TIES THAT BIND: Case File
AUTHOR: Aesop
DISCLAIMER: The characters aren't mine, and I earn no profit by writing this.
SUMMARY: Six people left Roswell, but they still have ties to that town. Ties they are unwilling to sever.
November 02, 2002
Incident report: Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Case #: 15621002
Detective assigned: Matt Townsend
The preliminary investigation by the fire department indicated an accidental electrical fire, caused by old, poorly insulated, wiring. Subsequent inquiries, though, have led me to question this conclusion. A maintenance man on staff, Anthony Mandello, is a certified electrician, whose licenses are all up to date.
In his statement (see attachment 3), he states that the wiring was fully up to code and had been inspected only a week before.
Mandello has no record, and no connection to any of those killed in the fire. Further investigation of coworkers and patients is continuing. At this point, the deaths of Dr. Eileen Madison, Timothy Lewis, Gary Redding, and Kevin Lieber are being treated as homicides.
ADDENDUM: November 03 2002. One of the people killed, Timothy Lewis, has been identified as an FBI agent on medical leave. At the request of his superiors, this case file is being closed out, and all evidence is being forwarded to the Boston offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Included in the evidence is the coroner's report on Dr. Madison. It seems that traces of chloroform were found on her face around her mouth and in her lungs.
It was initially thought that Madison had fallen asleep in her office while working late. That is clearly not the case. A recommendation is being forwarded with this file. Agents assigned to this case may be well served by a thorough background check on the doctor, focusing on any recent cases that might have placed her in possession of secrets someone might think worth killing for.
