The case
What's in the file
Christmas Eve, 1971. A blizzard closes Mount Ashby in northern Vermont. At 3:40 pm Claire Dupree, the ski instructor at Hollow Pine Lodge, rides the last chair up into the storm. She is found in the spring below the closed Upper Chute. The State Police call it a skiing accident.
2026. A man buys an old camera at an estate sale with a roll of film still inside. One frame shows Claire in the lodge bar under the clock. It reads 11:40.
The Cold Case Unit reopens the file and sends it to you: the original 1971 reports, statements and logbooks, and what the detective has found this week. Nobody tells you which pages matter.
- check_circleThe 1971 file: typewritten police reports, witness statements on carbon copies, the ski patrol's logbook, the chairlift operator's sheet, a lodge brochure, the local paper and a hand-drawn mountain map
- check_circleThe 2026 investigation: the detective's memos, the film lab's report, lab results, interview transcripts and evidence sheets, in two sealed envelopes
- check_circleA working board to track suspects and the timeline
- check_circleThe Final File: the whole story, a score page with detective ranks, and offline answers
- check_circleExtras: a printable gift card and a case folder label
- check_circleLetter and A4 versions
