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Caller: No.

Operator: I need you to check for a pulse for me, please. Use two fingers on his neck.

Caller: No pulse.

Operator: There’s an ambulance on its way, I need you to…

Caller: Too late. No. There’s… blood. I think… we need the police.

Operator: Where is the blood coming from? [Silence] Can you look and tell me, please?

Caller: He’s… it’s so dark. Oh [Inaudible sound] chest?

Operator: The ambulance and police are on their way. Is there anyone there who saw what happened?

Caller: No, but… I’m looking at his… there’s so much blood could he have been shot?

Operator: Shot? Does anyone there know who he is?

Caller: There’s been a play… is this a costume?

Operator: The police are a minute away, caller…

Caller: Do you know who this is? [Inaudible voices] Who? But what’s his name? [Inaudible voices]

Caller 2: She’s given me the phone while she looks for the wound.

Operator: Does anyone there know who the patient is, please?

Caller 2: I don’t, but there’s been a play on in the church hall and I think he’s in a costume because he’s dressed as a vicar.

Messages from Sarah-Jane MacDonald to Nicky-Rose Dearing on June 5, 2025:

11:18 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Where are you?

11:19 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Did you go home?

11:20 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Are you ok?

11:22 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Chaos at hall. Body found in lane.

11:23 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

NADA judge found body. Assumed we were running immersive theater experience. It could only happen here.

11:34 p.m. Sarah-Jane wrote:

Call me asap.

Message exchange between Celia Halliday and Emma Crooks on June 5, 2025: