Garage Sale Mystery: The Deadly Room Page #7

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You can't tell

There's been a cut.

Could someone delay

A live-webcam for three minutes?

Absolutely.

I mean,

It takes some hacking skills,

But you tap into their server,

Or high-jack their feed,

And then send it out

Three minutes later.

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The killer had to be

In the house the whole time.

-the secret stairway?

-yes.

He or she had to be able

To take control of the server

And delay the signal.

Then walks out,

In full view,

Just like when

I walked to the chair,

And kills her.

The killer then

Edits out that section,

And from then on,

The webcam is truly live.

You're amazing!

Are you going

To detective Lynwood with this?

No, not yet.

I still have to figure out

How Adrian was killed.

Oh. That.

All we know

Is that the killer

Had a three-minute window

To do something

To stop her heart

That would leave no trace

During an autopsy.

Air.

A couple of syringes of air,

Directly into a vein

Could do it,

But it would have to be i.v.

Why? Why not a syringe?

You'd need

To do it twice

To get sufficient air

To stop a heart,

And you'd need to make sure

It was in a vein,

And not an artery.

What about toxins?

Like curare, or wolfs bane?

Wolfs bane?

Oh, I hate the internet.

People are getting

All kinds of bad ideas.

What about 'em?

Or something

Like succinylcholine?

They could all

Stop a heart.

Wolfs bane would show up

In the post-mortem.

Curare, maybe not.

Your best bet is...

Succinylcholine.

It's metabolized

So quickly,

It's virtually

Undetectable.

How fast would it act?

You're paralyzed in seconds.

You die within a few minutes.

You would be conscious,

But completely unable to move,

Swallow, or breathe.

You are gonna die...

And you know it.

There were no needle marks

Found on Adrians body,

But is it possible

To have missed

A single injection site

During an autopsy?

It has happened.

Who would have access

To succinylcholine?

Any hospital,

E.R.,

Any ambulance

Would have it.

E.M.T.S use it

To intubate people.

Veterinarians

Could have it.

If you are thinking

That Adrian Merrill

May have been murdered

By an injection

Of succinylcholine,

Please remember

There was a camera on her

The entire night.

Right. Thank you.

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Cdt2cdt2 [news reporter] : ...ag

to the national weather service,

we won't get relief from the--

Hey!

Oh, thank you.

No.

Down payment.

For what?

We took a solid third

In the dance contest!

So, that goes towards

The 300 that I owe you

For my bad purchase

Of the flapper dress.

Oh, sweetheart,

You don't have to.

No, no, I said that I would,

And I will.

Besides, we had a ball.

I owe you two, now.

Wow.

Well, look at that.

Our daughter paid me back.

She borrowed gas money

From me today,

So I think 20 of that

Belongs to me.

Uh... No.

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I think somebody

Hacked into Adrians computer,

Delayed the live feed

By three minutes,

Injected her

With succinylcholine,

Edited out the murder,

And has completely

Gotten away with it.

Who?

Well, the killer

Would have to have

Computer skills,

Medical knowledge,

And enough familiarity

With that house

To know about

The hidden stairway.

And motive.

It sounds like

William Carson to me.

What about Tina?

Or could they have

Done it together?

If I go to Lynwood with this,

He's gonna think Im crazy.

If only you could get

That three minutes

Of film that was cut out,

You'd have your answer.

Wait a sec.

Maybe I can.

Hey, Logan, it's mom.

A quick question.

If something was recorded

On a computer and then erased,

Is there any way

To get that back?

Okay. Thanks!

It's possible.

If we can get her computer,

And if the hard-drive

Hasn't been reformatted.

Where's her computer?

[Knocks]

Hi, Tina.

I'm sorry to bother you.

Adrian had a laptop.

It had some photos on it

Of me and Adrian,

And some of our friends,

I wanted to make copies.

Do you think it would be okay

If I borrowed it?

Come on in.

I should only

Need it for the day.

I don't remember a laptop.

I think

She had one for work.

Probably a company computer.

Sorry.

[Jenn sighs]

[Laughs] hey, look.

We did have some fun times.

My weirdness after her death...

I think that was just

A defence thing.

I'm not very good at

Processing emotion.

Hey, Jennifer.

It's good to see you.

William.

I heard you put an offer

In on the colonial?

I have, yeah.

I mean, pretty low compared

To what they were asking,

But if there's any justice

In this world,

Erica will just accept my offer.

Hi, peter?

It's Jennifer.

Adrian had a work laptop.

Do you know

Where that might be?

probably here

at the office. Why?

Well, it had

Some pictures on it,

Of Adrian, me,

Some of our friends.

I wanted to borrow the laptop

And make copies.

Would that be okay?

its okay with me.

Im meeting some clients

out at the colonial.

meet me there

and you can take it.

Ill need it back

in a day or so.

Okay, Ill see you there.

okay. Bye-bye.

it's Danielle.

leave a message

and Ill call you back. Beep.

- [beep]

-oh, hey, dani. It's me.

I just left Tinas.

It was a little weird.

I'll explain later.

Anyway,

Adrian had a work laptop,

Peter's getting it, Im gonna

Meet him at the colonial.

I'll talk to you later.

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Peter?

I'm taping! Come on up.

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These virtual tours are great,

I edit them down,

And then, uh,

People from all over

Can check out the house

On the 'net.

Weren't you meeting

Some clients here?

Oh, they cancelled.

Oh.

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[Peter]:
my laptop's in here.

I've got it all booted up.

I'm pretty good

With computers.

Used to code and program,

Back in school.

Peter, this could take a while.

I don't want to keep you.

I could take the computer

And bring it back tomorrow.

Actually, no.

I could get in trouble

If I let you have it.

There's some work stuff

On there.

But have a seat.

I've got a flash drive

Plugged in.

It'll just take me a sec

To copy these.

I know her pictures

Are in here somewhere.

[Phone rings]

[Reaches in purse]

Don't.

[Ringing]

[Ringing]

[Phone ringing]

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You're not really here

For the pictures, are you?

What did you discover?

Three missing minutes

From the webcast.

something was edited out.

[Gasps] oh!

You hacked into her server,

And you delayed it

By three minutes.

That's impressive.

You had to be

In the hidden stairway,

Waiting for Adrian

To fall asleep.

You had a syringe

Full of succinylcholine.

They say the killer always

Leaves evidence at the scene.

I found this

In the stairway.

Love is a strange thing.

How it can just...

Change.

She left me behind.

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When you asked for the laptop,

I figured the game was up.

How did you know?

The minute-hand on her watch

Was visible the whole time.

Sometime after 3:00 a.m.,

It suddenly jumped forward

Three minutes,

And that meant

Something was cut out.

Would you like to see

The missing footage?

No.

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There's a program

Called "ghoster"

That can retrieve

Recently deleted

And corrupted files.

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