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Report No: GT/RT-160825-010240516

Location: Zion Correctional Facility, Cecil County, Maryland

Agents:

• Cortez (Michael Moreno)
• Drummond (Alistair Russel Whitehead)
• McCarter (Connor Murphy)
• Monroe (Frank Mason)

Summary:

This report details the initial stages of the investigation into the mass graves discovered at the site of the former Cornucopia House, now the Zion Correctional Facility in Maryland. The agents, newly designated as Working Group MASTICATE, met with Assistant U.S. Attorney Antonia Pitzerelli and were briefed on their mission objectives, including uncovering the details behind the recent and historical deaths, covering up sensitive information, and protecting the program’s interests.

Operation Report:

• The agents resumed their conversation with Pitzerelli, who was visibly stressed and frustrated. She provided information about a woman who died in Florida and a deputy finding a piece of paper with the agents’ names and a Maryland address.
• Pitzerelli revealed the discovery of multiple human remains at the property in Maryland, leading to a large excavation. She demanded to know the agents’ involvement.
• The agents discussed the fire at Cornucopia House 15 years ago and the official story of a drug hit involving child pornography.
• The agents and Pitzerelli discussed the critical situation and the need to protect the program. Pitzerelli instated the group as Working Group MASTICATE, reporting to her.
• The group received badges, driver’s licenses with fake names, and two black SUVs with government plates. They were instructed not to contact their families or work until further notice and were given burner phones for communication with Pitzerelli.
• The agents headed to Zion Correctional Facility’s storage facility number three and encountered a cordon blocking non-official vehicles. After showing their DOJ IDs, they were allowed through.
• The scene included a warehouse, makeshift temporary facilities, tents, evidence markers, tools, and photographic equipment, with technicians in coveralls and surgical masks present.
• The agents were directed to the main headquarters tent, where they met Professor Grace Monique, a physical anthropologist, and her team, including Dr. Ruiz and Professor Campbell. Dr. Campbell and Professor Grace Monique were briefed on the program’s true nature.
• The agents introduced themselves with their cover names and received a briefing from Professor Grace.
• The team donned yellow full-body suits to avoid contamination and were taken to an evidence collection tent filled with skeletal remains of children.
• The remains were organized with decayed clothing and soil, indicating dozens of child victims dating from the 1960s to around 2000.
• The team moved to another tent with 11 well-preserved, mummified child bodies. Drummond and McCarter failed their sanity checks, losing one sanity point each. Drummond experienced a heightened sense of smell, detecting a savory scent that became nauseating.
• The team learned that the body count was currently 56, but more remains were expected to be found.
• The team inquired about the woman found on the door, identified as Kerry Houghton, a caseworker for the Maryland Department of Human Services.
• The team confirmed an approximate date and time of death and learned that a video from a camera on the warehouse captured the incident, though the quality was poor.
• Professor Grace showed the team Houghton’s body, which had numerous gruesome injuries indicating severe torture.
• The session ended on a cliffhanger, with the promise to open the next episode with a description of the death again.

Analysis and Recommendations:

• The discovery of the mass graves at the former Cornucopia House site represents a significant threat to operational security. The agents must ensure that all evidence linking them to the site is erased or discredited.
• The involvement of multiple law enforcement agencies and the media necessitates careful management of information. The agents should leverage their cover identities and the assistance of Professor Grace Monique’s team to control the narrative.
• The gruesome nature of the discovered remains and the preserved bodies suggests possible occult involvement. The agents should investigate any ties to known occult figures or organizations, particularly Yelena Kalamatiano, who may have conducted experiments at Cornucopia House.
• The death of Kerry Houghton and the presence of a video capturing her murder indicate active threats to the agents. They should prioritize identifying and neutralizing any individuals or groups responsible for these attacks.
• The agents’ mental state is a concern, with multiple members experiencing sanity losses. Continued exposure to such disturbing scenes may further impact their effectiveness. Regular psychological evaluations and support should be considered.
• The agents should investigate the connection between the Florida incident and the Maryland site to determine how their names were exposed and to prevent further breaches of operational security.
• The agents must recover and destroy any sensitive records about Cornucopia House and the children to protect the program. This includes ensuring that any surviving children who can identify the agents are located and neutralized if necessary.
• Immediate action is required to develop a plausible cover story for the mass graves and to manage the media narrative. The agents should work closely with Pitzerelli and her team to craft a consistent and defensible explanation.

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Session Notes

• The session begins with the players engaging in casual banter about various topics, including old communication platforms like Google Wave and Google+.
• The GM prompts the players to get ready for the game, ensuring everyone is connected to the Craig web app.
• The GM recaps the previous session:
  • The agents were summoned to an early morning meeting at an office building outside of D.C.
  • As they waited, four birds slammed into the window, leaving bloody streaks.
  • Antonia Pitzerelli, a woman known to Cortez from a past romantic relationship, entered the room.
  • Pitzerelli showed a breaking news story about the remains of 56 children found at Cornucopia House, a former children’s residential facility.
  • She questioned the agents about their involvement, and they denied killing the children, asserting they had saved some.
• The session resumes with the agents continuing their conversation with Pitzerelli.
• Pitzerelli is visibly stressed and frustrated, maintaining an adversarial tone.
• She briefly looks at the bloody streaks on the window but decides to ignore them.
• The agents question why Pitzerelli suspects them and ask her to share what she knows.
• Pitzerelli reveals that ten days ago, a woman died in her trailer in Florida.
• A deputy found a piece of paper with the agents’ names and an address in Maryland.
• A state trooper visited the property in Maryland and discovered a mutilated woman and a dog digging up a human skull.
• Search and rescue dogs found multiple human remains, leading to a large excavation.
• Pitzerelli was brought in 36 hours ago because the program noticed the agents’ names.
• She demands to know what happened at Cornucopia House and the agents’ involvement.
• The agents discuss the fire at Cornucopia House 15 years ago and the official police reports.
• They recall that the official story was a drug hit involving child pornography and a rival gang eliminating competition.
• The agents ponder whether the 56 remains found are from the original time or if more have been buried since then.
• The session ends with the agents looking at each other pensively, trying to decide how much information to share with Pitzerelli.
• The conversation begins with a discussion about a gang hit, with Monroe expressing willingness to go along with the story.
• Monroe recounts a mission from February 2001 involving unnatural behavior, cult activity, child endangerment, and abuse.
• Monroe mentions that they ended the threat, destroyed evidence, and called the authorities.
• The woman, Antonia, asks for more details, and Monroe remains intentionally vague, stating that the conversation should not be recorded.
• Cortez realizes that Antonia, someone he knew well, has stuck her neck out for him, indicating her support.
• Antonia signals to a camera, indicating that they are being watched but not listened to.
• Monroe jokes about playing white noise for ambiance.
• Antonia insists on hearing the full story in detail.
• McCarter explains that his cell was destroyed on a mission and that the call to him came from a sister cell.
• McCarter offers to show evidence that convinced them to take on the mission, but Antonia advises against it for now.
• The group discusses a woman in Florida, Crystal Killian, and her possible involvement in a murder.
• Antonia reveals that the program tried to locate Marie Noella, who went on the run in Southeast Asia.
• The group discusses the critical situation they are in and the need to protect the program.
• Antonia instates the group as Working Group MASTICATE, reporting to her.
• The group receives badges and driver’s licenses with fake names, becoming investigative consultants for the DOJ.
• The primary objective is to come up with a satisfactory explanation for the events and protect the program.
• The group is instructed to take care of anyone digging too deep into the investigation.
• Monroe expresses concern about their suitability for the job, but Antonia insists they are the best option.
• The group discusses their fake identities and the need to deny any recognition.
• Antonia explains that the program would usually eliminate agents who are a liability, but in this case, they are being trusted to handle the situation.
• The group agrees to take on the mission, understanding the gravity of their situation.
• Antonia provides more details about the situation, including the death of Crystal Killian and its significance.
• The team, referred to as MASTICATE, is tasked with taking over an investigation on-site.
• The Cornucopia House and surrounding property were sold to the state of Maryland by 2001, and a prison, the Zion Correctional Facility, was built on the property.
• A storage facility associated with the prison now stands on the exact site of Cornucopia House.
• A woman was found mutilated and killed at the warehouse on the site.
• The team needs to find a good explanation for what happened, who is responsible, and ensure their names are not further attached to the incident.
• Objectives include uncovering details from the original 2001 state and local investigations, identifying any ties to the team, and dealing with any loose ends that might expose the program.
• The team was seen by children at Cornucopia House, who might be able to identify them.
• The team needs to find out what happened to the children from Cornucopia House.
• The team must determine how their names were exposed in Florida and if it is related to the woman’s murder.
• A satellite photo of the warehouse shows it sits on the site of Cornucopia House, covering most of the compound.
• There are strange details about some exhumed bodies that need to be assessed and covered up.
• Two black SUVs with government plates and unregistered, untraceable Sig Sauer pistols with silencers are provided for the team.
• The team is given fake identities with good records and instructed not to contact family or work until told otherwise.
• The team is given burner phones for communication with Pitzerelli, who works for the Department of Justice as an assistant U.S. attorney.
• Pitzerelli has classified documents related to Cornucopia House under Homeland Security to make them difficult to access.
• The team needs to recover and destroy sensitive records about Cornucopia House and the children.
• Pitzerelli instructs the team to text her in emergencies and provides a phone number for contact.
• The team is excused from their government jobs and instructed to send a message to their families about their unavailability.
• Cortez is designated as the team lead and given an individual brief by Pitzerelli.
• Pitzerelli and Cortez have a private conversation in the stairwell, revealing they know each other from the past.
• Pitzerelli warns Cortez about the strange coincidences and advises him to keep certain details to himself.
• The team receives a file with a timeline of events related to the investigation.
• The timeline details events from August 2016, including the discovery of a mutilated body in Florida and subsequent investigations that led to the involvement of the team.
• The team heads to Zion in the provided SUVs to continue their investigation.
• Sawyer discovers a dead, mutilated woman pinned to the garage door of the facility and immediately calls for backup.
• While securing the crime scene, Sawyer finds a stray dog digging in the rear of the warehouse, exposing a human skull.
• Sawyer amends her call for backup to include a request for a canine unit.
• On Thursday and Friday, August 19-20, 2016, in Cecil County, Maryland, search and rescue dogs hit on human remains buried in the area of Maryland Correction Storage Unit 3.
• The Cecil County forensics team begins an investigation.
• The coroners contact the forensic science division of the Maryland State Police, requesting a consultation almost immediately.
• The scene is further secured by state troopers while investigators are en route.
• The MSP lieutenant colonel for the region is briefed and informs the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services of the developments, refusing their offer of assistance until the nature of the investigation can be ascertained.
• On Monday, August 22, 2016, at 0920 in Cecil County, Maryland, a Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division consultant arrives at Maryland Corrections Storage Unit 3 with an equipment trunk, joining the Cecil County Forensics team already cataloging the scene.
• The consultant’s ground-penetrating radar finds multiple buried bodies, prompting a request for all possible personnel and equipment to process evidence immediately.
• The Forensic Sciences Division director is pulled from a breakfast meeting to brief the governor.
• On Monday, August 22, 2016, at 1300 in Hendry County, Florida, an FBI agent from the Miami office meets Deputy Eckstein to offer logistical assistance and to question Eckstein about mentions of program operatives.
• Sheriff Deacon Benson has closed an active homicide investigation, insisting the body at Myers Point died from natural causes, with house pets suspected of mutilating the remains post-mortem.
• Eckstein divulges to the FBI consultant that he still suspects foul play, but attempts to share more details are shut down by Benson.
• The source of the names remains unclear, and the agent conveys this information to the program and returns to Miami to monitor the situation.
• On Monday, August 22, 2016, from 1550-2359 in Ann Arundel County, Maryland, excavations produce 17 juvenile corpses and counting.
• Maryland Governor Larry Hogan Jr. urgently requests FBI assistance to process the crime scene, emphasizing the need for a swift response to mitigate an imminent media scandal.
• On Tuesday, August 23, 2016, at 0800, the program’s analysts realize the Maryland site mentioned in the Eckstein calls has become the site of a mass grave about to become international news, prompting the program to scramble to contain the situation.
• On Tuesday, August 23, 2016, from 0801-2359 in Cecil County, Maryland, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, under the guidance of agents from the program, claims jurisdiction over the mass grave investigation under the FBI’s Crimes Against Children program.
• The governor orders Maryland State Police to cease all evidence collection.
• Delta Green assets in the FBI recruit friendly consultants from Harvard Medical School to control the flow of information.
• On Tuesday, August 23, 2016, at 1959, the program forms Working Group MASTICATE under the leadership of Assistant U.S. Attorney Antonia Pitzerelli.
• All agents mentioned in the Eckstein calls are removed from current assignments, assigned to Working Group MASTICATE, and ordered to report to a D.C. office complex on Thursday, August 25, 2016.
• On Wednesday, August 24, 2016, from 0700 to 1100 in Cecil County, Maryland, Assistant U.S. Attorney Antonia Pitzerelli arrives at the crime scene to slow evidence processing by fomenting jurisdictional bickering between the FBI, Maryland State Police, and local law enforcement.
• New procedures requiring the removal and repositioning of current equipment are implemented.
• DOJ staffers compose legal briefs to seal any conceivable paperwork regarding the history of the penitentiary, Cornucopia House, the backgrounds of the agents, and activity at the location.
• Documents pertaining to the area are claimed as vital to national security and insulated from FOIA requests.
• On Thursday, August 25, 2016, at 0645, Pitzerelli meets the agents, and the Harvard team awaits the agents’ instructions on site.
• Local and national journalists begin seeking government sources to go on record about reports of 50 dead children discovered on a site belonging to Maryland Corrections.
• The story is running at the beginning of the news cycle, with or without further confirmation.
• The dead woman pinned to the garage door of the facility is not Agent Clove, and there are two dead women in different locations (Florida and Maryland).
• The mutilated woman in Maryland discovered by a state trooper has yet to be identified.
• The GM advises players to keep track of the many names introduced during the session.
• The four agents, split between two vehicles, head north and arrive at Zion Correctional Facility’s storage facility number three by 10 o’clock.
• They encounter a cordon blocking non-official vehicles and see numerous press vehicles and personnel.
• After showing their DOJ IDs, they are allowed through the checkpoint.
• The scene includes a warehouse, makeshift temporary facilities, tents, evidence markers, tools, and photographic equipment.
• Technicians in coveralls and surgical masks are present, and a man is seen sobbing while another smokes a cigarette, staring into the middle distance.
• The agents are directed to the main headquarters tent where evidence is being processed.
• Assistant U.S. Attorney Pitzerelli has briefed Professor Grace Monique, who is minimally read into the program and knows the agents represent an unnamed government program focused on biological and chemical weapons.
• Professor Grace Monique, a physical anthropologist, introduces herself and offers her team’s assistance.
• Dr. Ruiz is a forensics specialist, and Professor Campbell is a microbiologist.
• Dr. Campbell and Professor Grace Monique are the only two briefed on the program’s true nature.
• The agents introduce themselves with their cover names: Frank Mason (Steel Monroe), Alistair Russell Whitehead (Graham Drummond), Connor Murphy (Matthew McCarter), and Michael Moreno (David Cortez).
• Professor Grace Monique expresses relief at the agents’ arrival and readiness to assist with whatever they need.
• The team discusses the need for a briefing from Professor Grace.
• Professor Grace leads the team to a tent with containment suits.
• The team dons yellow full-body suits to avoid contamination.
• Professor Grace takes the team to an evidence collection tent filled with skeletal remains of children.
• The remains are organized with decayed clothing and soil, indicating dozens of child victims.
• Steel and Graham are momentarily overwhelmed by the sight but manage to pull themselves together.
• Professor Grace explains they are trying to organize and date the skeletal remains chronologically.
• The earliest remains date back to the 1960s, and the most recent to around 2000.
• The Cornucopia House was closed in 2001, and many children died in its last days.
• The team moves to another tent with 11 well-preserved, mummified child bodies.
• The team makes violence sanity checks; McCarter and Drummond fail, losing one sanity point each.
• Drummond, McCarter, and Cortez speculate that the preserved bodies are a result of occult experiments by Yelena Kalamatiano.
• The team makes another sanity check for unnatural; Drummond loses one sanity point.
• Drummond experiences a heightened sense of smell, detecting a savory scent that becomes nauseating.
• Monroe notices Drummond’s discomfort and becomes aware of the barbecue-like scent.
• Professor Grace explains the preserved bodies were found in shallow, unmarked graves.
• The team learns that the body count is currently 56, but more remains are expected to be found.
• The team inquires about the woman found on the door, identified as Kerry Houghton.
• Professor Grace leads the team to a makeshift morgue where Houghton’s body is kept.
• Houghton was a caseworker for the Maryland Department of Human Services, responsible for monitoring Cornucopia House.
• Cornucopia House was a children’s residential facility operated by Families Without Frontiers before becoming a prison.
• Kerry Houghton is identified as the state caseworker responsible for monitoring the well-being of the children.
• The team confirms they have an approximate date and time of death.
• A video from a camera on the warehouse captured the entire incident, though the quality is poor.
• The body was discovered by Vivian Sawyer on Thursday, August 19th, at 1900 hours (7 PM).
• Current analysis suggests the victim died sometime during the morning of Friday, August 19th.
• The body is in a very bad state, raising questions about what the victim was doing at the location.
• Professor Grace is unable to answer why the victim was there or if she drove to the location.
• The team decides they need to see the video and plan to talk to the FBI, who are handling the evidence processing.
• Professor Grace pulls out a morgue slab to show the body.
• The victim is described as overweight and wearing blood-covered pajamas.
• Gruesome details of the body include:
  • Missing lower jaw, which is placed next to her on the slab.
  • Puncture wounds on her hands and above her collarbones.
  • All teeth removed.
  • Burst eyeballs.
  • Covered in bruises, lacerations, and various scrapes, indicating severe torture.
• McCarter asks about the content of the video to prepare for what he is about to watch.
• Professor Grace has not watched the video but understands it shows the murder with three attackers.
• The video is mentioned to be on LiveLeak.
• The session ends on a cliffhanger, with a promise to open the next episode with a description of the gruesome death again.
• An investigation board has been started for the team.

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