The Scenario
A quarter of an hour has passed. The guests hastily gulped down a glass of the Killingsworth Farm wine, but a somber mood still lingers in the air. Where is Elizabeth Killingsworth? One of the other guests suggests the group split up to find Elizabeth.
As the group begins to spread in different directions in search of Elizabeth, the group begins to find out more about each other.
Dr Barren’s General Whereabouts:
Wake up – Noon: At home working on next book
Noon – 1:15 PM: Tending garden
1:15 – 2:30 PM: Lunch with Elizabeth Killingsworth
2:30 – 3:45 PM: Working on book
3:45 – 4:00 PM: At Killingsworth Farm talking to Elizabeth
4:00 – 6:00 PM: At home resting
6:45 – 7:00 PM: Return to Killingsworth Farm to talk to Elizabeth
7:00 PM – Present: At the Killingsworth farmhouse
While tending garden around Noon, Chelsea noticed Michael Nightshade drive up to Killingsworth Farm. Being curious, she watched as he went to the door and talked with Elizabeth Killingsworth on the front porch. Through an open window of the farmhouse, she saw Kathryn Lawless rooting through a medicine cabinet in the bathroom. Kathryn took something that looked like a small pill bottle and put it into her pocket. By 12:15, Kathryn joined Elizabeth and Michael on the front porch.
Dr Barren has spent much of the week in the library doing research. She has seen Enrique Graves there a number of times, but never studying. He always comes in, takes papers from the librarian – never any books, though – and leaves. She’s also noticed Michael Nightshade’s car in the parking lot of the library every day for the last four days.
When a certain Hollywood star thought her last novel was about him, he sued her for millions. She has been low on cash since. Dr Barren has always suspected that Elizabeth Killingsworth killed her husband Robert to collect the life insurance money and escape the failing farm, in fact she has a new novel coming out based on that suspicion. If the book deal falls through, she will have nothing left but her little tract of land next to Killingsworth Farms. If Michael Nightshade turns it into low-cost housing, her property value will likely diminish considerably.
Enrique’s General Whereabouts:
6:00 – 9:00 AM: Chores in the fields
9:00 AM – Noon: Cleaning the Farmhouse
Noon – 3:00 PM: Lunch alone and resting in the Barn
3:00 – 4:00 PM: Fixing the wiring in the Wine Vault
4:00 – 6:30 PM: Resting in the Barn
6:30 – 7:00 PM: Return to fix wiring in the Wine Vault
7:00 PM – Present: Return to the Killingsworth farmhouse
Around 9:30 AM this morning, Enrique was cleaning the farmhouse windows from outside when he heard Vicki D’Adly sobbing and speaking to someone. She was in the breakfast room at the time.
When Robert Killingsworth died, Elizabeth felt alone & distraught and was especially attentive & generous to Enrique since she had no other living family except her sister. Elizabeth said she had not seen her sister since high school. Elizabeth wanted to make amends with her sister, but said that she never wanted to see her brother-in-law again. She never made contact with her sister.
Around 12:45 PM, Dr. Chelsea Barren asked Enrique about the man who had driven up to Killingsworth Farm. Enrique did a little snooping for her and found out that he was a real estate developer who intended to buy the farm to develop it into low-cost housing. Enrique reported this news back to Dr. Barren around 1 PM. She seemed horrified by the thought of low-cost housing next to her property. She vowed to put a stop to the plan.