Three Minutes Missing

Description

Witness statements conflict in minor ways: where the lights were, how many doors were open, whether there were voices. The one agreement is that the timing vanished with the same calm consistency as the other details.

Recovered material

Witness statement / time-stamp audit / partial CCTV still

Narrative

the witness said they were on the landing and then they were at the base of the stairs with a wet handprint on their sleeve and no explanation. the watch showed 03:11 when they left and 03:14 when they were found. there was no gap in the recording. only in the memory.