The cases for 2026-09-15

The house lights came up on an empty jewel case and a company of performers who can all cry on cue. Each waited out the search in a separate dressing room. Walk the corridor and place them, door by door. The file names 4 performers; Emil Sandoval's statement sits on top of the pile.

1. 1. Emil Sandoval and the performer holding the laurel wreath are the same person.
2. 2. The performer in the jester's costume was in the dressing room right before the performer in the crimson gown.
3. 3. Petra Halvorsen was in the dressing room right before the performer in the crimson gown.
4. 4. Petra Halvorsen was right next to the performer in the crimson gown.
5. 5. The performer in the feathered mask and the performer holding the laurel wreath are the same person.
6. 6. Reinhold Faust and the performer holding the laurel wreath had exactly 2 dressing rooms between them.
7. 7. The performer in the crimson gown and the performer holding the paper rose are the same person.
8. 8. The performer in the jester's costume was somewhere after the performer in the feathered mask but before the performer in the mourning veil.
9. 9. Petra Halvorsen was in the dressing room right before Cordelia Strauss.
10. 10. Petra Halvorsen was in a lower-numbered dressing room than the performer in the crimson gown.
11. 11. The performer in the jester's costume was in a lower-numbered dressing room than the performer holding the tin crown.

Chalk dust, cellar cold, and a cask that rings hollow. The vintage was switched by someone who knew the tunnel like their own hands. Pin every vintner to a vault before the gavel falls. Statements were taken from all 5 vintners; Klaus Bauer's is the first page.

1. 1. Henri Faure was in the vault right before the vintner blending the tempranillo.
2. 2. Bianca Conti and the vintner using the wax sealer had exactly 2 vaults between them.
3. 3. The vintner blending the merlot was in the vault right before the vintner using the bottling cradle.
4. 4. Bianca Conti and the vintner blending the syrah had exactly 3 vaults between them.
5. 5. Pilar Navarro was in the vault right before the vintner using the stoneware jug.
6. 6. The vintner blending the cabernet was right next to the vintner using the crystal decanter.
7. 7. Pilar Navarro was in a lower-numbered vault than the vintner blending the sauvignon blanc.
8. 8. The vintner blending the cabernet was in the vault right before the vintner using the crystal decanter.
9. 9. The vintner blending the syrah was in the vault right before the vintner using the wax sealer.
10. 10. The vintner blending the merlot was right next to the vintner using the copper still.
11. 11. The vintner blending the cabernet was right next to the vintner using the wax sealer.
12. 12. Amélie Mirabel was right next to the vintner blending the syrah.

A rare orchid worth a small fortune was cut and stolen the night it finally bloomed. Each botanist tended a different glasshouse along the garden path. Sort out who worked where before the curator counts the pots. Statements were taken from all 5 botanists; Marisol Vega's is the first page.

1. 1. Camille Dubois was right next to the botanist tending the carnivorous lily.
2. 2. The botanist tending the wax flower was somewhere after the botanist tending the climbing fig but before the botanist tending the blue lotus.
3. 3. Camille Dubois was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist tending the wax flower.
4. 4. Rashid Noor was right next to the botanist carrying the plant ledger.
5. 5. The botanist tending the carnivorous lily and whoever was sipping the lemonade are the same person.
6. 6. The botanist tending the carnivorous lily was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist tending the wax flower.
7. 7. The botanist carrying the seed tray was in the glasshouse right before whoever was sipping the mint water.
8. 8. The botanist carrying the seed tray and whoever was sipping the iced coffee are the same person.
9. 9. The botanist carrying the soil trowel and whoever was sipping the rose water had exactly 1 glasshouse between them.
10. 10. The botanist tending the blue lotus was in the glasshouse right before the botanist tending the flame protea.
11. 11. Rashid Noor was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the soil trowel.
12. 12. The botanist tending the flame protea and whoever was sipping the mint water are the same person.
13. 13. Rashid Noor and the botanist tending the blue lotus had exactly 1 glasshouse between them.
14. 14. The botanist carrying the pruning shears and whoever was sipping the lemonade are the same person.
15. 15. Niko Petrakis and the botanist tending the climbing fig had exactly 3 glasshouses between them.
16. 16. Lorne Maddox was right next to the botanist carrying the potting fork.
17. 17. Niko Petrakis and whoever was sipping the mint water are the same person.
18. 18. The botanist tending the climbing fig was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than whoever was sipping the iced coffee.
19. 19. Marisol Vega was in a lower-numbered glasshouse than the botanist carrying the soil trowel.