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[trailhead] What happened to Jacob Aaron?
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amandel
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Well, I'm still as curious as one of those 9 cats--especially the plastered Wink Dutch one.
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tallerbird
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Got a reply from Catherine on facebook. I asked her if there was anything on the back of the pictures.
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Claire,

The images were on a memory card, not actual pictures.

Sorry it took so long to respond. I was in Jackson for the weekend, getting all of my stuff from my dorm. I'm hoping to get back to school in January, but who knows.

Thank you so much for trying to help. It really means so much that strangers are willing to help out.

Sincerely,
Catherine


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amandel
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Catherine friended me at FB and replied to some questions I asked about her brother(nickname.groups etc.).
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....As to my brother, I am trying to talk to mom about it, but she's still so upset about everything, she doesn't really respond well to questions. Hopefully I can figure out at least what town he is in. Last I heard, Chicago.

Sincerely,
Catherine

Yaha, do realize we already had the Chicago info yet it's sweet she's replying to us..
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I asked Catherine how old her brother was and about why he left (i forgot we allready knew about the car crash).
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My brother is four years older than myself, so I suppose that makes him 23. That's sad...we haven't celebrated his birthday in five years. I guess I still think of him as being 18

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I told Geoff, I assumed he had passed it along.

My brother's girlfriend was killed five years ago in a car wreck. Joseph was driving. He just looked away from the road for just a second, but he totaled the car, killing her in the process. He walked away without a scratch.

After that, he wasn't the most popular guy in town. The girls dad was the mayor, so he couldn't go anywhere without being harassed.

So he picked up his things and left. He has never contacted us. We tracked him down only once to Chicago, and he told us to stay out of his life, so we have.



I thought it might make it easier to find him on facebook but had no luck yet. He isn't in the same school groups as Catherine and i can't find him with a search of Chicago. I have had a quick look on a few other networking sites but have focused on Facebook mainly.

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OK, sounds fun, I'll jump in. XD

I found a couple of Jason Aarons in Chicago, but they look to be legit to me.

Maybe he changed his name when he ran away? Useful, I know. XD
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Sarah B wrote:

I found a couple of Jason Aarons in Chicago, but they look to be legit to me.

His name is Joseph. I hope you didn't spend too long searching for the wrong name.

Catherine has just updated her status.
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Catherine is watching the same black car drive by her house every five minutes. 3:20pm

Looks like trouble is on the way.

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His name is Joseph. I hope you didn't spend too long searching for the wrong name.

I am having a major fail day today. Oh dear. Laughing

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Catherine has just updated her status.
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Catherine is watching the same black car drive by her house every five minutes. 3:20pm

Looks like trouble is on the way.

I hope she already posted that parcel!

EDIT:

Catherine posted a comment on one of her pictures; the one with the turtle on it.

Catherine wrote:
That is a big turtle.


A nudge, perhaps?

I still keep getting the link between 'Cat'herine and cats going around in my head... probably erroneously, but there you go.
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Another status update
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Catherine is I guess they saw whatever they were looking for. No car recently. 3:57pm


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Sarah B
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From earlier;

Catherine wrote:
I thought he might have left me a letter, but its just a bunch of random pictures, a cd, and a couple of other odds and ends.


Maybe the answer is in whatever else was in the envelope?

I've gone over the photos a couple more times. Nine cats, seven graves. The cats are mostly in the background, they're various colours from white to black and in between. The graves are two single, five multiple burials, ranging in time period of over a hundred years.

All I can think of is Max Bygraves. XD
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Ok, got a response like y'all...

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Sorry it took so long to respond, I was back in Jackson for the weekend getting all of my stuff moved back home and saying goodbye to my roommate.

The other things in the envelope? There's an empty film canister, some money, used airline e-tickets(Washington DC, Boston, New York, LA) for business trips, a blank piece of paper, and one of those minitapes for voice recorders that is blank as far as I can tell.

I really feel like, since the CD and the Memory Card with the pictures, was in the same CD sleeve that whatever the Organization is, dad identified them in the pictures somehow. Have you guys had any luck?


So she thinks the organisation name (likely a website) is just within the 16 images.
But there are other items, bolded.
I'm going to see if she'll mail it asap. you know, considering there was a black car and all Razz
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Sarah B
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Is it just me that thinks that blank piece of paper isn't blank? Laughing

Don't suppose anyone has checked to see if the pics are stegged?

There are so many things those photos could represent... O.o Seems like a big job.

Catherine Status Update wrote:
Catherine Aaron taking mom to lunch at T.G.I.F

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My gut says it has something to do with the cat's positions within the various images.

That said, I can't seem to find anything that looks like a message using strictly left-to-right columns for letters, top-to-bottom rows for letters or a 5x5 grid.

Sizes seem weird for the pics, but no luck there, either.

Code:
400 604 500 538
249 453 332 384

500 595 593 595
393 446 465 425

594 595 595 595
466 446 490 446

595 595 595 595
475 414 481 447

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another msg
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Glad to hear from you. I just got back from lunch with mom. TGIF(Thank Goodness Its Fridays)...we used to go there once a week when I was little. It is a bit of a drive for us, but delicious.

About the car. You really think I could be in danger? I mean, I know dad was murdered, but do you think these are the people responsible? The Organization as Dad calls it?

In that case, I definitely should get the envelope to you. I am going to make copies of everything, and get it out to you ASAP.

-Catherine

PS. How do you copy a memory card?

No idea... Razz should I say just to drop it in the package? don't know if that's supposed to be included =)

Think TGIF might be a kloo? (there are 7 headstones)

Is the car really from the 'bad people' or perhaps hired by her dad to watch out for her?

eta: new status:
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Catherine is home. Thinking about dad. We used to play games in the car when we travelled...


car traveling games... cemeteries and cats?
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thebruce wrote:
eta: new status:
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Catherine is home. Thinking about dad. We used to play games in the car when we travelled...


car traveling games... cemeteries and cats?

Bingo? Maybe I'll work on the 5x5 grid aspect, some more.
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heh, another update

Status: Catherine is getting desperate
Catherine Aaron wrote:
Bessie Smith
Robert Timmis
Eva and Franklin Roberts
Bert and Ruby Adams
John Thomas
Rosalie Unger
Kate Matthews

Who are they? What do they have to do with dad? And what is the deal with the cats!?


St.Ratum?
Stratum?

or in order of the photos:
(5 cats)
Bert and Ruby Adams
Bessie Smith
(4 cats)
John Thomas
Kate Matthews
Eva and Franklin Roberts
Robert Timmis
Rosalie Unger

This is going to be a kick-me answer I know it
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