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I am still convinced that the solution to the sought location has to do with the 12 numbers
and a corresponding 12 letter location. The "Double Trouble " still makes me think that it
might be POTENTIAL SOLUTION Margaret Anne Penitentiary
I'd suggest we send a full squad there, if nothing shows up there, the only place left according to the 12 letter theory would be Sheldonville.

Is there a way to contact AirBNB ?

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Chief,
We need to make phone calls to all eligible places like hotels and institutions and ask them if any bookings were made by a company named INTREPID PICTURES.
Let us focus on Sheldonville first, then MARGARET ANNE PENITENTIARY.
However, they may have booked an acommodation in the surroundings, so check them all !!

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Interesting approach, Cassiebsg,but I think you are thinking far too much ahead.
It was said in the game rules that the riddles are easy to solve ( I never would have
found out the thing with the audio file, though).
What we can see from the numbers (if converted to letters from the alphabeth) is:
Neither Margaret Anne (3xA) nor Sheldonville (3xL) nor Penitentiary (2xN+2xE+2xI+2xT)
would comply with the letters in the note ( max. 2xB+2xA ), so Double Trouble might be the clue
that leads us to Margaret Anne Penitentiary !!
I'm sure they would be able to accommodate a film team over there, these institutions do everything to
have an extra income !
EDIT: Double trouble could also mean that we have to protect or find the target AND get the killer
But I am pretty sure that the 12 letters lead us to both of them

Yeah, we were on our way, but then switched to Sheldonville ....
Talking about Sheldonville :
This is the only place on the map i found that contains 12 letters !! (Correct me if I'm wrong )
Assuming that the 12 numbers in the text lead to a location, it can only be Sheldonville.
The only alternative I see with 12 letters ist Margaret Anne (12) Penitentiary (12), but these
belong together (24).
Hmmmm.......
EDIT: Maybe the numbers don't mean anything at all but just point to a 12 letter location
EDIT: I NEVER EVER would have found the CUNNING HAM :-)

Good job Officer Hunt!
Seems like we have a target.
We should contact Intrepid Pictures to find out
if they have planned a flight !
Chief, could you please contact the eligible colleagues ?

Great job CaptainD !!
I took the letters (double checked the numbers ) and crunched them through a ROT-n converter, but nada !
Don't know if it matters, but I got some strange effect when I pasted the text into Open Office (Grey marks, like placeholders):

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Seems like this won't be easy ....

@Mandle: I don’t see any clue in line #7
@Heltenjon : We indeed have neglected to search for information about Wiseman
The only other clue i detected is the relation between „soiled“ and Leith Acres

Good idea, Officer Helten Jon.
Unfortunately, it doesn't work, because line 2 and 3 already have an even amount of letters.
It would have to be odd to get a letter in the middle.....
Let's wait what Cunningham Centre will bring

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Well, I still don't know if we can solve it graphically, but here are my 2
possible alternatives based upon the lines in the transcription, which are:
"in the middle of this all", "He is the center of my world" and "as i zag and zig"
The Zag and Zig makes sense to me, because this is what a Zig/Zag pattern looks
like e.g. when stitching two pieces of cloth together

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That would yield Cunningham Centre and Sallynoggin Heights as possible locations.
The one remaining would be the intersection point north of Kerry
Otherwise I am clueless .....
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Could we send a full unit to Cunningham Centre ?
I assume that we have only searched Sheldonville before
Needless to mention that we take extreme care....
EDIT: The name Cunningham appeared in Under the dome and Christine,
both by S.K.

Will have access to my laptop shortly
Still totally shocked....

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Ok, let‘s go !
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Full squad to Sheldonville !
Be prepared for the worst !

[I bet he'd be the fastest damn taxi driver you could ask for]

I have a bad feeling about this
This is to remind us of our Officers' skills:

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You asked for it, so here it is - a breakdown of what Pangborn thinks of his officers. Officer White is the only woman on the force and she definitely keeps it on the straight-and-narrow, she's never had any complaints or stepped out of line further than forgetting to refill the coffee pot once. Officer Collins, currently injured, is known as the joker of the group, but his sense of humour has understandably dried up recently and he's a bit skittish about heading back out on the streets. Can't say I blame him. Officer Leland graduated top of his class in the police academy last year, he's sharp but lacks some real-world knowledge that only time can teach him. That's why he's partnered with Officer Ullman. Ullman's been on the force damn near as long as I have, and he's lived in that town his whole life. If he ever needed to find another job, I bet he'd be the fastest damn taxi driver you could ask for. All of the officers have attended the same courses in crime scene examination and weapons discipline. I'd personally trust them all to conduct themselves equally well on the job.

"Officers White and Collins usually work as a team, ditto officers Leland and Ullman. This isn't by coincidence, so I'd recommend not splitting up those teams if you can, as you'll get the best results by keeping them together. Sending a lone officer into a dangerous situation isn't advisable, but if you're just canvassing an area for information you might get away with sending one, though you'd better stress the importance of calling for backup if anything suspicious arises.

"As for Pangborn himself... Well I've known him personally for years, and you won't find a finer example of an officer. In fact he's actually turned down promotions to other departments more than once, I even offered him a spot on this task force. He's got young kids though, and isn't willing to uproot them just for a job. If you send him into any situation, you can bet he'll be the smartest guy in the room, and having him there will definitely bolster the other officers' chances of success. Of course, the opposite is also true... God forbid anything happens to him, but if he were to be taken out of action... that would be a huge hit to the morale of the unit.

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Chief, what do YOU think? We know that Ullman is a fast driver. What do we know about the two locations?
We cannot risk to have another one of our staff getting injured, let alone getting killed.
What would you suggest ?
EDIT: Why not send a team of four to both locations? Sheldonville and Cunningham Centre are close by....
They could do some extra hours and if we succeed, they will be granted an extra day off
EDIT: Anyone of you know "The Pentacle" by Stephen King? Some say that it wasn't written by S.K.,
but from the preview I saw it contains some parallels to our case

Yeah, but I had to decide and chose Cunningham Centre due to the a.m. reason.
Mandle, make it a potential solution !

It would look like this:

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It's a fifty / fifty chance.
I'd prefer Cunningham Centre due to the association with "in the middle of this all"
Hey, we got two teams ! Can we actually send out two teams at once?
So I go for "POTENTIAL SOLUTION" Cunningham Centre, but beware of any possible traps !

Ok, I fumbled with the map a bit more and I am not 100% sure whether Sheldonville
or Cunningham Centre is the place we are looking for. As Officer Hunt pointed out,
Sallynoggin Heights might be a candidate as well (Rise and fall).
Pro for Sheldonville: Makes up a nice pentragram (Pentagon ?) or pattern
Pro for Cunningham Centre: "In the middle of this all" from the transcription
The facts :
We don't know who or what the target is
A finale is soon to be unfurled and we must take care not to mess it up
I don't know if we should wait until we get further information on who is behind Intrepid Pictures
or if we should take action and search Sheldonville or/and Cunningham Centre
Here are our updated maps

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And here are the game rules:

Firstly, this criminal has many crimes lined up, but a big finale planned. To stop the finale, you need to do one of two things. You either need to figure out who the final target is and get them into protective custody, or you can track the criminal to their home town and arrest them. However, if you arrest the criminal without identifying who the final target is, the criminal may have had time to put their final plan in motion and you won't be able to save the target. On the other hand, if you manage to get the target to safety without identifying where the criminal is, then they might be able to escape.

[ZigZag]

Ok, you might think I'm crazy, but here's what I did (see picture)
I created a line (1)  from Ender's Copse to Sarsdale, then a line (2) from Sarsdale to Weepy Grove.
Based upon the ZigZag-idea, I then created a line from Sarsdale to Armstrong/Aldrin Walk (4)
Next I created a line (M,) from Weepy Grove to the exact center of line 4 (In the middle of this all).
Next I mirrored lines 1 and 2 about line M and landed in Sheldonville.
The lines in yellow are a bit hard to see, there is no way to modify the color.
It may be wrong, but I still believe that the line Let's count the ways one two three has a deeper meaning.

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Just a suggestion after having failed so miserably in Torrent's Crescent ....
EDIT: The only alternative according to the Zig Zag theory would be Sallynoggin Heights
This is NOT a potential solution yet !!

Dammit....
Officer Laura's suggestion "Torrent's Crescent" makes a lot of sense, too.
Just a thought : Could the TBD in the production's locations of the contract
have a second meaning? I looked it up but couldn't find anything except "Torpedo boat destroyer" or
a British railway station :-))
And let us not forget the game rules about bringing the target to safety and catching the criminal.

And : Did the lab's results of the blood on the cloth reveal anything ?
EDIT: Wouldn‘t it make sense to find out who‘s behind the company
„INTREPID PICTURES“ ?
EDIT: Still wondering about the zig zag , so i made a typical zigzag pattern of the known locations,
which would lead us to Cunningham Centre (In the middle of it all )
However, Torrent's Crescents might apply as well, Rise or Fall could be related to the waning and waxing moon,
visible to us as a crescent. and it could also be the center of the rectangle as seen in the second picture
I believe it's one of the two, got no better idea ....

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Oops, posted while there was an update, so Torrent's Crescent is obsolete....

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Very good Mandle, i was just drawing lines from one crime scene to the other.
Guess you did it, too and encountered the same problem :-))

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Here the locations and victims in chronological order for clarity:

Where ?                                        Who/What ?
Armstrong/Aldrin Walk                   Rachel Edison
Sarsdale                                       Garret Hawthorne     
Ender's Copse                               Deborah & Tommy Hawthorne
Weepy Grove                                Alex Pelton
Barrymore Place                            Poster found (Try again)