[UA] Help! Dumb PC investigated for kidnapping (Bi3P)

[Christopher]

Okay, a PC has gotten in a sticky situation in the aftermath of Bi3P. I've
googled FBI procedures in kidnapping cases, but haven't found how an
investigation is mounted. Hopefully, someone here can help. Let me set it up
first:

 

My group went through Bi3P. The only Bill who wasn't stopped was the second
one, the epidiro. One character, Jason, tried a last ditch effort of
stopping him as he drove away, by firing a shotgun blast at the vehicle.
Moments later, he saw his double drive by. At the end of the scenario, when
Bill the epidiro and the double drove by, another character, Marvie, jumped
into his car and tried to catch up to no avail. He asked if he caught the
license plate number. He had never asked before, but with his obsession
being numbers and his photographic memory, I let him roll for it. Got a
Major success so I gave him some of the numbers. He then kicked in the
bumper of another PC's car (his own was a rental) and called the cops to
report a hit-and-run by a blue Hyundai. After a little more searching over
the next day, they called it quits.

 

Marvie kept looking into it via the internet, discovering that the two Bills
stopped seemed to be erased from reality, slowly but surely. He finally
figured out the license plate and the address it had originally been
registered to. The phone number for the property was under the name Jonathan
Toge. Going to scenic Ellensburg, WA, they found a blue Hyundai and a
grieving father. Jason and Marvie spoke to him, telling him about the
hit-and-run and the desire to keep insurance companies out of it, but find
out that Bill had made it that far before saying, "Hey, Dad, I'm home," and
collapsing and dying from blood loss. (I was hoping that would be the end of
it.) Jason asked a lot of questions about Bill and his past and about Bill's
daughter. He also asked if Bill was with a guy who looked an awful lot like
him, who goes by the nickname, "Jason." Jonathan implores them to talk to
the cops with what they know. Then they left. They do not talk to the cops.

 

Then they decided to hightail it to Yuba, CA, which is where Bill the
epidiro had been living. Looking through birth records finally turned up
Sascha Delillo and her mother's name. They found her phone number and one of
them, Adriano, called her. It did not go well. So, Jason and Marvie head
over and are met by Delilah's mother. They try to get more info about Bill.
The mother is barring access to Delilah, so Jason tells her that he saw Bill
with Sascha, in violation of the restraining order. She asks him if he's
talked to the police about this. He lies and says, "Yes." Then, as a last
ditch effort, he hands the mother his cell phone number and impresses on her
that he knows Bill has been near Sascha and to call him when ready to talk.
Heavily implying, of course, that he knows useful information. Then they
leave. That was pretty much the end of the session.

 

Oh, and I should mention that Jason's niece went missing two months prior in
their first adventure, while he was visiting for Thanksgiving. The group
rescued her and others, but Under Very Mysterious Circumstances. 

 

Now, I really don't want to put Jason away for this, but I obviously gotta
do something. The FBI will get Jason's cell phone number. What do they do
next? I figure they talk to Jonathan Toge. Do they show up on Jason's
doorstep? Do they question him there, or do they have enough to haul him in?
Does a possible missing child alert hit the area? Really, I'm hoping my
player does some dazzling bluffing and talks his way out of it. There's no
evidence on him or his belongings. I could have the street people who saw
him shoot off a shotgun in Don's neighborhood give enough of a description
to implicate Jason, but I think I'll rule that they weren't close enough,
they were surprised, and they give conflicting reports.

 

Anyway, thanks for any help you can give.

 

Christopher Smith Adair

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