Unraveling Jamie Reynolds' Disappearance: Key Clues and Theories

[Music] okay this is chapter 15 of good girl bad blood 15 pip was certain she could see

the very moment Joanna's heart began to break it wasn't when she told her and Connor about the Calamity party about

Jamie following someone there it wasn't when she said he left the party at 10:30 and was witnessed on the phone

mentioning the police it wasn't even when she told them Jamie had been lying to them for two weeks about still having

his job and how he'd lost it no it was precisely when she said those exact words life or death something instantly

changed in Joanna the way she held her head the outline of her eyes the way her skin slackened and ped like some of the

life in her had Slipped Away drifting out into the cold air of the kitchen and pip knew she just given voice to

Joanna's very worst fears even worse than that those words had come from Jamie

himself but we don't know what Jamie meant by that it's possible he was exaggerating to minimize the trouble he

was in or to get my mom to simp sympathize with him pip said looking from Connor to Joanna's Broken Eyes

Arthur Reynolds was not home apparently he'd been out most of the day and neither Connor nor Joanna knew where he

was blowing off steam was Joanna's best guess do you have any idea what Jamie might have needed the money for

Wednesday 2 weeks ago Connor asked it's not like there were any birthday parties or occasions coming up that he'd need

money for I doubt that Jamie intended to steal money to buy birthday presents replied as gently as she could do you

know if he had any debts he might have needed to pay off a phone bill we know he was very attached to his phone in

recent weeks I don't think so Dana finally spoke he had a good salary at the agency I'm sure that more than

covered his phone bill I'm it's not like he's spending it's not like he's been spending more than usual Jamie hardly

ever buys anything for himself not clothes or anything I think his main expense would just be well lunch lunch

I'll look into it where has Jimmy been going asked Connor when he told us he was going to work I'll look into that

also pip said maybe he was just getting out of the house so he wouldn't have to tell any of you what had happened maybe

he was working on getting a new job before he told you he'd lost the last one I know it was a point of contention

between Jamie and his dad maybe he was trying to avoid another argument about jobs yes Joanna said scratching her chin

Arthur would have been angry about him losing another job and Jamie hates confrontation going back to the Calamity

party pip says during the conversation do you have any idea who Jamie could have been on the phone with someone who

might have asked him to do something no it was none of us Joanna said Zoe asked pip no she has no contact with Jamie

that day the only person I know Jamie calls regular LLY is not to Silva or it used to be it wasn't her pip said she

told me Jamie never turned up at her house as planned and ignored all her texts and

calls I don't know then I'm sorry Joanna said in a small voice like that was slipping away from her too that's okay

but brightened hers to make up for it I'm guessing you would have told me but any luck with a computer password not

yet Connor said we've been working through that questionnaire trying all variables with number Replacements

nothing so far we're keeping a record of everything we've tried I think we're over 600 failed attempts now

okay well keep trying tomorrow I'll see if I can research and contact someone who can bruteforce the password without

damaging any of the data yep we'll do Connor fiddled with his own fingers there was an open cereal box on the

counter behind him and two discarded bowls pip guessed that had been dinner is there anything else we can be doing

other than the password anything um yeah of course she said scrambling to think of something I'm still going through all

the videos and photos from the Calamity party that people have sent me as I said I'm looking for people who were standing

around the fireplace between 9:38 p.m. until about 9:50 p.m. the only near hit I found is a photo taken at 929 in the

direction of the fireplace there are about nine people in it some in are grade some the grade below the photo

might be too early to show whoever Jamie was watching but it's something I we can chase up tomorrow at school Connor I'll

email you the photo and video files and you could look through them too yeah he said up ster I'll do that

perfect I've been getting messages from people Joanna said from friends and neighbors who have seen your missing

posters I haven't left the house been trying Jam's computer and phone all day could I see the photo you need for the

posters yeah sure pip swiped her finger across the trackpad to reawaken her laptop she navigated through her recent

files pulled up the photograph and twisted the computer to face Joanna I went for this one she said you can see

his face clear clearly and a smile isn't too wide because I often think people look slightly different when they're

smiling smiling this is one you took before the birthday cake was lit so no strange lighting from the candles is

that okay yes Joanna said quietly covering her mouth with her bald up hand yes it's perfect her eyes filled as they

flitted up and down her son's face like she was scared to leave let her gaze settle on one spot for too long would

she think she'd see if she did or was she studying her face trying to remember every detail I'm just going

to the bathroom Joanna said in a far away voice standing up shakily she closed the kitchen door behind her and

Conor's side deflated he picked up the loose skin by his fingernails she's gone upstairs to cry

he said been doing it all day I know what she's doing and she must know I know but she won't do it in front of me

I'm sorry maybe she thinks I'll lose hope if I see her crying I'm sorry Connor pip reached out to touch his arm

but he was too far across across the table she went for her laptop instead pulling it back in front of her Jamie's

face staring out of the screen but we've made progress today we have we filled in more of Jam's timeline that night and

have a couple of leads to look into Connor Shrugged looking at the time on his phone Jamie was last seen at 10:32

now right that means the 48 hour mark is 50 is in 57 minutes he went quiet for a moment he's not coming back in the next

57 minutes is he pip didn't know what to say to that she knew something she should say something she should have to

told Connor yesterday not to touch Jam's toothbrush or his comb or anything that could have his DNA on it in case it was

ever needed but now was not the time she wasn't sure there would be a right time to say that a line that could never be

uncrossed pip looked and said at her screen at Jam's half smiling face his eyes seeing out into hers as she saw

into his as though there weren't 10 days between them and then she realized he was sitting exactly opposite her at this

very same table she was here Jamie was right there like a cracken time had opened up across the polished wooden

surface everything was the same as in the photograph behind him the fridge door with a scattered collection of

cheesy souvenir magnets the cream colored blind pulled onethird of the way down behind the sink the wooden chopping

board propped up in the same place above Jim's left shoulder and the black cylindrical knife rack along above his

other shoulder holding six different Siz knives with colorcoded bands on their handles well actually Pip's eyes

flickered between the screen and upet and up the knife set behind Jamie and the photo was complete all the knives

tucked inside the roack purple orange light green dark green red and yellow but now pip looked up again one of the

knives was missing the one with the yellow band what are you looking at Connor said pip hadn't noticed him

standing behind her watching over his should her shoulder oh nothing she said I was just looking at this photo and I

noticed one of the knives isn't here now it's nothing she repeated waving her hand to dismiss the idea it's probably

in the dishwasher Connor walked over and pulled open the dishwasher door hm he said abandoning it and moving to the

sink instead he clattered around in there the sound of porcelain hitting porcelain making pip Flinch someone

probably put it in a drawer by accident I'm always doing that he said but there was a frantic Edge to his voice as he

went about pulling out the drawers their contents clashing around drawers straining at their very limits pit must

have caught the dread from watching him her heart spiking at every crash and something cold made itself at home in

her chest Connor kept going in a frenzy until every door was open like the kitchen had grown outward tee teeth

biting into the rest of the room not here he told her needlessly maybe you should ask your mom pip said rising to

her feet mom Connor shouted turning his attention to the cupboards opening each drawer each door until it looked like

the kitchen was hanging upside down it felt like it too pip stomach lurching her feet stumbling over themselves she

heard Joanna thundering down the stairs calm down Connor pip tried it's probably here somewhere and if it isn't he said

on his knees checking the cupboard under the sink what would that mean what would it mean maybe she should have kept this

observation to herself a little longer it would mean that one of the knives is missing what's missing joa said rushing

into the room one of your knives the one with the yellow band pip said dragging the laptop over to show Joanna can you

see it it was here in this photo taken on Jam's birthday but it's not in the rack now it's not anywhere Connor said

out of breath I've checked the whole kitchen I can see that Joanna said closing some of the cupboards she

reinspected the sink removing all the mugs and glasses sitting in there checking underneath she looked over the

drying rack even though pip could see from the back that from the back here that it was empty Connor was at the

knife rack removing each of the other knives as though the yellow one could somehow be hiding

underneath well it's lost Joanna said it's not in any of the places it should be I'll ask Arthur when he gets back do

you have any recent memories of using that knife pip asked she flicked through the photos from Jam's birthday Jamie

used the red knife to cut the cake on his birthday but do you have any memory since that date of using the yellow one

Joanna looked up to the right eyes splitting in minuscule movements as she searched a memory Connor what day this

week did I have musaka Connor's chest was rising and falling with his breath um that was the day I came in late after

my guitar lesson wasn't it so Wednesday yes Wednesday joenna turned to pip I don't actually remember using it but the

that's always the one I use for cutting eggplant because it's the sharpest and widest I would have noticed if it was

gone I'm sure okay okay pip said buying herself some time to think so the knife likely

went missing in the last 4 days what does that mean Joanna said it doesn't necessarily mean anything pip said

tactfully it might have no correlation to Jamie at all might turn up somewhere around the house you haven't thought to

look right now it's just a piece of information about something out of the ordinary and I want know everything

that's out of the ordinary no matter what it is that's all yeah she should have kept it to herself the panic in

both Joanna's and Connor's eyes confirmed that pip glanced at the brand of the knives and took a photo of the

Rack in empty slot with her phone trying not to draw too much attention to what she was doing returning to her laptop

she Googled the brand and an image came up front the company's website of all the different colorcoded knives laid out

in a row yes those are the ones Joanna said behind her okay pip closed her laptop

and slid it back into her bag I'll get those Calamity files to you Connor I'll be looking through them until late so if

you don't find anything so if you find anything text me right away and I guess I'll see you tomorrow at school good

night Joanna sleep well sleep well what a stupid thing to say of course she wasn't going to sleep well pit backed

out of the room with a stained toothless smile hoping they couldn't read anything on her face any imprint of the thought

she just had the thought she' had before she could stop herself looking at the online image of the six colored knives

arranged in a line her eyes circling the yellow one the thought that if you wanted to use one of those knives as a

weapon that's the one you would choose the missing one photographs of nice set last

Thursday and today the picture is really hard to see so I apologize for that cas notes three the missing knife

might be irrelevant I'm desperately hoping it is otherwise this case has taken a Sinister turn I don't want to go

down but the timing does feel significant that both Jamie and a knife from the reynolds's house go missing in

the same week how do you just lose a great big knife like that a 6in chef's knife the website says around the house

you don't it must have been taken out of the house at some point after Wednesday evening strange Behavior attempting to

steal money from Mom's company is definitely out of character for the Jamie I know the reynolds's say so too

that he's never stolen anything before what was his plan take the card to an ATM and withdraw the maximum amount of

cash Google says this can be between $3 $800 why was he so desperate for the money random thought could this have

anything to do with that woman's watch I found in Jam's bedside table it doesn't look new but maybe he bought it

secondhand or could have or could that have been stolen too and what did Jim's life or death comment mean I get chill's

thinking about it looking back on it from the other side of his disappearance was he talking about himself or someone

else note buying a secondhand woman's watch probably doesn't fall under life or death not telling his family about

losing his job doesn't feel inherently suspicious to me of course he'd want to cover up the reason he was fired but it

also makes sense he wanted to hide the fact he was jobless again giving that so much of the tension between Jamie and

his father has been about his non-committal job hopping about not having enough ambition or drive on the

topic of strange Behavior where was Arthur Reynolds today okay I understand they doesn't believe Jamie is really

missing that he's likely run off after the big argument and will be back in a few days completely fine past experience

supports his theory but if your wife and younger son are so convinced something's wrong wouldn't you start to entertain

the possibility it's clear Joanna is distraught even if Arthur doesn't believe anything is wrong

wouldn't he stick around to support her he still wants nothing to do with this investigation maybe he'll change his

mind soon now that we've passed the 48 hour mark Calamity party what was Jamie doing there my working theory is that

the someone he saw and Matt told and told Matt about is likely a person in my grade or the grade below Jamie spotted

them at the memorial and afterward he followed this person person as they walked presumably with a group of

friends to himore and the Calamity party at Steven Thompson's house I suspect Jamie went inside the sding at 9:16 p.m.

because he wanted to talk to this someone why else follow them at 9:38 p.m. I believe Jamie was watching

someone as they stood near the fireplace a photo at 9:29 p.m. shows n shows nine identifiable people around the fireplace

seniors Elizabeth Crossman haa ju ston kin Joseph po Emma thues and

Aisha Bailey Juniors gasmin Mia Richard wallet and Li and Lily Horton the photo doesn't overlap with the Jamie sighting

but it's the closest I have I'll find them all at school tomorrow and see whether they know anything open leads

more photos videos from Calamity party being sent in go through them Hillary F Weissman the only Hillary F wisan I can

think is the 84-year-old who died in Fairview in 2008 obit says she left behind one daughter and two grandsons

but I can't find any other wise men's why was Jamie writing her name down within the last week and a half what's

the connection who was Jamie on the phone with at 10:32 p.m. long conversation 30 plus minutes same person

he's been texting talking to in recent weeks not not to Silva the identity of someone and why Jamie followed them from

the memorial to the Calamity stealing money why life or death