The documentary was my idea, not his. In the media outlets, he would later say that he was the one who wanted to showcase the mysterious disappearances in our town in an effort to bring justice to those lost. That’s a lie: it was my idea to start the documentary, and the films will show this to be true.

They are kept in the basement of my childhood home, behind the wall on the west side, under the only window, cobwebbed and in disrepair. There are some newer bricks; look there.

It’s time this town knew the truth.

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Transcription of audio from four minute film found in Mr. Heary’s residence, 1/09/08. Ellipses indicate broken film where the audio could not be reconstructed, or where sensitive information has been redacted. Two voices speak in the film, indicated by 1 and 2, for consistency.

1: No, that’s not true. I think we’re getting somewhere with this. We didn’t waste all this time for nothing.

2: Then what have we found?

1: Well, we found that … and the note, too.

2: The note? The note wasn’t tied to the disappearances. It was just a note.

1: No, you can’t think like that! We have to have a detective’s mind. For us to find out what happened to those missing people, everything is tied to the case. As far as we know, the murderer wrote the note.

2: … murderer? Why’d you say that? …

1: Missing people? … said so. That many disappearances and we don’t have caves nearby for people to go falling into.

2: We’ve never discussed it being a murderer before. We … and considered … but never that.

1: Well, I thought you assumed the same as me. That somebody has been killing these people. I don’t know what else we thought it would have been.

2: Something more natural? I’m just … A fun little documentary, on a fun little mystery. Not something so real.

1: Oh, it’s real, alright. That’s why this film matters.

2: What’s that? That boy … Is that his ID? … Why would you have that? Hold it up to the camera for the documentary. Where did you find it?

1: I can’t show this on the film … It’s nothing, I knew him from school. Put it back where you found it.

2: No … this is important evidence. What else is in this box? You’ve never showed me … ?

*the film ends with the sounds of a struggle, an indecipherable crackling, and a short groan that is cut off by the film being stopped*