BOSTON 1991: HINTS

HINTS - Suggestions & Consultations from the Boston Police Department and the FBI

THE NOTEPADS

Just review one question at a time, as needed. The Boston PD or FBI might end up accidentally giving you too much information which could be a spoiler.

  • You’ll want to note that there used to be 2 notepads. You’ll want to use access the digitized evidence from the case. Use Detective McTominay’s notes to access police evidence.

  • Did you gain access to the online FBI evidence? The two notebooks go together.

  • What do you see? Have you ever heard of “shift” in any kind of cipher? I heard that Ceasar was famous for using this.

  • If you have a code and use something called a Caesar cipher, you shift the alphabet over a few spaces to get new letters. Make sure to open both notebooks first before proceeding. In the month of September, what is the shift number? Looks like 3. So if I had a note spelled out and shifted every letter over 3 spaces, what would my original note have been?

  • If I had a note and shifted every letter over 3 spaces like it says for September, what would my original note have been?

    eodgh for example, shift it back. “B” plus 3 digits = E. “L” plus 3 digits = O. So keep “unshifting” the letters. Just use the alphabet and rewind each digit by 3. Z for example would be W. So eodgh would be “blade”. Keep rewinding until you get the following…

    eodgh plfn grfnv 43sp vhs 50 = blade mick docks 10pm sep 27

It appears that 2 notebooks were initially found in police evidence. But only one is there now. Who has the other notebook? And how do they go together?

BOSTON - 1991