MAVERICK SYNTHETIC MURDER
MYSTERY DATASET OVERVIEW
Abstract: The MAVERICK dataset was originally created to support a series of empirical studies looking at
the effectiveness of network visualizations at support information foraging and human sensemaking1. This
synthetic dataset is structured as a forensic mystery (i.e., the event has already taken place) that centers on
solving a fictional murder that has taken place. The dataset is composed of a series of 181 text-based reports
collected from various sources (including individuals and image sources of varying reliability). The reports
are framed as being collected from the perspective of a reporter investigating the murder through interviews
with suspects and observations of the site the murder. The dataset includes intentional and unintentional
deception along with calculated source reliabilities based on available evidence.
The use of this dataset is unrestricted for academic, non-commercial purposes with the explicit requirement
that the dataset be properly cited (see below for format) in any formal or informal publications of work which
leverage the dataset. For commercial use please contact us to discuss licensing terms.
Citation format:
Jenkins, M. P.; Bisantz, A.; Llinas, J.; Nagi, R.. (2014). MAVERICK Synthetic Murder Mystery Dataset (version
1.0) [data files and ground truth]. Retrieved from the University of Buffalo, State University of New York
(SUNY) Institutional Repository: http://hdl.handle.net/10477/24359
Questions and licensing requests can be directed to Michael Jenkins (mpj6@buffalo.edu).
Author:
Dr. Michael P. Jenkins
Charles River Analytics, Inc (www.cra.com)
Advisor:
Dr. Ann Bisantz
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Committee Members:
Dr. James Llinas
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Dr. Rakesh Nagi
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This work has been supported by a Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) grant (Number
W911NF-09-1-0392) for “Unified Research on Network based Hard/Soft information Fusion”, issued by the
US Army Research Office ARO) under the program management of Dr. John Lavery. We gratefully appreciate
this support.
1
M. Jenkins, A. Bisantz, J. Llinas, and R. Nagi. “Investigating and Improving Network Visualizations'
Effectiveness at Supporting Human Sensemaking Tasks,” Presented at the 57th Annual Meetings of the Human
Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), San Diego, California, (October 2013)
FIGURE 1: DATASET ARCHITECTURE DIAGRAM
1.1
GENERATION PROCESS
The generation of the MAVERICK dataset was an iterative process. Several evolutions were
required to establish the final murder plot and message content. To address these components the
critical task was establishing a ground truth to support the development of messages and
substantive questions. An early iteration of the dataset was based on the popular Hasbro Inc., board
game Clue®. Originally, Clue was selected based on the core goal of the game being to solve a
murder; however, the mechanics of the game were found to be too simplistic to meet the needs of
the original study the MAVERICK dataset was designed to support, so it was adopted as a basis
which was then enhanced in subsequent iterations. Clue remained as a foundation to provide
individuals with some familiarity with the characters (i.e., Plum, Scarlet, Green, Mustard, White, and
Peacock) and locations (e.g., library, study, billiard room, conservatory, etc.) used in the murder
scenario.
The final ground truth was established after several iterations that involved semi-structured pilot
testing with volunteers focused simply on solving the murder with respect to the who, where, why,
and how components. The goal of these reviews were to ensure the final plot was logical (i.e., there
were no conflicting truths) and complex enough to challenge individuals. The complexity was
designed with the intention such that it was expected most individuals would struggle to solve the
key elements of the murder plot. This was done by incorporating false information, misleading
information, and leaving out information such that the complete message set does not guarantee an
individual will be able to successfully solve the murder mystery. Section 1.2 provides further details
on the generation of the messages, which included this process of adding, editing, and removing
information to increase the complexity.
1.1.1 GROUND TRUTH
The dataset scenario was framed as if the research participant receiving the messages was a
reporter who was trying to figure out details of a murder that took place before the police or other
reporters in order to write up a story for his/her paper and break the murder story to the public.
This scenario was adopted to make the concept of messages coming from different third-parties
more accessible. Subsequently, the resulting ground truth of the various iterations that took place
was written up as a confession from one of the suspects involved in the murder. The ground truth
was structured in this format so that it could be provided to individuals during a debriefing so they
knew the solution the murder mystery they were tasked with solving. The following is a copy of the
confession (included in the dataset as a single file) and represents the ground truth of the murder
mystery plot as related to the core event (i.e., the murder). References to persons or locations
within the confession are further explained in subsequent sections; however, the ground truth is
presented first as it serves as the backbone of the dataset.
The police interrogated Scarlet and she confessed to being an accomplice in the murder of
Boddy. Scarlet confessed that it wasn't her that killed Boddy and it was never supposed to go
as far as it did. A few weeks ago Boddy approached her when she was at his house and they
started dating, just as she'd said; however, what she didn't tell anyone is that she told Plum
about Boddy's amazing home, which she saw when she was installing cameras, and they
devised a scheme to con Boddy out of his money. Scarlet was going to marry Boddy and then
divorce him to get half his Estate. Scarlet and Plum got a legal divorce soon thereafter so she
could marry Boddy. This is when they put their plan in motion.
It was purely coincidental that Mustard brought Plum into the mix with the Dalia Surveillance
Equipment Company deal. Scarlet learned from Mustard about the opportunity and Scarlet
and Plum decided that it would work out in their favor since Plum would own 25% of the
company after the sale, and Boddy 50%. Then after the divorce Scarlet would get 25% from
Boddy so together her and Plum would be the majority stakeholders in Dalia Security
Equipment Company and have half of Boddy's money. So Scarlet introduced Mustard to Plum
to bring him in on that deal.
Last night however, Plum was informed by Boddy that Boddy lost his money and never
acquired Dalia Security Equipment Company (which the Police knew was not actually the case
since Boddy actually did acquire it then sold it off quickly so he acquired all the money). Plum
was furious according to Scarlet when he came to see her in the Conservatory shortly before
9PM. He said they needed to do something that night to get his money back and that he wasn’t
having his wife sleep with Boddy just to get screwed out of his money and the company he was
trying to acquire.
Scarlet told Plum that Boddy told her that after tonight he was going to be coming into a large
sum of money by selling a company he'd recently acquired. Plum was confused by this since
Boddy had told him he never purchased Dalia Security Equipment Company. Since Boddy
didn't know that Plum and Scarlet were still together, they figured Boddy was trying to scam
Plum and keep the money for himself to run away with Scarlet. Scarlet says this infuriated
Plum and he said there's one thing you should never do and that is to try and steal from a thief.
Plum then showed Scarlet a gun he had taken from the Study and she begged him not to do
anything stupid. Plum agreed after she pleaded with him for a short time and he told her that
he would dispose of the gun.
Plum then waited in the Lounge until the lady in the Theatre (Peacock) went to the Bathroom.
When she did Plum went and hid the gun in there so it wouldn't be found in the room that
Boddy had asked him to wait in – the Lounge. Plum then went back to the Lounge and broke
into Boddy's safe and found an engagement ring in there. He figured it was for Scarlet so he
knew Boddy would have to come get it at some point. He took the ring and pocketed it and
then waited for Boddy to return.
Around 2 AM on Sunday, Boddy came back to the Lounge as Plum had suspected, with Boddy
thinking that Plum had already departed, to get the ring. He confronted Boddy and asked him
about the Dalia Security Company deal. Boddy told him there was nothing more to tell and to
stop pestering him about his measly $200,000 or he would have him thrown in jail for
harassment. Plum responded to Boddy by telling him that he had spoken with Scarlet and
knew of their affair and the sum of money he had told her he was getting from the sale of a
company he’d recently acquired. Boddy denied it until Plum threatened him with a candlestick
he grabbed off a table in the room. Boddy then confessed what he had done and admitted he
was having an affair with Scarlet, but didn’t know she was in a relationship with Plum. He said
the company was sold and he’d be getting nothing, and that Scarlet was leaving Plum for
Boddy as they were going on a trip around the world with the profit he had made so Plum
should just go home before he did something stupid.
Plum persisted to threaten him until Boddy finally told Plum that he would go get his money.
He had cash in the drawer of his desk in the Study. He said he would go get it right then and
then Plum should leave and this would be the end of it. Plum had gone through the drawers of
the desk however and knew there was no cash in there but Boddy did have a gun and his
checkbook. So Plum demanded he give him cash, for both his and Mustard’s money and not a
check which he knew Boddy would just cancel. Boddy told Plum not to worry that he had a
whole drawer full of cash and he would give it all to Plum to just leave and never speak of the
issue again. Plum assumed, correctly, that he was lying about the money, and that Boddy
intended to get his gun and come back to confront Plum.
It was then that Plum lost his temper and attacked Boddy as he tried to leave the Lounge.
Boddy struggled with Plum trying to stop him from hitting him with the heavy candlestick, but
Plum eventually landed a blow that knocked Boddy unconscious, or so he thought, as he had
actually landed a blow that killed Boddy.
Plum left Boddy on the ground, assuming he would wake up soon, and went to get Scarlet to
tell her what he'd done. Plum gave Scarlet the diamond ring and said they could sell it and at
least get something out of this scam. He told her what had happened and they went back to see
Boddy, which is when they realized he was dead.
Plum told Scarlet not to panic and said they could move the body and frame another guest.
The two of them then carried the body to the Bathroom and cleaned up the Lounge. The plan
then was for Scarlet to go back to the Conservatory and hide the murder weapon (the
candlestick). She would then spend the night in the Conservatory until the police arrived so she
could know what was going on in terms of their detective work and to make sure it didn't look
like she or Plum were suspected. Plum would leave and tell the police that he left after meeting
with Mustard so Mustard could confirm his story without even knowing he was doing it since
he told Mustard he was leaving after their meeting.
At some point they would let it slip to the police that they saw the lady from the Theatre with
the Gun so the police would find it and think she stole it from the Study to give them a false
lead. At the time it sounded like the perfect plan, but Scarlet pleads that none of it was her idea
and that she never meant for Boddy to get killed, it was all Plum's fault and they had just
wanted to steal his money.
1.1.2 SUPPORTING ARTIFACTS
Several supporting artifacts were necessary to construct both the ground truth discussed in the
previous section and to create the subsequent messages used to describe and fabricate the ground
truth. These artifacts are provided in the follow sections and as standalone artifacts as part of the
compiled dataset, however the design of each was an iterative process that was again based on pilot
feedback and testing to ensure the overall plot made logical sense and without making the
substantive questions to simple for individuals.
1.1.2.1
FLOOR LAYOUT
The floor layout shown in Figure 2 serves as a reference to the location where the murder took
place. It included 12 different areas where the murder could have taken place. Additional locations
were also referenced in the message set, but the message set clarified that the murder took place in
one of these locations.
FIGURE 2: MAVERICK DATASET MURDER LOCATION FLOOR LAYOUT SKETCH
1.1.2.2
CHARACTER ATTRIBUTES
The murder victim in the MAVERICK dataset was Mr. Walter. D. Boddy. In addition to Mr. Boddy,
there were eight individuals who were identified as murder suspects given that they visited Mr.
Boddy’s home (i.e., the location depicted in Figure 2) shortly before his murder. Table 1 provides a
summary of these characters along with their physical attributes. Physical attributes were included
in this table as these attributes were used in the message set to describe individuals without
directly naming them, increasing the level of uncertainty in reported evidence. This table is not
intended to be directly provided to individuals trying to solve the murder.
TABLE 1: MAVERICK DATASET SUSPECT ATTRIBUTE DETAILS
Suspect
ID
1
TYPE
NAME
Gender
Race
Age
Height
Weight
Hair Color
Person
Walter D. Boddy
Male
Caucasian
68
5'10"
250
Grey
2
Person
Antonio Green
Male
41
6'4"
220
Brown
3
Person
Adam Mustard
Male
African
American
Caucasian
45
6'0"
185
Blonde
4
Person
Katie Peacock
Female
Caucasian
50
5'5"
140
Brown
5
6
Person
Person
Scott Plum
Christine Scarlet
Male
Female
32
35
5'11
5'10"
180
110
Blonde
Brown
7
Person
Jill White
Female
56
5'4"
100
Grey
8
9
Person
Person
Henry Wadsworth
Yvette Duster
Male
Female
Indian
Latin
American
African
American
Indian
Indian
25
27
6'0"
5'4"
300
125
Brown
Brown
1.1.2.3
PLOT TIMELINE
The plot timeline is shown in Figure 3, and is included in the dataset as a single file. This timeline
was constructed as a moderator guide (representing both ground truth and deceptive reports) to
understand where people were located during the time leading up to the murder (2:00AM) and
shortly thereafter. It tracks each suspect on the top half of the timeline and the location of the
victim below the timeline. This tool was used during the dataset generation process to track
locations and times and ensure events were properly characterized; however, it was also used to
identify opportunities for suspects to tell lies about their location at different times, which are
shown in red text in Figure 3.
FIGURE 3: MAVERICK DATASET SUSPECT AND VICTIM TIMELINE
1.2
MESSAGE GENERATION
1.2.1 ASSUMPTIONS
To create an acceptable set of messages for the purposes of the originally intended experiment for
which the MAVERICK dataset was developed, a series of 6 key assumptions were adopted. These
assumptions, which are intended to be presented to individuals attempting to solve the murder,
were used to limit the scope of possibilities when solving the murder as well as the scope of
necessary information for the dataset itself. The assumptions are included as a single file in the
MAVERICK dataset and Table 2 provides the list of assumptions. The first assumption constrained
the reliability of the murder victim since the scenario takes place after his death so he could not
provide information to enable active assessment of his reliability. The location of the victim at
different times throughout the scenario was critical information so providing this assumption
helped to verify certain aspects of that information. The second assumption was related to the
originally investigated information display the dataset was intended to support. As individuals
received new batches of messages (message batches are discussed in Section 1.2.3) their display
would update and the entity and relationship tables (and network visualization if applicable) would
automatically update with information that was based on the new messages. This process was
described to individuals as an automated system that could extract certain entity details and
relationships from text messages; however, the assumption points out that the system was not
perfect. This assumption was included to encourage individuals to drill-down to the individual
messages themselves as not all information in the messages could be accurately represented in the
information displays.
TABLE 2: LIST OF ASSUMPTIONS USED IN GENERATING THE MAVERICK DATASET
ID
Assumption
1
Walter Boddy (the victim) …
2

…is never voluntarily late or early for a scheduled appointment/meeting

…will never voluntarily miss a scheduled appointment

…will only hold meetings/appointments at their scheduled locations
The automated system* that processes the text messages is not perfect and may …
3

…miss information in messages (e.g., fail to integrate it into the primary information display)

…inappropriately merge non-duplicate entities or relationships

…fail to merge duplicate entities or relationships
Two types of deception (i.e., lies) are possible from suspects:
4

1st Degree: Person knowingly provides false information

2nd Degree: Person unknowingly provides false information
Persons involved in the murder may tell 1st Degree lies
5
All persons may tell 2nd Degree lies
6
Innocent persons will never tell 1st Degree lies (i.e., they will always fully cooperate)
*Individuals were told incoming messages were automatically processed by software and integrated into their information
display; however, the software just made it appear this way.
The third through sixth assumptions are related to false information. Due to the nature of the
scenario both intentional deception (e.g., a murderer lies to hide his guilt) and unintentional
deception (e.g., a suspect says something that a murder lied to them about, but they believe was
true) were possible. These assumptions were critical to identifying the murderer and accomplices
as it introduced individuals to the possibility of lies and to the different types of lies they should
look for in their investigation.
1.2.2 MESSAGE SET
Table 3 provides all of the custom messages that comprise the MAVERICK dataset along with the
attribute information provided along with each message. These messages are also provided as a
single file in the MAVERICK dataset. There are a total of 181 messages that were grouped into 15
custom batches with the exception of the first message which served as an introduction for
individuals to explain the scenario for solving the mystery. The messages were generated over
multiple iterations using the timelines established in Section 1.1.2.3. Initially large narratives were
constructed from the perspective of each suspect. These narratives included false information that
would be told by the murderer and accomplices.
Once each suspects’ story was established the narratives were split into a series of shorter
messages to convey the same information in a more succinct format. Some of the information was
deliberately left out from these messages to increase the complexity of the task and create
situations where individuals had to generate hypotheses (i.e., hypothesis generation task questions
were asked that had no verifiable answer based on available information). The messages that were
included were then ordered in a semi-randomized manner to the different suspects’ stories with
one another. The ordering was semi-random as certain messages were fixed with respect to where
they arrived in the overall message list and in relation to other messages. For example, suspects
were introduced very early on so that information on those suspects made sense to individuals.
Similarly, some information provided much more direct evidence (e.g., a forensic report indicated
that the victim died of blunt force trauma to the head) that reduced the uncertainty. This
information was largely moved towards the end of the list so that individuals were left with the task
of hypothesizing what happened. Finally, after the messages were ordered, additional messages
were added from trusted sources (e.g., the police, fellow reporters, security cameras) to provide
critical information, missing information, or information needed to verify information coming from
suspects. Several iterations of this process were necessary to develop the final list of messages
presented in Table 3.
ID
Received
Day
Received
Time
Message
Source
Source
Reliability
Reliability
Score
0
999
Sunday
9:00AM
Brauman
100%
100
Message Text
Batch
TABLE 3: CUSTOM MESSAGES FROM THE MAVERICK DATASET
You are a reporter working for a major newspaper publisher.
Sunday morning at 9:00AM you received a call from a man
named HENRY WADSWORTH. Mr. WADSWORTH claims he has
a big story if you're willing to help him out. Mr. WADSWORTH
reports that there has been a murder at The Boddy Estate and
the police have named WADSWORTH as their primary suspect.
HENRY WADSWORTH claims he did not do it and wants you to
help solve the murder and clear his name.
You agree to help and enlist a field reporter, Hans Brauman, to
go to the scene of the crime and collect information and report
back to you what he finds while you work on figuring out what
happened.
Mr. Brauman will head to Boddy Estate and speak with the
police and any other persons he can when he gets there. He
will also do his best to snoop around for clues. Mr. Brauman
will send you periodic updates in the form of brief text based
messages with the occasional attachment (e.g., a photograph).
These updates will come in batches, so you will receive a group
of messages every 10 minutes.
1
1
Sunday
9:15AM
Wadsworth
96%
100
1
2
Sunday
9:15AM
Police
100%
100
1
1
3
4
Sunday
Sunday
9:15AM
9:15AM
Brauman
Brauman
100%
100%
Your goal is to use the information from Mr. Brauman to get
the story to the news before other reporters or the police so
you can receive a bonus. You can do this by answering key
questions surrounding the murder before the police figure out
what happens and the truth is released to the public.
Source reports that Mr. Walter D. Boddy was found dead in the
bathroom of the main building of Boddy Estate Sunday, June
5th at approximately 8:30AM. The body was reportedly
discovered by Henry Wadsworth when he arrived at work for
the day. Wadsworth is an employee of Walter Boddy who
worked as a butler.
Source confirms that call from a male named Henry
Wadsworth was received at 8:30AM, Sunday June 5th,
reporting Walter Boddy was found dead in the Bathroom of
Boddy Estate.
100
Police arrived at approximately 8:40AM, Sunday June 5th, and
confirmed that Walter Boddy was dead and his body was in the
bathroom of the main building of the Boddy Estate. Mr. Boddy
was a Caucasian male, 68 years old with grey hair who was
5'10" tall and weighed 250 pounds.
Source reports, three other people were found to be in the
foyer of the main building of Boddy Estate along with the
police as of 9:00AM, Sunday, June 5th. The individuals included
Henry Wadsworth, another one of Boddy's house staff
employees, a brown-haired female, and an African American
male who was approximately 6’4” tall with brown hair.
100
Source also reports, Wadsworth is an Indian male who is
approximately 6’0” tall and weighs 300lbs. According to public
tax records, Wadsworth was employed by Boddy as a servant.
Source reports that the foyer of the main building of Boddy
Estate was connected to a long hallway that ran the length of
the home and provided access to several rooms with closed
doors.
1
5
Sunday
9:15AM
Wadsworth
96%
100
1
6
Sunday
9:15AM
Coroner
100%
100
1
7
Sunday
9:15AM
Police
100%
100
1
8
Sunday
9:15AM
Brauman
100%
100
1
9
Sunday
9:15AM
Yvette
100%
91
2
10
Sunday
9:35AM
Wadsworth
96%
100
2
11
Sunday
9:35AM
Wadsworth
96%
100
2
12
Sunday
9:35AM
Police
100%
100
2
13
Sunday
9:35AM
Wadsworth
96%
100
2
14
Sunday
9:35AM
Police
100%
100
2
15
Sunday
9:35AM
Police
100%
100
2
16
Sunday
9:35AM
Police
100%
100
2
17
Sunday
9:35AM
Security
Camera
100%
100
Source reports that the brown-haired female in the foyer was
employed by Walter Boddy as a live-in maid.
Source reports the victim died at 2:00AM, Sunday, June 5th,
but the cause of death is still unknown. Evidence also shows
that Boddy did not die in the room he was found in (Bathroom)
and was moved there from somewhere nearby shortly after he
died and was not moved for the past 3 hours.
Source reports police have taken the brown-haired female and
African American male into the Study of the main building of
Boddy Estate for questioning.
Source reports that the second staff member in the foyer was a
female named Yvette Duster. She is 27 years old, 5’4” tall and
weighs 125 pounds. She has brown hair and is Indian.
Source confirms that Yvette was employed as a maid for
Walter Boddy. She was in the Servant’s Building of Boddy
Estate from 8:00PM, Saturday, June 4th until Sunday, June 5th
at 9:00AM when she was retrieved by the police looking for
clues to Boddy’s murder.
Source claims a surveillance camera exists in Servant’s Building
that will validate Yvette’s location at the time of the murder.
Source claims Henry Wadsworth left Boddy Estate, Saturday
June 4th at 8:30PM to travel into the nearby town of Essex. He
returned to Boddy Estate at 1:00AM, Sunday June 5th and
went directly to the Servant’s Building where he fell asleep for
the night.
Source reports Wadsworth woke up Sunday at 7:00AM and
went to the town farmer’s market in Essex to gather
ingredients to make Walter Boddy’s morning breakfast. He
returned to Boddy Estate and the main building at 8:15AM.
Source reports Henry Wadsworth uncovered Walter Boddy’s
dead body when he entered bathroom at 8:30AM on Sunday,
June 5th as he was going to use the restroom and wash his
hands before making breakfast for Mr. Boddy. He set his
groceries down next to the sink and then noticed Boddy's body
in the bathtub.
Source reports a broken martini glass was found in the theater
of the main building of Boddy Estate.
Source claims that Yvette doesn’t head to work until 10:00AM
on Sundays, so she would have been sleeping when
Wadsworth left the Sunday morning at 7:00AM for the market.
Source reports there is a surveillance camera in the Servant’s
Building that should have captured Wadsworth's and Yvette's
coming and going over the past 24 hours.
Source reports that credit card records show purchases made
by Henry Wadsworth at a local bar in Essex (a town
approximately 30 minutes from Boddy Estate) from 9:00PM
Saturday, June 4th through 12:30AM Sunday, June 5th. A
purchase was also made at 7:55AM on Sunday, June 5th at the
Essex Farmer’s Market Organic Dairy Vendor.
Source reports that a carving knife was found stuck in the wall
about 5 feet off the ground in the kitchen of the main building
of Boddy Estate.
Security footage revealed that an Indian female with brownhair in her mid-twenties entered the Servant’s Building at
7:55PM, Saturday June 4th. The woman entered a room off the
main hallway and did not exit the room or building until
9:00AM on Sunday, June 5th when she came out of her room
and went to the front door, briefly spoke with someone then
left.
The same footage also showed Henry Wadsworth enter the
building at 1:00AM on Sunday, June 5th. He entered a room
across the hall from the room the female entered and then did
not leave the room or building until 7:00AM on Sunday, June
5th.
2
18
Sunday
9:35AM
Mustard
73%
100
2
19
Sunday
9:35AM
Yvette
100%
91
2
20
Sunday
9:35AM
Coroner
100%
100
2
21
Sunday
9:35AM
Wadsworth
96%
100
2
22
Sunday
9:35AM
Police
100%
100
3
23
Sunday
9:55AM
Wadsworth
96%
100
3
24
Sunday
9:55AM
Scarlet
59%
0
3
25
Sunday
9:55AM
Scarlet
59%
0
3
26
Sunday
9:55AM
Police
100%
100
Source reports that Walter Boddy placed an $800,000 bet on a
single hand of blackjack at the Mohegan Sun Casino and lost.
Boddy claimed he yelled at the dealer and cursed him out but
the casino manager quickly had him removed from the casino
floor for the outburst as he shouted to the dealer - "you
double-crossing bastard, I'll get you for this, you better watch
your back!"
Source reports that while removing Walter Boddy’s corpse
from the main building she noticed his solid gold Rolex® watch
was missing from his wrist. She claims he never takes it off as it
was a gift from an older woman, estimated to be in her mid50’s, that Boddy had been dating for the past few months.
Source reports that there is a cut on the wrist of Walter
Boddy’s corpse that was likely caused by his watch coming off
during a struggle. Source suggests that if the watch was not
stolen by the murderer, then it would be most likely located in
the room where Mr. Boddy was murdered.
Source reports Walter Boddy invited 6 guests to visit Boddy
Estate to discuss what source refers to as “Shared Interests.”
Source claims guests arrived at 2:00PM on Saturday, June 4th.
Wadsworth collected physical invitations from each as they
arrived and were escorted to the Lounge of the main building
of Boddy Estate.
Source reports that groceries including eggs, milk, cheese,
spices, and bacon with a credit card record receipt from the
farmer's market in the town of Essex were found in a brown
shopping bag in the bathroom next to the sink of the main
building of Boddy Estate.
Source reports that six guests visited the home of Walter
Boddy on Saturday, June 4th. The guests included three males
guests, named Adam Mustard, Antonio Green, and Scott Plum,
and three females guests, named Christine Scarlet, Katie
Peacock, and Jill White.
Source describes Jill White and Antonio Green as being African
American. Source describes Katie Peacock and Christine Scarlet
as having brown hair.
Source claims the murderer was one of the female guests who
the source describes as an “old hag.” Source claims that the
accused woman was jealous of Christine Scarlet because of her
recent romantic relationship with Walter D. Boddy.
Source claims that Christine Scarlet was asleep in the
conservatory of the main building of Boddy Estate from
approximately 2:35AM on Sunday June 5th until sometime
after 8:30AM that morning when she was awoken by the
police and surprised with the news that Walter Boddy had
been killed and she was a suspect. They then held her in the
main building for questioning on the morning of Sunday, June
5th.
Source reports that security footage from the perimeter of
Boddy Estate confirms 6 individuals did visit Boddy Estate,
arriving at or before 2:00PM on Saturday June 4th, in addition
to Walter Boddy, Henry Wadsworth and Yvette Duster who
were already on the grounds.
Source also confirms that no other persons visited the estate
until on Saturday June 4th, but 5 individuals were seen leaving
the estate at various times from 8:30PM, Saturday June 4th
through 3:15AM, Sunday June 5th.
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The individual seen leaving Boddy Estate at 8:30PM, Saturday
June 4th on the security footage was an Indian male, driving a
blue Buick sedan that was registered to Henry Wadsworth.
Source claims that Adam Mustard was a Caucasian male with
blonde hair. Source also claims another one of Mr. Boddy’s
guests was a Caucasian, but can’t recall if it was a man or a
woman.
Source claims Jill White is an African American female with
grey hair.
Source confirms that guests arrived at 2:00PM on Saturday,
June 4th and met with Mr. Boddy in the Lounge initially.
Source claims that Boddy told the guests during this initial
meeting that they could enjoy the estate but should meet in
the Dining Room at 4:00PM sharp for dinner at 4:15PM. He
then told them he would meet with them each individually to
discuss “Shared Interests” after dinner.
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Source claims after the announcement guests began dispersing
throughout the main building of the estate.
Source confirms that Yvette Duster typically works starting at
10:00AM on Sundays for Mr. Boddy.
Source provides a hand drawn sketch of the layout of the main
building of Body Estate (*attached). The main building has 9
rooms connected by a central foyer and a hallway that splits
the building into northern and southern sections. Rooms
include a theatre, lounge, billiard room, conservatory and
library in the northern section and a kitchen, bathroom, dining
room, and study in the southern section.
Source claims dinner was served at 4:15PM in the dining room
and all 6 guests, Mr. Boddy, Wadsworth and Yvette were all
present. Wadsworth and Yvette were serving the food to the
others.
Source reports that Walter Boddy's car keys, his Giorgio
Armani brand leather driving gloves, and his checkbook were
all missing from the drawer of the desk found in the study of
the main room of Boddy Estate.
Police learned that Adam Mustard visited a Chili's restaurant in
Essex for dinner and drinks on Saturday, June 4th at 11:00PM
until 1:45AM.
Source claims that at dinner, Mr. Boddy gave each of the 6
guests a card that had a room of the main building of Boddy
Estate named on it. After dinner, at approximately 6:00PM,
Saturday June 4th, guests were to go to their assigned room
and wait to speak with Mr. Boddy. All guests agreed they
would do this.
The location of these guest-to-room assignment cards was
unknown by the source.
Source reports that Jill White went outside the main building of
Boddy Estate for "fresh air" and to "calm her nerves" at
12:00AM on Sunday, June 5th. White claims she walked
around the grounds for 3 hours trying to think about what she
should do regarding what she had learned from her
conversation with Walter Boddy that took place earlier that
night, and specifically what to do about the brown-haired Latin
American woman that was at the estate that evening was
dating Walter Boddy.
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Source claims dinner adjourned at 5:30PM on Saturday, June
4th, and all 6 guests, Yvette Duster, and Mr. Boddy left the
Dining Room. Wadsworth remained in the dining room to clean
until 8:30PM on Saturday (June 4th). During that time source
claims no other people entered the dining room.
Source reports a receipt for a Tiffany's & Co. Model 321
diamond engagement ring was found in a jewelry box in the
lounge of the main building of Boddy Estate. The receipt was
dated Friday, June 3rd.
Source confirms that Christine Scarlet is a Latin American
female with brown hair and is 5’10” tall.
Source confirms that Katie Peacock is a Caucasian woman with
brown hair. She is 50 years old and weighs 140 pounds.
Source recalls an “odd encounter” that took place during diner
on Saturday, June 4th. Scott Plum was seated at dinner near an
aquarium filled with rare fish. Source claims that when Plum
noticed the fish he became visibly ill at the sight of them.
Source reported that Scott Plum can’t stand fish and has
ichthyophobia (fear of fish). He has a debilitating fear of being
alone in the same room as any fish. Source requested that
Scott Plum not be assigned to wait in a room for Mr. Boddy
that had fish in it.
Source says Scott Plum would not be asked to wait in the
Dining Room or Library, the only rooms with aquariums them
due to his fear of fish, per a request from one of the guests.
Source confirms that the African American male from the foyer
with the police is Antonio Green and the female was Christine
Scarlet, who is a Latin American woman.
Source reports that Antonio Green and the other guests left
dinner in the dining room at 5:30 PM on Saturday June 4th.
Green then went to the billiard room to play pool with
Christine Scarlet. They remained there for 30 minutes and then
Green and Scarlet departed the billiard room as they agreed to
do at 6:00PM to go to their assigned rooms. Source does not
know where Scarlet was headed.
Source claims Green left the billiard room at 6:00PM on
Saturday June 4th and went to the library, which was the room
assigned to him on the card given to him by Walter Boddy
during dinner that evening.
Source reports that Walter Boddy owned a handgun that was
usually kept in the study of the main building of Boddy Estate.
Source reports seeing a glass bottle with the label "POISON"
sitting on a table in one of the rooms of the main building of
Boddy Estate sometime after dinner on Saturday, June 4th.
Source does not recall the room, but remembers that the
bottle was sitting on a wooden table, which had ornate claw
feet carved into the legs of the table.
Source reports that Walter Boddy visited Antonio Green in the
Library at 6:30PM on Saturday June 4th after Green had been
watching television for 30 minutes waiting. Source reports
Green had been invited to the Boddy Estate that evening to
oversee the final authorization of the sale of a company Walter
Boddy was purchasing.
Video footage of the foyer and hallway of the main building of
Boddy Estate was found that revealed footage from 1:50AM on
Sunday, June 5th until 2:10AM. During this time none of
Boddy's guests or Boddy himself were located in the foyer or
hallway.
Source claims Adam Mustard was alone in the study of the
main room of Boddy Estates on Saturday, June 4th, from the
time Walter Boddy left the room until 8:30PM when Scott
Plum entered the study to speak with Mustard.
Source claims that Jill White was given a card at dinner by
Walter Boddy asking her to go to the kitchen of the main
building of Boddy Estate after dinner and wait to meet with
him there. White claims she went to the kitchen after dinner
and waited for Boddy to visit.
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Source reports that Scott Plum left the Dining Room at 8:30PM
and went to find Adam Mustard who he found in the study of
the main building of Boddy Estate.
Source reports that Walter Boddy was working with 2 silent
partners (names unknown) to acquire the Dalia Surveillance
Equipment Company which was currently owned by Katie
Peacock. The sale price was $800,000 - $400,000 coming from
Walter Boddy and $400,000 coming from the 2 silent partners,
however, Boddy also had a contract that was signed by the 2
silent partners giving him full power of attorney for the
partners as they wished to remain anonymous. This meant that
Boddy was legally the only person required to agree to
contracts and transactions involving the sale or purchase of
Dalia Surveillance Equipment Company.
Source reports Boddy provided a sales contract to Green that
was already signed by Ms. Katie Peacock and then signed it and
asked Green to process the sale on the laptop computer in the
Library – which Green did.
Security footage was found from the theatre of the main
building of Boddy Estate that showed a brown-haired female
was in the theatre from 1:30AM until 2:05AM. The video
footage was not available outside of that time frame.
Source reports that Adam Mustard was invited to Boddy Estate
on Saturday, June 4th by Walter Boddy to discuss a business
partnership they had entered into, the purchase of the Dalia
Surveillance Equipment Company.
Source reports that at approximately 6:45PM on Saturday,
June 4th, Walter Boddy exited the Library but asked Antonio
Green to remain there and meet with him to broker one more
transaction later in the evening.
Source reports that Scott Plum claims he saw a Caucasian
woman with brown hair go into the study at the other end of
the hallway when he was leaving the lounge to exit through
the West entrance of the main building of Boddy Estate for the
night on Saturday, June 4th around 8:45PM.
Source reports that Walter Boddy visited Green in the Library
at 9:00PM on Saturday, June 4th with a contract to sell Dalia
Surveillance Equipment Company from Walter Boddy’s
ownership to an undisclosed party that had already authorized
the sale. The sale price was $2 million, the full amount of which
would be transferred directly to Boddy, with $0 going to the 2
silent partners that purchased Dalia with Boddy earlier that
evening. This payout structure was possible as Boddy had
power of attorney of the sale and acquisition of Dalia
Surveillance Equipment Company for the other two individuals
who owned the company and thus could structure the contract
as he saw fit.
Source reports that Adam Mustard met with Walter Boddy in
the study at 8:00PM on Saturday, June 4th.
Source reports that after Green processed the second sale of
Dalia Surveillance Equipment Company, he was told by Boddy
during his conversation in the Library sometime after 9:00PM
that he would not receive his commission for the sale of Dalia.
Green was visibly upset describing this event, and source
claims it meant Green was losing out on a $500,000
commission check. Green inquired with Boddy how he was
able to do this and he told him that he wrote into both
contracts that all fees would be paid out by the 2 silent parties
from the original sale of Dalia. Boddy then assured Green that
the 2 silent parties did not have the funds to cover the fee so
pursuing the debt was a waste of time. Source admits that
Green verbally threatened Boddy calling him a scumbag, to
which Boddy responded that if he ensured the transaction
went through with no problems he would pay him $50,000 in
the morning, after which Boddy left the Library, at 9:45PM on
Saturday, June 4th.
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Source reports that Scott Plum was alone in the Dining Room
from 8:00PM until 8:30PM on Saturday, June 4th thinking
about how to deal with the news he had been given by Walter
Boddy, that he had lost his $200,000.
Source reports that after the sale of Dalia Surveillance
Equipment Company from Boddy to the undisclosed party was
processed, Antonio Green was left alone in the library from
9:45PM on Saturday June 4th, until the following morning
when the police awoke him around 8:45AM (Sunday, June
5th). During that time source claims that Green claims he was
responding to work e-mails on the laptop computer in the
Library until around 2:10AM on Sunday and then fell asleep on
the couch in the library shortly after, while re-watching his
DVD of When Harry Met Sally©.
Search of the main building library Sunday morning, June 5th
at 9:55AM confirms Antonio Green was in the library at some
point as a DVD case for When Harry Met Sally© was found in
the room along with copies of two different contracts for the
sale of Dalia Surveillance Equipment Company that were
notarized by Green. Contracts specified that original sale was
from Katie Peacock to Boddy & two undisclosed parties for
$800,000, with Boddy contributing 50%. Second sale was
selling the company from Boddy to Jill White for the sum of
$2,000,000, with all legal and broker fees to be paid by two
undisclosed parties, while the $2M went completely to Boddy.
Both sales were notarized by Antonio Green through the
Dagobah Finance Bank. Library also contained a couch and a
television.
Search of the conservatory of the main building Sunday
morning, June 5th, at 10:00AM uncovered a heavy metal
candlestick that was buried in the soil of a potted fern plant.
Source reports the candlestick was bent in the middle and
paint was chipped off as if it had been slammed against
another object forcefully.
Source confirms that the damage to the metal candlestick
found in the conservatory is evident of it being used as a
possible blunt force weapon. They subsequently categorized it
as a possible murder weapon.
Source report that Henry Wadsworth provided the physical
invitations that were mailed to the 6 invited guests to the
police investigators. The invitations included each guests name
and a mailing address. Source reports that officers have been
sent to each address to look for possible clues and to try and
bring the remaining 4 guests in for questioning.
Source claims that Saturday, June 4th at 11:45PM Christine
Scarlet was in the conservatory, where Boddy had asked she
wait on the card she received at dinner, when another woman
came in and accused Scarlet of having an affair with Boddy.
Source did not know the accuser’s name, but described her as
5’4” tall and 56 years old. Source then claims that Christine
Scarlet attempted to instigate the accusing woman by telling
her she was “absolutely sleeping with Walter, but it wasn’t
affair since he doesn’t want to be with you [the accused
woman] anymore!” The accused woman then smacked Scarlet
with an open hand, and stormed out around 11:50PM and
Scarlet called after her that “Walter was going to kick her to
the curb tonight!” and laughed.
Source reports that Christine Scarlet and Walter Boddy started
a romantic relationship approximately 3 weeks ago. The couple
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met when Scarlet was installing a surveillance system at
Boddy’s estate. Scarlet was working for Dalia Surveillance
Equipment Company.
Source believes that Christine Scarlet was among the 6 guests
invited to Walter Boddy’s Estate on Saturday June 4th, as Boddy
was expected to propose to Scarlet that evening.
Source reports that Walter Boddy visited Christine Scarlet in
the conservatory of the main building of Boddy Estate at
8:30PM on Saturday, June 4th. Boddy told Scarlet that he
would be coming into a large sum of money very soon for
selling off a company he had recently acquired. Source reports
that Boddy’s first of two surprises for Scarlet that evening was
that the two of them were to take a trip around the world to
celebrate the small fortune he’d gained from the sale of the
company.
Source confirms Scott Plum is an Indian Male.
Source reports that Walter Boddy left the conservatory
Saturday June 4th at 8:40PM. Christine Scarlet remained in the
conservatory however and was asked to wait there for Boddy
to return with a “second surprise that would be the real reason
for them to celebrate.”
Source reports that Scott Plum claims Walter Boddy scammed
him out of $200,000 dollars and was sleeping with his ex-wife,
but he did not kill Walter Boddy.
Source reports that Christine Scarlet waited for Walter Boddy
in the conservatory on Saturday June 4th from 8:40PM until
early Sunday morning at 1:30AM when Boddy returned to the
conservatory. Source reports that Boddy told Scarlet he had
purchased the tickets for their trip around the world and he
just had to fetch something out of his safe before he gave her
the second surprise. Source suspected it was an engagement
ring; however, source claims Boddy left at 1:50AM and after
waiting 45 minutes for Boddy to return fell asleep sitting in a
lounge chair waiting for him to return.
Source reports burnt ashes and melted video tapes were found
in a trashcan in the theatre of the main building of Boddy
Estate.
Source reports that Christine Scarlet installed a multi-camera
surveillance system in the main building of Boddy estate
approximately 3 weeks ago. The system was a remote setup,
meaning that Walter Boddy was paying Dalia Surveillance
Equipment Company to monitor the footage at their facility for
anything suspicious. Source reports that access to this footage
may be available via Dalia Security Company and the best
chance to obtain it would be to speak with Scarlet’s supervisor
and the head of the group that monitors the footage, Mr.
Adam Mustard, who source claims was one of the men present
at Boddy’s invitation only dinner last night (Saturday, June
4th).
Source reports that during a second meeting between Jill
White and Walter Boddy that took place just after 11:15PM in
the kitchen on the night of Saturday, June 4th, Boddy provided
White with a copy of the sales contracts for Dalia Surveillance
Equipment Company and confirmed that she now owned the
company.
Source denies any knowledge of Dalia Surveillance Equipment
Company being sold or on the market for sale. Source claims
that any information on the sale of the company would be held
by the company’s executives, and primarily with the family
that owns the company, and has owned the company as a
family business for 3 generations. Source denies knowing any
of the company’s current owners and claims she has never met
them personally.
Source reports a broken laptop computer was found burnt and
in several pieces in the fireplace of the study of the main
building of Boddy Estate.
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When questioned on the subject, source claims the candlestick
in the conservatory broke when Christine Scarlet knocked it off
of the table it was on in the conservatory last night. She was
the only one in the room at the time and did not want Walter
Boddy to get upset since “it looked valuable” so she hid the
candlestick in the fern plant hoping he wouldn’t notice it was
missing.
Source confirms that Adam Mustard is Christine Scarlet’s
supervisor at the Dalia Surveillance Equipment Company, and
is also in charge of the team that monitors the Boddy Estate
security system.
A security camera positioned to view the West entrance to the
main building of Boddy Estate was obtained by police. The
camera was set to record all movement through this entrance.
The tape showed Wadsworth and Yvette leaving the main
building at 8:30PM and 8:00PM respectively. The tape showed
an African American woman exit at 12:00AM on Sunday, June
5th. The tape showed a man exit the main building out the
West entrance at 2:45AM and a Caucasian woman exit at
3:00AM.
Source reports a pair of Giorgio Armani leather driving gloves
were found inside the piano located in the lounge of the main
building of Boddy Estate.
Source reports that Adam Mustard met Walter Boddy 3 weeks
ago when Mustard and his employee Christine Scarlet were
setting up the remote monitoring equipment at Boddy’s
Estate. Source also claims that Mustard and Boddy become
close as Mustard had visit Boddy’s estate multiple times over
the first 2 weeks to make sure all the equipment was working
properly.
Source claims that Katie Peacock was invited to Boddy Estate
on Saturday, June 4th at 2:00PM and she presumed it was
because Boddy was going to request a sum of money from her
in return for the video tapes he was blackmailing her with.
Source claims that after several visits to Boddy’s estate to
setup surveillance system components, Adam Mustard and
Walter Boddy went for drinks at a local pub called Connor
Larkin’s in Essex. Source doesn’t recall the exact date but he
suspects it was probably 2 weeks ago.
Source claims that during the meet-up, Walter Boddy asked
Mustard for insider information regarding Dalia Surveillance
Company. Mustard then disclosed to Boddy that the company
had a new patent that was about to be approved for licensing,
which executives expected would triple the value of the
company. Source claims that when Boddy heard this news he
said that he and Mustard should try and cash in on that
information.
Source confirms that Antonio Green is a merger and
acquisition broker working for the Dagobah Finance Bank. He is
currently under contract to work with Mr. Walter D. Boddy for
the sale of a large company valued at roughly $1.5 million;
however, the name and specifics of the deal were unavailable.
Source reports that Walter Boddy and Adam Mustard had a
second meet up for drinks at Connor Larkin’s pub in Essex, two
days after their initial meeting there. During the meeting
Boddy suggested to Mustard that they should purchase the
Dalia Surveillance Equipment Company before the information
on the new patent, which Mustard told Boddy about
previously, becomes public information.
Source claims that Jill White met Walter Boddy at the Onset
Bay Marina Yachting Club about 3 months ago at a club
sponsored event. They two started a romantic relationship
shortly after and White believed things were going well up
until 3 weeks ago, when Boddy seemed to become too busy
with work to spend time with her.
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Source reports that during their second meeting in Essex,
Walter Boddy told Adam Mustard that they could purchase
Dalia Surveillance Equipment Co. for only $800,000, despite its
$1.5 million valuation. Boddy suggested they split the cost
50/50 and be equal stakeholders. Mustard showed interest in
pursuing the opportunity with Boddy, but he could only
contribute $200,000, which would involve him taking out a line
of credit against his home. Boddy suggested that Mustard find
a third party to contribute the additional $200,000 needed.
Boddy cautioned Mustard however, that Mustard should only
get someone he can fully trust since the person would get a
25% stake in the company.
Source reports that a gun owned by Walter Boddy was missing
from the Study of the main room of Boddy Estate. The gun was
typically kept in a drawer of the desk found in the study.
Source reports that Adam Mustard contacted Walter Boddy
one week after their second meeting at Connor Larkin’s pub in
Essex. Mustard told Boddy that he had found a third party to
contribute the $200,000 needed to purchase Dalia Surveillance
Equipment Company along with Boddy’s $400,000 and
Mustard’s $200,000. The man’s name was Scott Plum and
Mustard claims he could be trusted as he was the husband of
one of his employees, Christine Scarlet. Boddy said this was
fine and that he would draft up contracts for the sale and then
get back in touch with Mustard.
Source reports that Scott Plum agreed to contribute $200,000
to match Mustard's contribution towards the purchase of Dalia
Surveillance Equipment Company as he was in debt. Plum was
about to lose his house to foreclosure so he was going to put it
up against a loan as collateral and take out a $200,000 black
market loan to get the money.
Source reports that several empty boxes of chocolate chip
cookie mix were found in the trash in the kitchen of the main
building of Boddy Estate. There were also about 4 dozen
cookies sitting on a tray that was half full.
Police confirm that the ring Christine Scarlet was wearing was a
Tiffany & Co Model 321 diamond engagement ring.
Source reports that Walter Boddy met with Adam Mustard and
Scott Plum at Connor Larkin’s pub, one day after Mustard told
Boddy that Plum could contribute the additional funds needed
to purchase Dalia Surveillance Equipment Company. Mustard
introduced Plum to Boddy as he'd agreed to be a part of the
business deal. During this meeting, Boddy explained that since
Mustard and Plum’s wife, Christine Scarlet, both worked for
Dalia, they could be exposed to insider information trading
charges if their names were on the sales contracts.
Source claims neither Mustard nor Plum were legally savvy,
but they did not want to expose themselves to potential legal
charges, so they agreed to Boddy’s solution. They signed over
their power of attorney for dealing with the purchase or sale of
Dalia to Boddy so he would be the only one that needed to sign
the contract. Boddy had already prepared this contract and
brought it with him for them to sign. Source reports that this
decision is what eventually led to Boddy being able to doublecross Mustard and Plum.
Source reports that Scott Plum gave Adam Mustard a cashier’s
check for $200,000 to be used towards the purchase of Dalia
Surveillance Equipment Company. Mustard deposited this
check in his account at his bank, Dagobah Finance.
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Source reports that on Saturday, June 4th, while driving to visit
Walter Boddy at Boddy Estates, Adam Mustard received a call
from his bank, Dagobah Finance, requesting a transfer of
$400,000 from his account to the account of Walter D. Boddy.
Mustard approved the transfer assuming this meant that they
were going to successfully purchase Dalia Surveillance
Equipment Company.
Security footage revealed that a heavyset Indian male entered
the bathroom of the main building of Boddy Estate just before
8:30AM on Sunday, June 5th. The man set down a bag of
groceries and then jumped back as if he'd been startled by
something in the bathtub.
Police found a gift receipt for a Rolex watch purchased 2
months ago by Jill White on Boddy's desk in the study among a
stack of folders.
Source provides descriptions of all 6 house guests of Walter
Boddy. Adam Mustard was a Caucasian Male who was 6'0" tall
and 185 pounds with blonde hair and was 45 years old.
Peacock was a Caucasian female who was 5'5" tall, weighed
140 pounds with brown hair and was 50 years old. Antonio
Green was an African American male, 41 years old who was
6'4" tall, weighed 220 pounds with brown hair. Scott Plum was
an Indian Male, who was 32 years old, 5'11" and weighed 180
pounds with blonde hair. Christine Scarlet was a Latin
American female who was 35 years old, 5'10" tall, weighing
110 pounds with brown hair. Jill white was an African American
female, who was 5'4" tall, weighed 100 pounds, 56 years old
with grey hair.
Security footage reveals that all six guests, Walter Boddy,
Yvette and Wadsworth entered the dining room at 4:00PM on
Saturday, June 4th.
Source provided a list of notable items found in various rooms
of the main building of Boddy Estate. List included the
following:
Conservatory: Fern plant, Cactus plant, Small glass table,
potting supplies, and binoculars.
Library: DVD set, television, set of chairs, books, laptop
computer, two wood tables, aquarium with fish, and couch
Dining room: wood table with unique claw foot leg design,
dinner table, multiple chairs, serving cart, aquarium with fish,
buffet with china, hutch, and porcelain tea set
Kitchen: center island with cabinets underneath, microwave,
small table with two chairs, serving cart, knife set, hutch
Lounge: safe, couch, piano, reclining chairs, fireplace, drink
cart, coffee table, two end tables
Theatre: "Clue" movie reel, "Wall-E" movie reel, four trash
cans, stadium seating, popcorn machine
Billiard room: pool table, bar and stools, cabinets above bar,
piano, drum set, pool cues
Study: Desk
Source reports seeing a brown-haired woman in her 30's enter
the billiard room with an African American man at 5:30PM on
Saturday, June 4th after dinner ended.
Source reports that Jill White found records of plane tickets
and hotel rooms that Walter Boddy had recently purchased for
himself and a woman name Christine Scarlet to take a trip to
multiple destinations around the world. She found this
information on a laptop computer in the study, shortly after
3:05AM on Sunday, June 5th. White assumed that Christine
Scarlet was the brown-haired woman who Boddy told her he
was now dating.
Police spoke with Dalia Surveillance Equipment Company to
confirm that Adam Mustard was the supervisor in charge of
monitoring Boddy's camera system. They also confirmed they
had a new patent that was going to be publically disclosed in
the near future that would increase the company's valuation.
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Executives at Dagobah Finance Bank confirm that Adam
Mustard recently took out a $200,000 loan listing his home as
collateral. They also confirmed that Mustard recently
deposited $200,000 from Scott Plum and transferred $400,000
to Walter Boddy shortly after the deposit was made.
Source reports seeing an African American woman enter the
kitchen at 6:00PM on Saturday, June 4th
Source reports that Adam Mustard arrived at Boddy Estate at
2:00PM on Saturday, June 4th. Upon arrival he was escorted by
one of Boddy’s servants (an Indian man named Wadsworth) to
the lounge of the main building of the estate.
Mustard thought he was invited to discuss business and meet
with Walter Boddy and Scott Plum regarding their shared
purchase of Dalia Surveillance Equipment Company. He claims
he was surprised to see that Christine Scarlet, Plum’s wife, was
also present in the lounge, along with an African American
man, and two females that were both in their mid-50’s whom
he did not recognize.
Police discovered that Walter Boddy, Christine Scarlet, Scott
Plum, and Jill White were all members of the Onset Bay Marina
Yachting Club when they were searching for connections
between suspects and the murder victim
Source reports that Adam Mustard was given a card from
Walter Boddy during dinner at Boddy Estate on Saturday, June
4th. The card told Mustard to wait to meet Boddy after dinner
in the study of the main building of Boddy Estate. Mustard
reportedly went straight to the study after dinner was over
(5:30PM) and waited for Boddy to arrive.
Source reports that Christine Scarlet and Scott Plum were
married but had separated when she started dating Walter
Boddy. After a week dating Boddy, Scarlet had filed the papers
to divorce Scott Plum, expecting that Boddy would be
proposing to her soon. The reason given for the divorce was
irreconcilable differences with Scarlet stating that "she wasn't
happy with Scott anymore because he was broke and couldn't
provide her with the life she deserved" after she found out
that their home was being foreclosed upon.
There are no tables located in the foyer or hallway of the main
building of Boddy Estate.
Source recalls seeing a brown-haired, Caucasian woman,
weighing 140 pounds who peeking her head out of the lounge
and into the foyer of the main building of Boddy Estate. This
event took place shortly before 9:00PM on Saturday, June 4th.
The brown-haired woman did not leave the lounge, but source
believes she saw the woman was holding a gun.
Source reports that a search of a laptop, found securely
chained to the desk in the library, revealed two emails that had
been sent to Dagobah Finance, sent by Antonio Green. The
first email contained contracts that transferred ownership of
the Dalia Surveillance Equipment Company from Katie Peacock
to Walter Boddy and 2 undisclosed parties. The second email
contained contracts that transferred ownership of the
companies from Walter Boddy and the 2 undisclosed parties to
Jill White.
Additional emails found on the laptop included messages from
Antonio Green which were sent discussing terms of the
contract to various parties at Dagobah Finance. These emails
were sent at 1:55AM, 2:00AM, 2:05AM, 2:07AM, 2:08AM, and
2:17AM on Sunday, June 5th.
Source claims Jill White is the woman that was dating Boddy
who accused Christine Scarlet of having an affair and then
smacked her in the face on the night of Saturday, June 4th.
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Source claims that Jill White received an invitation a few days
ago to visit Boddy Estate on the day of Saturday, June 4th. The
invitation invited her to arrive at 2:00PM; however, source
claims White called ahead and spoke with Henry Wadsworth
so she could arrive at the house at 12:30PM on Saturday, June
4th to have lunch with Walter Boddy.
Source claims that Jill White confessed to Walter Boddy that
she loved him and wanted to do whatever she could to save
their relationship when they met for lunch at Boddy Estate
shortly after 12:30PM on Saturday, June 4th.
Source claims that Walter Boddy told Jill White that he was
under a great deal of stress trying to complete a business deal
that would help secure their future financially. Boddy then
confessed to White that he had lost the vast majority of his
fortune recently on a failed investment in a Japanese energy
drink company and really needed this deal to go through or he
may go bankrupt. He had invited key stakeholders to visit his
home that day to try and tie up all the loose ends on the deal.
White responded to Boddy that he did not need to worry
about that because her parents had left her $2,000,000 when
they died a year ago. This conversation took place over a lunch
at Boddy Estate on the afternoon of Saturday, June 4th.
Source claims that Adam Mustard was on his way home from
Boddy Estate on Saturday June 4th, when he decided he would
not be able to fall asleep after all that had transpired that
night. To pass the time Mustard drove around for a bit just
thinking to himself. Then at about 11:00PM Mustard visited a
local Chili's restaurant in Essex to get a late dinner and had
several presidente margaritas at the bar until around 1:45AM
when he finally headed home for the night.
Source claims that Jill White and Walter Boddy were eating
lunch together from shortly after 12:30PM until 1:30PM. After
lunch, White moved to the lounge as other guests invited by
Walter Boddy began arriving at 2:00PM on Saturday, June 4th.
Source claims that Walter Boddy visited Jill White in the
kitchen on Saturday, June 4th at 7:00PM. During the meeting
Boddy told White that he had a business opportunity that was
sure to make them a ton of money and relieve all their worries
about their future together. Boddy told White that he had
received information that the Dalia Surveillance Equipment
Company, which was currently valued at $1.5 million, was
about to secure a new patent that would triple the companies
value. He suggested that White purchase the company using
the money her parents left her prior to the patent information
going public. Boddy told White that if she offered $2 million for
the company the shareholders would have no choice but to
sell. White protested the idea, saying that the $2 million she
inherited was enough for them to live comfortably and she
didn't want to risk losing it. White however agreed to the deal
after Boddy told her that if she loved him she would trust him
that this was what was best to secure their future together.
Source reports that when Christine Scarlet was questioned
regarding Scott Plum's information that the two were
rekindling their relationship, Scarlet denied it claiming it would
never happen, although she claims that she told Plum she
would think about getting back together when he gave her a
diamond ring from Tiffany & Co.. She had not mentioned it
previously as she did not want Boddy to know she had
accepted such a lavish gift from Plum.
Source reports that after agreeing to Walter Boddy's proposal
to purchase the Dalia Surveillance she transferred $2 million to
Walter Boddy using a laptop computer in the kitchen at
7:15PM on Saturday, June 4th. She then signed a contract that
Boddy provided to her to purchase Dalia Surveillance
Equipment Company using the $2 million she had transferred
to Boddy to broker the deal.
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Source reports that after Jill White signed the contract to
purchase Dalia Surveillance Equipment Company, Walter
Boddy left the kitchen at 7:30PM on Saturday, June 4th. White
claims Boddy told her he was going to meet with Antonio
Green, another guest at Boddy's home that evening, who was
Boddy's broker that was going to process the contracts to
finalize the sale. Prior to leaving the kitchen Boddy told White
to wait for him there and he would return once the deal was
done so they could celebrate the rest of the evening together.
Source reports that Walter Boddy met with Jill White in the
kitchen for the second time on the evening of Saturday, June
4th at 11:15PM.
Source claims that after providing White with the sales
contracts on the night of Saturday, June 4th, Boddy told White
that he no longer wanted to be in a relationship with her as he
was in love with another, much younger, woman. White claims
she was shocked by this news and "nearly had a heart attack"
when she heard him say it. White responded to Boddy by
demanding he get her money back, stating she "didn't want
some stupid surveillance company, [she] wanted her money
back!" Boddy told her it was too late, but she owned the Dalia
Surveillance Equipment Company and she could do with it as
she pleased.
Source reports Adam Mustard claims to have seen a man who
was 5'11" tall and weighed 180 pounds speaking with a brownhaired woman in the conservatory shortly after 8:46PM on
Saturday, June 4th. Mustard viewed the two individuals
speaking to one another through the keyhole in the door of the
conservatory. Mustard claims that the man pulled a handgun
out and a pair of gloves and showed them to the woman.
Mustard then claims he thought he would not want the man to
catch him eavesdropping on his conversation so he left the
foyer and exited the main building of Boddy Estate at 9:00PM
to head home for the night.
Source reports that after Walter Boddy broke off his
relationship with Jill White on Saturday, June 4th, White told
Boddy that if the other woman he was seeing was just a fling
she was okay with it and they could get past it as a couple.
Boddy told her however it was no fling and that he was going
to propose to her tonight and take a lavish trip around the
world to celebrate. White was so furious after hearing this
information that she took a carving knife and hurled it at
Boddy, who ducked out of the way as the knife flew past and
stuck into the wall behind him. White then stormed out of the
room at 11:45PM, hoping Boddy would chase after her, but he
did not.
Police spoke with officials at the Mohegan Sun Casino who
confirmed that no bets for $800,000 were placed by any
persons within the last 2 weeks on their blackjack tables. The
table limit is set at $2000, so a bet that large would have
needed approval from a pit boss.
Source reports that shortly before 9PM on Saturday, June 4th,
Katie Peacock was going to leave the theatre to use the
bathroom when she noticed a blonde haired man standing
outside the conservatory looking through the keyhole of the
door. She claims it "seemed like he was up to no good" so she
returned to the theatre not wanting him to see that she had
seen him.
Source reports that after leaving the kitchen where Walter
Boddy broke off his relationship with Jill White, Jill White
decided to confront the woman that Boddy said he was in love
with. She checked two rooms, but does not recall which they
were since she was so angry at the time and eventually found a
brown-haired Latin American woman who she figured was
Boddy's new girlfriend in the conservatory, at 11:45PM. White
confronted the woman who then admitted to being Boddy's
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other lover so White left the conservatory in a furious rage.
White claims she wasn't thinking clearly and wanted to cause
Boddy the same hurt that he caused her, especially after
tricking her into giving away all her inheritance for some
"dumb company."
Source reports that when she returned to the kitchen at
11:50PM after confronting Walter Boddy's lover in the
conservatory, Jill White found that Walter Boddy had left the
kitchen. White was immediately disheartened so she began
eating the chocolate chip cookies she baked previously until
she felt physically ill from consuming too many of them.
Source reports that Jill White visited the study of the main
building of Boddy Estate after walking around outside from
12:00AM until 3:00AM on Sunday, June 5th. White claimed she
visited the study looking for Walter Boddy as she knew he
would spend many nights working there late into the night.
Boddy was not in the study when she arrived there at 3:05AM,
however a laptop computer was sitting on his desk.
Source reports that after finding airline and hotel records for
Walter Boddy and Christine Scarlet on a laptop computer in
the study, Jill White threw the computer into the fireplace in
the study in a self-described "fit of rage." White then left
Boddy Estate and headed home around 3:15AM, on Sunday,
June 5th, fearing that if she stayed and ran into Boddy or
Scarlet that evening she may do or say something she would
regret.
Source reports that a wood table with a distinct claw foot
design on the legs was located in the Dining Room of the main
building of Boddy Estate. A glass bottle, labeled as "Poison",
was found inside the drawer of the table; however, the bottle
was empty. The label on the bottle said that the solution was a
fast acting paint stripper that would kill someone almost
instantly if ingested. The solution is quick to evaporate when
exposed to air and will completely dissolve in water.
Police source reports that after an extensive search of the
study of the main building of Boddy Estate, they concluded the
murder did not take place in the study.
Source claims that Scott Plum was friends with Adam Mustard
and that Mustard was the one who introduced Plum to Walter
Boddy. The introduction was made after Plum requested
Mustard introduce him to Boddy. He made this request as
Plum's wife, Christine Scarlet, had told Plum that Boddy and
Mustard were looking for a third party to finance the purchase
of the Dalia Surveillance Equipment Company from Katie
Peacock.
Source claims that Scott Plum's house was under foreclosure
so he urged Adam Mustard to let him in on the deal Mustard
was making with Walter Boddy. After Mustard explained the
opportunity to Plum, Plum quickly agreed and shortly after
gave Mustard the $200,000 needed to finance his portion of
the deal. Plum claims the deal was purchasing some company
that was supposed to quickly triple in value after some new
information about their products was released but that's all he
knew.
Source reports that Walter Boddy and Scott Plum met in the
Dining Room at 7:30PM on Saturday, June 4th. Boddy
reportedly told Plum he had lost Plum's $200,000 gambling
with it. Plum was reportedly "Blown Away" by the news as he
thought he had been invited to Boddy Estate to collect the
gains on his investment, not find out he had lost it all. Plum
claimed he threatened Boddy because he was so furious,
telling him he had better get his money back. Boddy responded
to the threat by saying that Plum knew there was a risk
investing and if he had any issues he could take it up with
Boddy's broker Antonio Green. Source reports that Boddy then
left Plum in the dining room around 8:00PM.
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Source reports that Adam Mustard and Scott Plum argued over
how to deal with the news that Walter Boddy had lost their
combined $400,000 investment in the Study shortly after
8:30PM on Saturday, June 4th. The two men decided that
Mustard would contact Plum's lawyer, Gregory Kenney, to see
if they had an legal channels to recoup their money. Mustard
told Plum he would call Plum the following day after he had
spoken with the lawyer to discuss their options and that he
should go home until then before they did something they'd
regret.
Source reports that Scott Plum exited the study and the main
building of Boddy Estate, via the East Entrance, at 8:45PM on
Saturday, June 4th to leave for the evening.
Source reports that Adam Mustard was told by Walter Boddy
in the Study that Boddy had lost their collective investment on
Saturday, June 4th in the Study of the main building of Boddy
Estate. According to Boddy, he needed $1.5 Million to
purchase the Dalia Surveillance Equipment Company, which
was $700,000 more than he had originally told Mustard it
would cost. Boddy told Mustard that as he had told Mustard in
their previous meetings he had a connection to allow him to
buy Dalia for the $800,000 he had told Mustard; however, that
connection was a friend of Boddy's who worked as a blackjack
dealer at a local casino called, Mohegan Sun.
Source reports that Walter Boddy reportedly had a deal with a
friend who was a blackjack dealer at the Mohegan Sun casino
where Boddy would place an $800,000 bet on one hand of
blackjack, the dealer would let him win and then Boddy would
later pay the dealer friend $100,000 in exchange for letting him
win the hand of blackjack.
A traffic camera caught footage of a car registered to Adam
Mustard running a red light at 1:59AM on Sunday, June 5th in
the town of Essex. The driver was a Caucasian male, with
blonde hair.
Source reports Adam Mustard was "floored" by the news that
Walter Boddy had gambled away the money that Mustard and
Scott Plum had provided. Mustard claims that if he had known
Boddy's "connection" to purchase Dalia was a crooked
blackjack dealer he never would have given him the money in
the first place. Mustard admits that he threatened Boddy when
he first heard the news, saying "Walter you had better get us
our money back or I'll make sure you pay for it in a more
creative and violent manner!" Boddy responded to this threat
by telling Mustard if he wanted to spend the night he could
provide him with some other investments he knows of in the
morning to recoup their losses. Boddy then left Mustard alone
in the study at 8:25PM.
Police spoke with pub owner of Connor Larkin's in Essex. He
confirmed receipts for purchases from several days over the
past three weeks were available from a man named Adam
Mustard, who the owner recalls visited the pub several times
with Walter Boddy. On one of these occasion they also brought
an Indian gentleman with them.
Source claims that Scott Plum and Adam Mustard spoke in the
study shortly after 8:30PM on Saturday, June 4th. Mustard
claims Plum was visibly shaken after having learned that
Walter Boddy had lost their shared investment. Mustard had
to sit Plum down at the desk in the study to calm him down as
he was refusing to leave Boddy's home until they got their
money back. After Plum calmed down, source claims the two
men agreed Adam Mustard would speak with Plum's lawyer,
Gregory Kenney, the following day to see if there was any legal
action they could take against Boddy to recover their money.
The two then agreed Mustard would call Plum as soon as he
spoke with the lawyer the following day.
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Source reports that Christine Scarlet was asked to wait in the
conservatory of the main building of Boddy Estate after dinner
on the night of Saturday, June 4th. She received a card at
dinner asking that she stay there and wait to meet with Walter
Boddy in private. The card also read that Scarlet could “expect
not one, but two big surprises” that evening.
Source claims that Scott Plum exited the study at 8:45PM on
Saturday, June 4th after speaking with Adam Mustard. The two
men had made an agreement to head home for the night prior
to his exit, so Mustard presumed Plum was heading home out
the East entrance. Adam Mustard left the study to head home
for the night at 8:46PM, shortly after Plum left him in the
study.
On the morning of Sunday, June 5th, Adam Mustard claims he
called the lawyer, Gregory Kenney, to discuss what happened
with the money he and Scott Plum gave to Walter Boddy. The
lawyer said he would look into it and get back to Mustard later
that day once he knew what their options were, but not to
worry because he was sure there was some action they could
take.
A security tape showing the foyer and hallway of the main
building of Boddy Estate was obtained by police. The tape
showed two indistinguishable individuals carrying a large
object, police presume Mr. Walter Boddy's corpse, into the
bathroom from the hallway. The tape did not show what room
the two individuals entered the hallway from and cut out
moments after the pair entered the bathroom on Sunday, June
5th at 2:30AM with the large object. Both persons exited the
bathroom 15 minutes later without the large object. On
individual then handed a small object that was around 12" long
and could be carried in one hand, to the other and the video
footage then cut out.
Security footage from a camera above the West entrance to
the main building of Boddy Estate showed an African American
female with grey hair was seen walking past the camera
approximately every 15 minutes between 12:00AM on Sunday,
June 5th and 3:00AM. Specifically, police say it is worth noting
that the individual was seen passing the camera at 1:58AM and
then again at 2:15AM. Police presume the individual was
walking around the main building in 15 minute loops.
Source reports that Katie Peacock sold the Dalia Surveillance
Equipment Company for the sum of $800,000, but claims she
was coerced into doing so against her will. Peacock claims that
Walter Boddy blackmailed her into selling her family business
after she told him she would never sell it as the company was
founded by her great grandfather and has been run by the
Peacock's for over 60 years. When questioned as to how Boddy
blackmailed her into selling the company, Peacock claimed that
Boddy had a set of "concerning video tapes" that she could not
let see the light of day.
Source claims that at 6:15PM on Saturday, June 4th, Walter
Boddy entered the theatre of the main building of Boddy
Estate to meet with Katie Peacock who was in the theatre
waiting to meet with him. During the meeting Boddy informed
Peacock that he would give her the tapes, only if she would sell
him her family's company, the Dalia Surveillance Equipment
Company, for the sum of $800,000, which he claimed was a fair
price given the contents of the video tapes. After protests from
Peacock, Boddy threatened to release the tapes that night to
the press unless she signed the sale contract that Boddy had
already had drafted by a bank broker. Peacock claims she was
forced to sign the contracts as having those tapes released was
NEVER an option; however, after signing the contracts she
demanded Boddy bring her the tapes that evening or she
would go to the police and charge him with blackmail and
whatever else she could and bring them both down.
12
159
Sunday
12:50PM
Wadsworth
96%
100
13
160
Sunday
1:00PM
Peacock
67%
100
13
161
Sunday
1:00PM
Scarlet
59%
0
13
162
Sunday
1:00PM
Peacock
67%
100
13
163
Sunday
1:00PM
Peacock
67%
100
13
164
Sunday
1:00PM
Police
100%
100
13
165
Sunday
1:00PM
Police
100%
100
13
166
Sunday
1:00PM
Scarlet
59%
0
13
167
Sunday
1:00PM
Coroner
100%
100
Wadsworth confirms that Jill White was dating Boddy and
called ahead on Saturday to visit him for lunch prior to the
arrival of the other guests.
Source reports that Katie Peacock left the dining room of the
main building of Boddy Estate at 5:30PM on Saturday, June
4th, and went to the theatre where she was asked to wait to
meet with Walter Boddy. After meeting with Boddy in the
theatre, he left at 6:25PM to retrieve the video tapes he was
blackmailing her with so Peacock waited in the theatre for him
to return until 9:45PM on Saturday, June 4th when she left to
use the restroom and "freshen up," but returned to the theatre
at 10:15PM after visiting the bathroom. Peacock then
remained in the theatre watching two different movies - "Clue"
from 1985 and "Wall-E" from 2008 - until Walter Boddy
returned to the theatre at 12:00AM on Sunday, June 5th.
Source reports that Scott Plum was unaware that Christine
Scarlet and Walter Boddy were in a relationship. Walter Boddy
had ensured it was kept a secret as he told the source he was
working on a business deal with Scott Plum and didn't want
him to find out and compromise the deal.
Source claims that at midnight on Sunday, June 5th Walter
Boddy returned to the theatre of the main building of Boddy
Estate for the second time that evening to provide Katie
Peacock with the video tapes he had used to blackmail her
with. Peacock wanted to ensure that the tapes contained what
Boddy claimed they did, so she demanded he play the tapes in
the theatre and that they both watch them together. Boddy
obliged and set up the films to play and the two individuals
watched 85 minutes of footage, after which Boddy left the
theatre after telling Peacock their "business together was
finished" and she should "never cross his path again."
Source claims that after Walter Boddy left the theatre at
approximately 1:25AM on Sunday, June 5th, Katie Peacock sat
and thought what she should do for about 5 minutes and then
decided to rewatch the video tapes she had purchased from
Boddy one last time. After watching the tapes for a second
time Peacock claims she threw the video tapes into a trash can
in the theatre and threw in her cigarette lighter to light them
on fire and destroy them. She then left Boddy Estate at
3:00AM and went to her home, "hoping that the fire would
catch and his whole damn house would burn to the ground."
Source confirms that a 14" long lead pipe that was wrapped in
a white cloth with some sort of red stain on it was found in the
cabinet above the bar in the billiard room of the main building
of Boddy Estate. Police sent the cloth out to be analyzed by the
forensics team, and the pipe was taken as evidence and a
possible murder weapon.
Source reports that the broken candlestick found in the
conservatory belonged in the lounge of the main building of
Boddy Estate, a second matching candlestick was still located
in the lounge.
Source reports that Christine Scarlet was questioned about
Adam Mustard's statement that a woman was seen conversing
with a man in the conservatory around 9PM on Saturday, June
4th. Scarlet responded by saying that Mustard was likely lying
or must have seen someone else in the conservatory. Scarlet
claims that a little after 8:35PM, Scarlet when to the bathroom
with Walter Boddy, whom she was meeting with in the
conservatory at the time, and proceeded to fool around for a
bit. She had not told this to anyone previously because she was
embarrassed by it. Scarlet said they were in the bathroom until
Boddy said he had to go to another meeting, so Scarlet
returned to the conservatory around 9:05PM to wait for Boddy
to return as he went to his next meeting of the evening.
The coroner reports that Walter Boddy died from a blow to the
head with a blunt object. Additional wounds on his body
13
168
Sunday
1:00PM
Police
100%
100
13
169
Sunday
1:00PM
Police
100%
100
13
170
Sunday
1:00PM
Police
100%
100
14
171
Sunday
1:15PM
White
88%
64
14
172
Sunday
1:15PM
Police
100%
100
14
173
Sunday
1:15PM
Plum
35%
0
14
174
Sunday
1:15PM
Green
90%
65
indicate that there was likely a struggle between Boddy and his
attacker prior to his death.
Source confirms that no fingerprints were found on the
candlestick found in the conservatory or the lead pipe that was
found in the billiard room. Fingerprints that were a positive
match for Walter Boddy were found on the poison bottle that
was discovered in the dining room. Fingerprints that were a
positive match for Scott Plum were found on a gun that was
found in a trash can located in the theatre. The gun was
Boddy's missing gun.
Police obtained the room assignment cards that were handed
out at dinner to tell guests where they would meet with Boddy
on the night of Saturday, June 4th. The cards did not include
the guests' names, but the rooms where the guests were asked
to wait were the theatre, conservatory, lounge, library,
kitchen, and study.
The police forensics team was able to determine that the
individuals seen carrying a large object into the bathroom of
the main building of Boddy Estate were in fact carrying Walter
Boddy's corpse.
Source reports that while waiting for Walter Boddy to return to
the kitchen and meet with Jill White, White passed the time by
baking several batches of cookies.
Source reports that Walter Boddy was always punctual to his
meetings and recovered his schedule for meeting with guests
on Saturday, June 4th. He had the following meetings on
schedule for the evening: (notes he wrote in the book are
provided in parentheses)
1: Lunch with Jill from 12:30-2:00PM
2: Guest reception in Lounge @ 2:00PM-4:00PM
3: Dinner 4:00-5:30PM
4: Meet with Peacock, 6:15PM -6:25PM
5: Meet with Green, 6:30PM-6:55PM
6: Meet with Jill again in Kitchen at 7:00 for 25 minutes
7: Meet with Plum, 7:30PM-7:55PM
8: Mustard in my study, 8:00 for 25 minutes
9: Talk with Christine, 8:30-8:40PM (TWO SUPRISES!)
10: Green to finalize contracts, 9:00-9:45PM (Offer $50K for
services)
Source reports that Scott Plum was questioned about an item
that was discovered to be missing from the study of the main
room of Boddy Estate, which is a room that the police believed
only 3 people had entered including Plum. Upon hearing this
source reports that Plum confessed to taking Walter Boddy's
checkbook while he was sitting at the desk in the study when
Adam Mustard's back was turned and they were conversing.
Plum claims he was going to write himself a check to cover the
$200,000 Boddy stole from him, but decided against it as he
didn't want to go to jail for check fraud and there was no way
he could get away with writing himself a $200,000 check.
Instead, when he was leaving the estate for the night he went
and grabbed his belongings from the lounge and threw the
checkbook into the fireplace to at least destroy it out of spite.
Plum noted however that the checkbook had a standing
balance of well over $25 Million dollars and was updated just 3
days ago.
Source reports that Antonio Green noticed through the door of
the library that across the foyer a woman entered the
bathroom and a few seconds later he saw an Indian man
emerge from the lounge an enter the theatre. These events
took place in the main building of Boddy Estate, shortly after
9:45PM on Saturday, June 4th. Green thought nothing of it at
the time.
14
175
Sunday
1:15PM
Police
100%
100
14
176
Sunday
1:15PM
Police
100%
100
14
177
Sunday
1:15PM
Green
90%
65
15
178
Sunday
1:30PM
Police
100%
100
15
179
Sunday
1:30PM
Police
100%
100
15
180
Sunday
1:30PM
Police
100%
100
15
181
Sunday
1:30PM
Police
100%
100
Police reported that they spoke with Scott Plum's lawyer,
Gregory Kenney, who confirms he was contacted by Mustard
on the morning of Sunday, June 5th. The lawyer confirmed that
Mustard called him to discuss a business deal with a man
named Walter Boddy that Mustard felt was illegal and cost him
and Scott Plum, who was also a client of the lawyer, $200,000
each. They wanted to see if they could pursue any legal
channels to recover their money.
Financial records that were uncovered on Scott Plum show
that he had just over $3.7 million dollars in his bank account.
Walter Boddy had just over $25MM.
Source reports Antonio Green waited in the Library from
6:45PM on Saturday, June 4th while watching an extended cut
version DVD of the movie When Harry Met Sally© on the
laptop computer that was in the room. He watched the movie
until 9:00PM that night, when Walter Boddy returned to the
Library to meet with him.
Police reported that Scott Plum contacted a lawyer, Gregory
Kenney, several weeks ago inquiring about divorce law. Plum
wanted to know how long two people had to be married
before a divorce would result in a division of shared assets
between the husband and wife. He then asked if one of the
parties entering the marriage was separated from a spouse in a
previous marriage, if he or she could legally enter a new
marriage. The lawyer explained to him that this would not
work since a separation would not nullify the previous
marriage so the party could not enter into a new marriage
contract. The lawyer further explained that once divorce
papers were signed for the individual's first marriage the party
could enter into a second marriage legally.
Police claim that divorce papers were filed between Scott Plum
and Christine Scarlet 2 days after a conversation between Scott
Plum and his lawyer, Gregory Kenney took place discussing
marriage and divorce law.
Police spoke with the Tiffany & Co. store in Essex and were
able to confirm that the ring Christine Scarlet was found
wearing was actually the same one that was purchased by
Walter Boddy on Friday, June 3rd according to the receipt that
was found in the empty jewelry box in the lounge of the main
building of Boddy Estate.
The police recovered Walter Boddy's missing Rolex wristwatch
which was found in the lounge of the main building of Boddy
Estate, a fingerprint check on the face of the watch matched
with Scott Plum's left index finger.
1.2.3 MESSAGE BATCHES
For the originally intended experiment the MAVERICK dataset was divided into batches. The size of
each batch of messages was randomly assigned to be between 5 and 25 with the exception of the
last stage which was fixed at 4 messages that were not allowed to appear in earlier stages due to the
information they provided. Figure 4 provides the distribution of messages across the 15 batches.
Messages were batched to simulate real-world intelligence analysis scenarios (which was the initial
domain of interest that the MAVERICK dataset was designed to emulate). Within the intelligence
analysis domain it is common for military reports and information to be generated over a period of
time (e.g., multiple field reports collected throughout the course of a day) and then all be submitted
for processing at once.
FIGURE 4: MESSAGE DISTRIBUTION ACROSS THE 15 STAGES OF THE MAVERICK DATASET
1.2.4 SOURCE RELIABILITIES
To simulate a real-world situation each information source (many of which were murder suspects
providing information to the police) had an evolving reliability that increased and/or decreased as
more information was received through the progression of messages in the MAVERICK dataset.
Source reliability for each source was calculated in two ways. The first method was using a
percentage based calculation referred to simply as the source reliability. This measure was
calculated based on information that was available during each of the respective 15 stages of the
dataset’s evolution. The source reliability percentage was calculated by first generating a count of
how many pieces of information provided by a source were supported as true by a different source.
For example, if Source A reported Fact A and Source B also reported Fact A it would be considered
as a supported piece of information for both Source A and Source B. That number is then divided by
the total pieces of information the source has provided. For example, if Source A had 1 supported
piece of information and had presented 4 total pieces of information their source reliability
percentage would be 1 / 4, or 25%. This measure was included to be the most basic form of source
reliability rating that it was hypothesized a system could easily generate without taking into
consideration factors such as deception. Table 4 provides the evolving source reliability
percentages for information sources used in the MAVERICK dataset, with the exceptions of sources
1, 2, 7, and 9 which were identified as always having 100% source reliability based on stated
assumptions.
TABLE 4: SOURCE RELIABILITY PERCENTAGES (%) FOR THE 12 INFORMATION SOURCES AT EACH OF THE
15 STAGES OF INFORMATION FOR THE MAVERICK DATASET
Source Reliability (%) by Stage
SRC
Name
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
1
Brauman
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
2
Coroner
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
3
Green
0
0
0
0
0
50
61
64
69
72
72
72
72
81
90
90
4
Mustard
0
0
0
0
0
25
29
40
41
59
59
56
62
64
71
73
5
Peacock
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
75
80
83
83
70
52
67
67
6
Plum
0
0
0
0
0
50
33
29
36
64
64
41
41
41
35
35
7
Police
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
8
Scarlet
0
0
0
0
33
50
50
27
43
46
50
53
56
59
56
59
9
Security
Camera
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
10
Wadsworth
0
31
53
57
56
71
76
78
94
94
94
94
92
94
96
96
11
White
0
0
0
0
33
20
20
43
50
57
68
68
70
75
88
88
12
Yvette
0
1
67
54
62
62
62
62
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
The second measure used to quantify sources’ reliability was referred to as the source reliability
score. This measure could range from 0 to 100 and was designed to more closely mimic how trust
evolves between an individual and another individual or source of information. This measure was
included to simulate a situation where an individual developed trust in an information source
based on his experience with that source over time in lieu of training individuals on how to
properly vet information and establish trust ratings of individual sources. The source reliability
score was calculated using a point system based on a number of events that could occur as sources
reported new information during each of the 15 stages of messages that are present in the dataset.
First, a source’s source reliability score would increase whenever a piece of information was given
that was confirmed by another source. The point increase in this situation was based on the
number of consecutive pieces of information that were provided by a source which were also
confirmed by another source. For example, if Source A provided 7 pieces of information they would
receive (i) 1 point when the first of those 7 pieces of information was confirmed by any other
source, (ii) an additional 2 points when the second of those 7 pieces of information was confirmed
by any other source, (iii) an additional 3 points when the second of those 7 pieces of information
was confirmed by any other source, and so on. This scoring algorithm supports a rapidly increasing
trust in an information source as that source provides more and more confirmed information;
however, the second component to the scoring algorithm is the decrease in points due to reported
information conflicting with another source.
If information is found to conflict with another piece of information reported by a given source then
the trust in that source would decrease until it could be discovered if the source were reporting
true information or not. Within the MAVERICK dataset there are two types of conflicting evidence
that are possible. The first type of conflicting evidence was referred to as first-degree lies and the
second type of conflicting evidence was referred to as second-degree lies. First-degree lies were
defined as situations where an information source reported information that it would know to be
false. For example, if Source A reported that Source A was in Location X at a given time, Source A
would know if that information was true or false. First-degree lies can therefore be thought of as
deliberate reports of false information. Second-degree lies were defined as situations where an
information source reported information that it would not necessarily know to be false. For
example, if Source A reported that Person J was in Location X at a given time, Source A may believe
they are reporting the truth when in fact Person J was at a different location. Second-degree lies can
therefore be thought of as unintentional lies. If a source reported a piece of information that was
found to conflict with another source’s reported information and qualified as a first-degree lie, that
source’s source reliability score would decrease by 5 x (the number of consecutive truths prior to
that lie) + the total number of lies that source has reported. For example, if Source A had previously
had 11 supported pieces of information with no lies that would be considered 11 consecutive
truths, which would yield a score of 66 (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10+11). If that source then reported
information that was a first-degree lie their source reliability score would decrease to 10 (66 –
[5*11 + 1]). This decrease in the source reliability score was designed to be more dramatic as the
number of consecutive truths increased to simulate real-world relationship trust. For example, if
someone you just met you found out was lying to you, it would not significantly impact your trust in
that person since a strong trust had not yet been established; however if someone you’ve known for
several years you found out had been lying to you during that time it would more significantly
impact your trust in that person because you would likely question other information that person
has provided to you over the course of the relationship.
If a source reported information that was found to be a second-degree lie then the source reliability
score would decrease by the number of consecutive truths that source reported plus the total
number of lies that source has reported. For example, if Source A again had 11 consecutive truths
and a score of 66, a second-degree lie would result in their source reliability score decreasing to 54
(66 – [11+1]). This decrease was designed to be significantly less than that of first-degree lies to
again simulate real-world trust. For example, if you had known a person for several years that you
had developed a trustworthy relationship with, finding out that person told you something they
believed to be true but you know to be false would not result in as significant reduction in your
trust in that person as them telling you a deliberate lie. Table 5 provides the evolving source
reliability scores for information sources used in the MAVERICK dataset, with the exceptions of
sources 1, 2, 7, and 9 which were identified as always having a source reliability score of 100.
TABLE 5: SOURCE RELIABILITY SCORES RANGING FROM 0 TO 100 FOR THE 12 INFORMATION SOURCES AT
EACH OF THE 15 STAGES OF INFORMATION FOR THE MAVERICK DATASET
Source Reliability Scores (Range 0-100) by Stage
Source
Name
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
1
Brauman
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
2
Coroner
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
3
Green
0
0
0
0
0
28
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
65
65
4
Mustard
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
10
66
100
82
80
95
100
100
100
5
Peacock
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
10
15
15
28
66
100
100
6
Plum
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
1
3
15
0
0
0
5
0
0
7
Police
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
8
Scarlet
0
0
0
0
1
6
6
36
91
100
9
7
0
0
0
0
9
Security
Camera
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
10
Wadsworth
0
10
55
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
11
White
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
6
21
78
100
100
100
100
64
64
12
Yvette
0
33
10
28
36
36
36
36
91
91
91
91
91
91
91
91