I’ve got a lead on Aalia.

A search alert email popped in to my inbox, pointing me to this video by her parents.
The badge that we found when we went to meet the mysterious source was Aalia’s and now she’s gone missing.
I’ve contacted Aalia’s parents and they’ve agreed to talk to me. It turns [...]

Rachel and I owe Sam Rocz big time. She posted this to my Facebook wall yesterday:
Jim’s name on the picasaweb site is Mylo Malham, which I searched for and found this; www.familymalham.co.uk - the same Jim, perhaps?
Sam’s theory?
If I thought people might be out to kill me, I might hire someone who was specialist in [...]

If you’ve been following the blog comments, this is old news for you already. But Mike’s done some brilliant work in helping us chase down “Jim Malham”. Kirstie, Thomas K and Zoe over on Rachel’s blog have been helping out too.
He’s pointed us to:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/jim/malham
Jim Malham’s Experience
Security Specialist
Various Clients
(Security and Investigations industry)
June 1993 — Present [...]

Aalia - that’s my source’s name, so far as I can gather.
She’s a girl, probably my age, maybe a bit younger.
We drove to meet her and ended up watching her run away across the fields, before we got a chance to speak to her. One of the scariest moments of my life, and cast-iron proof [...]

Some truly great work by Mike Cox, posted to my Facebook and reproduced here for your code-breaking pleasure. Can anyone take Mike’s work further? (It’s way out of my league…)
Hiya Matt,
I’ve been looking at the files obtained from the police, three in particular are intriguing (mainly cos I’m a molecular microbiologist and DNA sequences always [...]

After a depressing few days, this is truly exciting.
Honestly, I didn’t want to say so, but I was about ready to put the whole Schoenberg story to bed, count my losses and move on. But this changes everything.
Very sorry: I can’t tell you when and where I’m going to meet him/her. All I can say [...]

I met with Phil the editor of Frontier Genetics. Having promised to share my footage, here it is:

Not my finest working hour.
(Oh, a note: the receptionist mentioned that someone called William rang up and gave one of the sub-editors major grief on my behalf. Thanks!)

Thank you!

Frontier Genetics seem to have been adequately pestered and now I have an appointment to meet with Phil Jackson, the editor there. It’s clear to me that something is rotten over there and I don’t intend to let them off the hook.

They loved my writing. Now suddenly they don’t. What’s going on?
Remember the plan:-
Today (Tuesday) between 3pm and 6pm I’m going to call them until their switchboard hits the point of collapse. If you can spare a moment, please help out - call them up and tell them how disappointed you are that Frontier Genetics [...]

Sam Rocz has come good again:
I’ve transcribed and translated (as best I can) a couple of the interrogation files. The witness statement of Paulina Estovas, and the interrogation of Tim Penfold.
Case: CLC0108-134 [sic]
Testimony: Paulina Estovo
Date: 26-1-09
Time: 3:35
Location: Interrogation room one

CB: Se encuentra usted mejor, senora Estoval?
PE: Fue un shock terrible.
CB: Entiendo
PE: Pese a todos [...]