HINTS: The person breaking in

Somebody else saw this person on the 13th of April.

Frank Lee (security) mentions a person wearing a bobble hat and puffer jacket trying to sneak into the green room. Does that description ring any bells?

The doorbell footage matches the clothing description of the report given by security at the Lemon Leopard Club.

To work out who is breaking in, it’s worth reading the “dear diary” entries!

Have you read Stubby’s Obiturary?

Can the dear diary entries be aligned with the tabloid allegations mentioned in his Obituary?

By cross-referencing the dear diary entry (13th April) with Frank Lee’s statement, it’s clear that both pieces of evidence relate to one person. This person tried to access Stubby’s dressing room, and they were described as wearing a bobble hat and a puffer jacket, which matches the description seen in the ding dong footage. The dear diary entry on the 16th of April alludes to successfully obtaining a DNA sample. This date aligns with both the date of the Ding Dong Doorbell footage and the references from Sue’s statement about the break-in.

The person breaking in was trying to obtain a DNA sample to try to prove the paternity of her child – see dear diary entry on 16th April. In stubby’s obituary, Dana Quint (Stubby’s former PA) claims that Stubby is the father of her child, which he denies. Dana appears to be a caring mother who wants Stubby to be a part of her son, Tom’s life and admits to trying to prove Stubby’s relationship to her Son by breaking in and taking a swab of saliva from the mouthpiece of Stubby’s Tenor saxophone (hence the fibres found in the mouthpiece as mentioned in the Evidence Analysis).

Using new evidence (from Part 2) we should be able to either elimiate this suspect, or proove that they’re guilty of poisoning the reed.

Dana admits to following Roland Hackett home in her diary entry.

The doorbell analysis reveals that Dana was only in the house for 66 seconds. As luck would have it, the tenor saxophone was sitting in the hallway. According to Sue’s statement, she emptied the car of it’s contents into the hallway after returning from the LSE reunion.

Dana was able to extract a DNA sample that she needed from the tenor saxophone, explaining how she was able to exit the property so soon after entering. To further strengthen Dana’s alibi, the tenor saxophone reed was found to have cotton fibres on it from the swab she took. Therefore, Dana’s alibi is strengthened and although she is engaging in criminal activity, she does not show murderous intent – she could easily have poisoned the tenor sax, but didn’t!