still wearing a glove to avoid leaving prints.

• The agents move into the cabin to confer:

  • They plan to discuss whether:

    • To kill Sutton and dump his body at sea.
    • To attempt some form of mind-wipe and let him live.
    • Or some other solution.

  • The session ends with this decision unresolved:

    • The Handler states that Sutton’s ultimate fate will be determined next session.