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Case №125Sunday, August 2, 2026Deep Cold Case

Curve Before the Causeway

Caldmere Garage & Salvage, Caldmere

The Briefing

CALDMERE GAZETTE ARCHIVE — INCIDENT NOTICE Date: March 4th, 2022 Edition: Page 6, below the fold

Persons of Interest

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Felix Aguilar, Stage Manager, Curtain Call Theatre in Caldmere
Felix Aguilar
Stage Manager, Curtain Call Theatre

49. Stage manager for seventeen years. Felix was Lorna's partner — or so he presented it. In the weeks before her death, multiple cast members observed the relationship turning cold. Lorna had confided to Elena Park, a friend who had attended a Curtain Call fundraiser, that Felix had 'something to lose that she was about to take away from him.' Felix told police he was home asleep when the accident occurred and that his car, a dark green Subaru, had not left the driveway that night. He has been cooperative with the Bellwick law clinic but displays a specific reluctance when the conversation turns to Lorna's departure plans.

Vivian Cross, Artistic Director, Curtain Call Theatre in Caldmere
Vivian Cross
Artistic Director, Curtain Call Theatre

56. Artistic Director of Curtain Call for fourteen years. Vivian hired Lorna personally and fired her, without explanation, two weeks before the production closed — then quietly rehired her when the replacement scenic designer quit. Witnesses from the cast describe a confrontation between Vivian and Lorna in the prop room on the afternoon of March 2nd, the day of Lorna's death. Vivian has confirmed the confrontation occurred but characterizes it as a 'professional disagreement about sourcing.' She drove herself home that evening and states she was in by 10 PM. Her home, on Cliff Walk Road, is three minutes from the North Causeway approach.

Derek Vale, Production Carpenter, Curtain Call Theatre in Caldmere
Derek Vale
Production Carpenter, Curtain Call Theatre

38. Curtain Call's senior production carpenter and the person who shared the prop room most closely with Lorna during the Streetcar build. Derek had a master key to the theatre's rear lot and loading dock, and multiple cast members have told the law clinic that he was still on-site the evening of March 2nd, doing strike prep, when Lorna returned to retrieve personal items. He and Lorna had a strained working relationship — he had complained to Vivian Cross in writing that Lorna was 'cataloguing things that aren't her business' in the prop room during the final production week. He told the clinic he left the theatre around 10:30 PM and drove directly home. His address is on the south side of town, in the opposite direction of The Moorings.

Vic Petrone, Owner / Mechanic, Caldmere Garage & Salvage in Caldmere
Vic Petrone
Owner / Mechanic, Caldmere Garage & Salvage

56. Third-generation Caldmere. Caldmere Garage handled all police impound towing and received Lorna's wrecked Honda on the morning of March 3rd. Vic signed the intake form himself. He performed the initial post-accident mechanical assessment — a document that noted 'extensive front-end collision damage, brakes not separately evaluated' — and the car has sat in the rear impound lot under his custody for four years. He has a longstanding informal arrangement with The Moorings maintenance operation, with Magda Sousa handling the receiving end of salvage transfers. When State Police forensics re-examined the chassis in March 2026, they found the brake fluid reservoir cap missing and the left rear flexi-hose with a puncture. Vic maintains the vehicle arrived in its current condition and cooperated fully when investigators arrived with a warrant.

Magda Sousa, Boatwright / Maintenance Manager, The Moorings in Caldmere
Magda Sousa
Boatwright / Maintenance Manager, The Moorings

58. Magda had known Lorna Sewell through The Moorings' sailing program — Lorna took lessons there during her eleven weeks in Caldmere and the two had become friendly. Lorna rented a storage locker from Magda directly in late February 2022, to stage belongings for her Providence move. Magda held a key to the locker as part of standard facility management. She told the law clinic she never opened it and described her relationship with Lorna as warm and without friction. Phone records confirm Magda called Lorna at 11:20 PM on March 2nd — six minutes after Lorna's key card exited the theatre.

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