Drop Dead Gorgeous

A pageant contestant's career ended tragically today when she was the victim of an apparent homicide.

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Guest room locations

CSU prepared a diagram showing the rooms occupied by persons of interest to the investigation.

Victim's pageant speech

CSU recovered an apparent draft of a speech Barbara Dubois was planning to give.

YCCC hotel room inventory

CSU submitted this inventory of evidence collected from hotel rooms of pageant-associated persons.

Walbert Dopelson interview

The detectives asked Walbert about the pageant's role in the Yoknapatawpha County Literature Festival.

Walbert Dopelson bio

A lifelong Oxonian, Walbert is well-traveled, well-educated, and well-respected.

Pageant HQ defaced

The Crime Beat column reports: Vandals lash out at the pageant and its primary sponsor.

About the current investigation

The Yoknapatapwha Literature Festival added a beauty pageant to their events as a means to attract attention to the festival and local businesses.

Some in the community opposed the pageant for various moral and ethical reasons, but participants threw themselves into the competition, and fans eagerly awaited the outcome.

When it all went fatally wrong, who was responsible?

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How to navigate Crime Scene casesThe Drop Dead Gorgeous case documents are presented in reverse chronological order in the Case Files.

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The Drop Dead Gorgeous investigation began on Monday, June 23, 2025, and will run for about nine weeks.

 

 

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