Run: 2026-09-23-01M36R56RJQCG809HXSJS7RTY8

Isabella: "Non... non voglio parlarne. Quella donna era lì, poi è arrivato lui. Non dovevo restare." [Italian: “I... I don’t want to talk about it. That woman was there, then he came. I shouldn’t have stayed.” Her fingers tighten around her camera.] Hunter: "You saw someone with Lena Bell after the Apple Festival?" Isabella: "Che cosa? No, la luce... era sbagliata. E poi ho sentito un rumore." [Italian: “What? No, the light... it was wrong. And then I heard a noise.”] Hunter: "I’m sorry. I don’t understand." [He looks from her anxious face to the camera, plainly confused.] Isabella: "Mi dispiace. Non parlo inglese." [Italian: “I’m sorry. I don’t speak English.” She gestures helplessly between them.] Hunter: "Right. Translation app." [He takes out his phone and types. The screen displays the question in Italian.] Hunter: "I’m Detective Hunter. I’m asking about Lena Bell, who disappeared after the festival. Did you see her that night?" Isabella: "Sì." [Italian: “Yes.” She leans toward the phone to make sure she’s understood.] "Stavo fotografando il paesaggio, vicino al vecchio magazzino del sidro. Ho visto Lena entrare dal cancello laterale." [“I was photographing the landscape, near the old cider shed. I saw Lena go in through the side gate.”] Hunter: "What time?" Isabella: "La mia macchina fotografica segna le otto e quarantadue." [Italian: “My camera says 8:42.” She taps the camera’s screen, then angles it toward him.] Hunter: "Can I see the pictures?" Isabella: "Sì. Guardi." [Italian: “Yes. Look.” She scrolls through a series of dusk shots: rows of apple trees, the festival lights, the shed beyond them.] Hunter: "Stop there. Enlarge the shed." Isabella: "Qui?" [Italian: “Here?” She pinches the image larger.] Hunter: "Yes. That light in the doorway—was it on when you took the picture?" Isabella: "No. Le luci del festival erano già state spente. Quella lanterna si muoveva." [Italian: “No. The festival lights had already been turned off. That lantern was moving.”] Hunter: "Moving how?" Isabella: "Prima era vicino alla porta. Poi, pochi minuti dopo, era dietro il magazzino." [Italian: “First it was near the door. Then, a few minutes later, it was behind the shed.”] Hunter: "And Lena?" Isabella: "È entrata. Non l’ho vista uscire." [Italian: “She went in. I didn’t see her come out.” She swallows and lowers the camera.] "La mattina dopo ho visto il suo volto sui volantini. Ho capito." [“The next morning I saw her face on the flyers. Then I understood.”] Hunter: "Did you see who carried the lantern?" Isabella: "No. Solo un’ombra, per un momento. Ero spaventata." [Italian: “No. Just a shadow, for a moment. I was frightened.”] Hunter: "You did the right thing showing me. Can you send me the original files? The timestamps matter." [He types the request into the app and turns the screen toward her.] Isabella: "Sì. Certo." [Italian: “Yes. Of course.” She nods and carefully studies the email address he has written.] Hunter: "Good. I have to go. There’s been another call from the north road." [His phone rings; he checks the screen and stands.] Isabella: "Un’altra persona scomparsa?" [Italian: “Another person missing?”] Hunter: "I’m afraid so." [He gives her a grave nod, then points once more to the email address.] Isabella: "Le mando le fotografie subito." [Italian: “I’ll send you the photographs right away.”] Hunter: "Thank you, Isabella. Stay here, all right? Don’t go back to that shed alone." Isabella: "Va bene." [Italian: “All right.” She watches him hurry out, one hand still resting on her camera.]