AUCTION EMAIL
Hint #1 We know from this email that the bid was flagged due to manipulative behaviour. The email names MaskCollector42 and RoseWood29 as the accounts involved - but who are they?
Hint #2 Take a look at the phone numbers listed in the email. Can you find either MaskCollector42 or RoseWood29’s number elsewhere in the evidence?
Hint #3 Check the text message that reads: “I’m at the party. Make sure everything goes as planned. No one can trace us.” Does the phone number match one from the email?
Hint #4 The phone number belongs to RoseWood29… but who is that? Have you seen that word RoseWood anywhere else?
Hint #5 Look closely at the envelope that contained the masquerade invitation.
ANSWER Doreen’s address is listed as Rose Wood, St Albans Lane, meaning the account RoseWood29 belongs to Doreen. In her police interview, she claims she stepped into the conservatory for some “quiet,” but the date and timings align with the illegal bid rigging - that’s what she was really doing. Since the phone number from the suspicious text also belongs to Doreen, we can deduce that she was messaging MaskCollector42 about the bidding scheme, not anything related to the murder.