The Detective’s DeskInez Lane
Recorded packet handler
“Establish my packet, location and event from the verified custody record.”
HARD · CASE FILE
The revision that never survived
Hard · CEDAR PUBLICATION OFFICE
A printer’s note quotes an intermediate list as if it were final. Follow the recorded revision chain, including the explicit rollback. The archive retained the competing reconstructions in separate packets. Rebuild their custody events, identify the proposal supported by the analytical records, then name that packet’s recorded handler. The packet events form a separate ordered register; do not substitute a calculated clock time for a review-slot label.
Read the case file below, or open the interactive desk to examine records, keep notes and submit your reasoning. These are the case materials, without the solution.
Your assignment
Who handled the packet containing the supported reconstruction?
- The analytical records answer the analytical question; worksheet records establish the packet custody reconstruction. Candidate proposals and supplementary recollections are claims to test.
- There are 4 ordered events. Use each listed person, location and item once in its column. “A immediately before B” means A is in the row directly above B, with no row between them.
- 6 verified records support the complete submission. Keep the separate context note out of the proof.
- No outside facts or unstated exceptions are required. The complete board and report are assessed together.
People and accounts
Jules Ash
Recorded packet handler
“Establish my packet, location and event from the verified custody record.”
Milo West
Recorded packet handler
“Establish my packet, location and event from the verified custody record.”
Vera Pine
Recorded packet handler
“Establish my packet, location and event from the verified custody record.”
Case records
Read each record on its own terms. A claim made by a person is different from a fact established by an independent record.
VERIFIED RECORD A
Base list
Version A lists 1,2,3,4,5. Version B is made from A by moving item 5 to the front, keeping other items in order.
Build B from the base before applying later edits.
VERIFIED RECORD B
Branch history
Version C is made from B by swapping positions 2 and 4. Version D is made from A, not C, by reversing all five items.
Track parent versions; D does not inherit B or C.
VERIFIED RECORD C
Approval order
C was rejected. The final approved version E is made from D by moving the last item to position 2, keeping all other items in order.
Use only the approved branch and final edit.
CONTEXT NOTE
Print stock
The final list was printed on ivory stock. Paper colour is not version ancestry.
This describes the setting; it does not establish the requested result.
RECONSTRUCTION RECORD
Packet proposal index
This is the same investigation’s packet custody record. There are 4 ordered events, labelled Review 1, Review 2, Review 3, Review 4. Each listed person, location and item occurs exactly once. These slots describe record order, not times from the analytical problem. Each packet contains the proposed reconstruction shown in the index. Solve the original three analytical records to identify the supported proposal, then trace its packet to its handler. Control packets have no proposal and cannot be the target.
- The event handled by Milo West occupies slot 2 (Review 2).
- The event handled by Inez Lane occurs immediately before the event involving “Packet Dune” (consecutive rows, with no event between them).
- The event handled by Vera Pine occurs earlier than the event involving “Packet Cedar”, without claiming they are consecutive.
| Packet | Proposed analytical answer |
|---|---|
| Packet Amber | 5,1,4,3,2 |
| Packet Birch | 5,4,3,2,1 |
| Packet Cedar | 5,3,2,1,4 |
| Packet Dune | 5,1,2,3,4 |
Use each column’s choices exactly once. Verified relationships govern the board; proposed answers and later recollections do not override them.
RECONSTRUCTION RECORD
Custody sequence
The relationships below were verified independently. “A immediately before B” means A is in the row directly above B, with no row between them. Keep relationships from all worksheet sources together.
- The event at Seal station occupies slot 3 (Review 3).
- The event handled by Vera Pine occurs earlier than the event at Intake counter, without claiming they are consecutive.
Use each column’s choices exactly once. Verified relationships govern the board; proposed answers and later recollections do not override them.
RECONSTRUCTION RECORD
Cross-check and accounts
The relationships below were verified independently. “A immediately before B” means A is in the row directly above B, with no row between them. Keep relationships from all worksheet sources together.
- The event at Intake counter occurs earlier than the event involving “Packet Dune”, without claiming they are consecutive.
- The event at Reading desk occurs immediately before the event involving “Packet Amber” (consecutive rows, with no event between them).
Use each column’s choices exactly once. Verified relationships govern the board; proposed answers and later recollections do not override them.
Questions to resolve
Which list is the authorised final order?
Match every recorded item to its handler or reviewer.
- Packet Birch
- Packet Amber
- Packet Cedar
- Packet Dune
At which recorded event was the target packet handled?
Use the interactive case desk to select your finding and cite the records that support it. The answer is checked there, and your progress stays in your browser.
Build your finding
Compare the records with each account. Work out what the evidence establishes, then separate that finding from anything it does not prove.