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Case №080Thursday, June 18, 2026Classified

Wrong Turn on College Hill

Bellwick University, Caldmere

The Briefing

At 9:47 p.m. on Tuesday, retired groundskeeper Miriam Hobbs was struck by a vehicle on the lamplit footpath between Whitfield Library and the Humanities building — and left there. She survived. The driver didn't stop.

Persons of Interest

Everyone has something to hide.

Professor Leonard Liang, Chair of Philosophy, Bellwick University in Caldmere
Professor Leonard Liang
Chair of Philosophy, Bellwick University

A campus institution. Brilliant, theatrical, and deeply political. Hosts legendary dinner parties and considers himself Caldmere's unofficial intellectual conscience. Has a gambling problem he's managed to hide for twenty years.

Callie Rourke, Graduate Student / TA, Bellwick University in Caldmere
Callie Rourke
Graduate Student / TA, Bellwick University

Liang's star pupil and the department's unofficial fixer. Smart, ambitious, and increasingly aware that her mentor isn't who she thought he was.

Dr. Abena Osei, Professor of Marine Biology, Bellwick University in Caldmere
Dr. Abena Osei
Professor of Marine Biology, Bellwick University

The university's rising star. Published, grant-funded, and absolutely relentless. Direct, impatient, principled. Her students worship her; her colleagues resent her.

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