Uncovering Jamie Reynolds' Disappearance: New Clues and Insights

[Music] okay this is chapter 16 of good girl bad blood Monday 3 days missing 16 pip

didn't sit at the front anymore that's where she used to sit in this classroom at this very time when it was Elliot

Ward standing at the front talking them through the economic effects of world war of World War

II I'm sorry okay now was Mr Clark the new history teacher who'd come in after winter break to take Mr Ward place he

was young maybe not even 30 with brown feathered hair and a trimmed beard that was mostly Ginger he was eager and more

than a little enthusiastic about his PowerPoint slide transitions sound effects

too I'm sorry I have something in my throat it was a little too early on a Monday morning for exploding hand

grenades though not that pip was really listening she was sitting in the back corner this

was her place now and Connor's was beside her that hadn't changed except he'd been late today and now he was

jiggling his leg as he sat there also not paying attention Pip's textbook was standing up on her desk open to page 232

but she wasn't actually taking notes the textbook was a shield hiding her from Mr Clark's eyes her phone was propped up

against the page earphones in earphones plugged in and the cable tucked up the front of her sweater the wire snaking

down one sleeve so the earbuds rested in her Palm fully disguised it must look to Mr Clark like pip was resting her chin

in her hand as she scribbled down dates and percentages but really she was scrolling through Calamity party files a

new wave of emails while attach with attachments had come in late last night and this morning a word must

have started to spread about Jamie but but still no photos in the location and time frame she needed pip glanced up 5

minutes until the Bell long enough to go through another email the next one was from

Hannah Rin from Pip's English class hey pip it said someone told me this morning you're looking for Connor's missing

brother and that he was at the Calamity party on Friday this video was super embarrassing apparently I sent it to my

boyfriend at 9:49 when I when I was already super drunk please don't show it to anyone but there's a guy in the

background I don't recognize see you at school a prickle of nervous energy crawled up the back of Pip's neck the

time frame and a got Hannah didn't recognize this could be it the break pip thumbed up to the attached file and

pressed play the sound blurred into her ear loud music chattering voices bursts of Jing and cheering that must have come

from the beer pong game in the dining room but this video was taken in the living room hanah's face took up most of

the frame as she pointed the phot bone down at herself with an from an outstretched arm she was leaning against

the back of a sofa opposite the one javine was sitting on at 9:38 p.m. the end of which was just visible in the

background Hannah was on her own the dog filter from Instagram applied to her face pointy brown ears buried in her

hair following her as she swung her head around the new Ariana Grande song was playing and Hannah was lip sinking to it

very dramatically air grabs an ey screwed shut when the song demanded it this wasn't a joke was it pip kept

watching searching the scene behind Hannah's head she recognized two of the faces back there Joseph Po and

ktia Jukes and judging by the positions of the sofas they must have been sitting in

front of the fireplace which hadn't quite made it into the shot they were talking to a girl with her back to the

camera long dark straight hair jeans that could be dozens of people pip knew the clip was almost finished the Blue

Line creeping along the progress bar toward the end 6 seconds to go and that was when two things happened at the

exact same time the girl with the long brown hair turned and started to walk away from the fireplace toward Hannah's

camera simultaneously from the other side of the frame a person crossed toward her walking quickly so all you

really caught was the blur of the shirt and a head floating above a bur shirt Jamie as the two figures were about to

meet Jamie reached out to tap the girl on the shoulder the video ended pip whispered into her sleeve drawing

Connor's attention she knew exactly who that girl was what he hsed someone huh the bell rang and the sound silent

sliced right through pip making her winse her hearing was always more sensitive on not enough sleep in the

hall she said packing her textbook into her bag and untangling herself from the earphones she stood up and shouldered

her bag missing whatever homework Mr Clark was assigning them being at the back of the room meant being last to

leave waiting impatiently for everyone else to spill out of the classroom Connor followed pip into the hall and

she guided him over to the far wall what is it Connor asked pip Unwound her earphones streaming them one by one

into Connor's pointy ears ouch be careful would you he crossed his hands around his ears to keep the sound in as

pip held up her phone for him and pressed play a tiny smirk flickered across his face wow that's embarrassing

he said after a few seconds is that why you wanted to show me obviously not she said wait for the end and when it came

his eyes narrowed and he said Stella Chapman yep p Tu pip tugged the earphones out of his ears too hard

making him ouch again Stella Chapman must be the someone Jamie spotted at the memorial and followed to to the party

Connor paused Stella why would Jamie know Stella what do we do now find her at lunch and talk to her ask her how

they know each other what they talked about why Jamie followed her okay good Connor said and his face changed

slightly like the muscles beneath beneath had shifted loosened this is good right yeah pip said though good

might not be the right word but at least they were finally getting somewhere Stella oh hi Stella replied

mouthful of twixes she narrowed her almond shaped brown eyes her perfect cheekbones made even sharper by the

bronzer she swiped over her tan skin pip had known exactly where to wait for her they were Locker neighbors Chapman just

six places over from the fits of Moi and they greeted each other most mornings their hell Always bookended by the awful

Screech of Stella's Locker door pip was ready for it this time as s opened the door and deposited some books inside

what's up Stella's eyes trailed over Pip's shoulder to where Connor was standing boxing her in he looks

ridiculous hands on his hips like he was some kind of bodyguard pip flashed him an angry look until he stepped back and

relaxed you on your way to lunch asked pip I was wondering if I could talk to you about something or yeah I'm headed

to the cafeteria what's wrong nothing pip said casually walking Stella down the hall just wondering whether I could

borrow you for a few minutes first in here pip halted kid pushing open the door of a math classroom she'd already

checked was empty why the suspicion was clear in Stella's voice my brothers missing Connor buted in hands going to

his hips again was he trying to look intimidating because it wasn't working for him at all pip glared at him again

normally he was good at reading her eyes you must have heard that I'm looking for his disappearance pip said I

just have a few questions for you about Jamie Reynolds I'm sorry Stella shuffled uncomfortably picking at the ends of her

hair I don't know him but Connor started but pip cut him off Jamie was at the Calamity party on

Friday it's currently the last time he was seen she said I found a video in which Jamie comes over to talk to you at

the party I just want to know what you talked about even if you don't really know him that's all Stella didn't answer

but her face said everything she wouldn't her eyes widened lines wrinkling her smooth forehead we really

need to find him Stella pip said gently he could be in trouble real trouble and anything that happened that night might

help us figure out where he's gone it's it's life or death she said refusing to look Connor's way Stella chewed her lip

eyes spooling as she made up her mind okay she said a good Girl's Guide to murder season to interview with Stella

Chapman Stella is this okay pip yes great I can hear you perfectly so can we go over how you know Jamie Reynolds I um

I don't know him Connor you can't talk while we're recording um I I actually Connor why

don't you go ahead to lunch I'll see you there no really I insist Connor I'll meet you there go on oh and close the

door please thank you sorry about that he's just worried about his brother yeah that's okay I get it I just didn't want

to talk about this about his brother in front of him you know it's weird I understand it's better this way so how

do you know Jamie I really don't know him at all that time on Friday that was the first time I ever spoke to him I

didn't know who he was until I saw the posters on my way to school this morning let me play this clip for you

ignore Hannah's face you see in the background you walk away from ktia and then Jamie comes over to you yeah he did

it was um strange really strange I think there must have been a misunderstanding or something

or he was confused what did you mean what did you what did he want to talk to you about well like you can see there he

tapped me on the shoulder so I turned to him and he said Leila it's you and so I was like no I'm Stella but he carried on

he was like Leila it's really you and he wasn't listening when I said no that's not me

Lea yeah he was pretty insistent so then I was like sorry I don't know you and began to walk away and he said something

like Leila it's me Jamie I almost didn't recognize you because you've changed your hair so I was really confused at

that point and he also looked really confused and then he asked what I was doing at a high school party anyway so I

said to him I really think you had me confused with someone else and he was like Leila I know it's you from your

photos it's me Jamie we've been talking for weeks and then what did you say well by this point he was freaking me out a

bit so I said to him my name is not Ila it's Stella and I don't know who you are or what you're talking about leave me

alone or I'll scream and then I walked away that was it he didn't say anything else or follow me he actually looked

really sad when I left but I don't know why I still don't understand what was going on what he meant if it was some

like weird creepy pickup tactic I don't know he's older right yes he's 24 so wait let me get this straight he calls

you ilila multiple times and says it's me Jamie when you don't seem to recognize him then he comments that he

knows you from your photos but that you've changed your hair which I haven't my hair's been the same since like

forever right and then he asks you what are you doing at a high school party yeah basically those exact words why

what are you thinking Stella on your social media like on Insta do you have a lot of pictures of yourself like selfies

or photos where it's just you in the shot well yeah I do most of them what's wrong with that nothing how many photos

have you posted of just you I don't know tons why how many followers do you have not that many around

800ish why pip what's wrong I um I'm thinking it sounds to me like Jamie might have been talking to a catfish a

catfish someone who's been using your photos calls themselves Lea oh wait you know that actually makes a lot of sense

now that you've said it yeah it definitely seemed as though Jamie thought he knew me and he expected me to

know him too and he said we been talking for weeks well he and Leila had clearly never in real life though and if it is a

catfish maybe they've edited your photo somehow hence the changed your hair comment I think Jamie spotted you at the

memorial well he spotted who he who he thought was Leila and it was the first time he'd seen her in real life but he

was confused because you looked different I think he Then followed you when you walked to the Calamity party

waiting for an opportunity to speak to you but he was also confused about why you were there at a high school party

hanging around with 18-year-olds so I'm guessing this Lea told him she was older in her 20s yes that makes total sense

that all fits a catfish it's so obvious now oh God I feel bad about what I said now I know he wasn't trying to be creepy

and he looked so confused afterward he must have worked it out right realized then that Lila wasn't real that she'd

been lying to him seems like it so he's missing now like missing missing yeah he's missing missing right after he

found out someone's been catfishing him two AG g g g TM podcast gmail.com time 2:41 p.m. from Harry scyth

[email protected] subject sighting of Jamie Reynolds dear Pippa Fitz Amobi hello my name's Harry

Scythe I'm a big fan of your podcast great job with the first season I live in Fairview and work at the bookstore

where I'm emailing from now I was working Friday afternoon and after we closed up me and a few work friends went

to the memorial we didn't really know Andy or S but it's nice to show up I think and then we went to my buddy's

house on Weevil Road for some takeout and beers anyway when we were leaving at the

end of the night I'm pretty sure we saw your guy Jamie Reynolds walking past I'm like 98% sure it was him and since

seeing your posters this morning I spoke to my friends and they think it was him too so I thought I should let you know

ASAP me and two of my friends who were also there are working now so feel free to contact us come in and talk if this

information is at all useful to your investigation sincerely Harry