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Movie Madness

Case File / 001985

A filmmaker was found dead in his blood-spattered bathroom at the remote lodge where he and his cast were living.

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What happened?

In the early morning hours on Sunday, independent filmmaker Dalton Kimbrough was found dead at the isolated lodge where he was filming his movie, Death to the Revelers. He appeared to have been slashed and shot in his blood-spattered bathroom.

When the Yoknapatawpha County Sheriff’s Department arrived on the scene, the cast and crew were highly agitated after making the gruesome discovery.

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Investigation Day 1

Emergency Services received a 911 call reporting a death at a remote lodge in Yoknpatawpha County where an independent film was being made.

Investigators found photos of the cast in a press kit for the movie.

Back at the station, Detectives Armstrong and Murphy talked to the lead actor in the film, who claimed at the scene that he killed Dalton Kimbrough.

Then they spoke to Dalton’s girlfriend and lead actress about the events surrounding her discovery of his body.

Next up, the detectives questioned the man who called 911 and protected the scene.

As Detectives Armstrong and Murphy continued to make their way through the cast and crew of Dalton’s film, the novice actor who played the movie’s villain was next on their list.

Then Professor Woolworth shared some interesting theories on why the cast and crew stayed at the lodge even in trying conditions.

Later, Detectives Armstrong and Murphy reviewed the preliminary list of evidence collected at the scene and a map showing the lodge’s location relative to the City of Oxford.

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Man with medium length dark hair

Alonzo Marquez

Film actor/crew
Age: 27

Potential Suspect
Young woman with blonde hair and glasses

Gwendolyn Carver

Film actor
Age: 20

Potential Suspect
Young man with short dark hair

Teddy Zeboe

Film actor
Age: 22

Potential Suspect
Young woman with long blonde hair

Kayla Mathis

Production assistant
Age: 22

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Older man with salt-and-pepper hair and mustache

Johnny McPhail

Film actor
Age: 61

Potential Suspect
Young man with dark hair and goatee

Roy Whistle

Film actor
Age: 32

Potential Suspect
Man with long blond hair, beard and mustache

David Woolworth

Film actor
Age: 42

Potential Suspect

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