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A homicide occurs at a summer theatre in upstate NY -- very small town with no local police force; county sheriff's department investigating.
Pretty much all the employees who were present at the time of death, most of whom live in summer housing on the premises, are available for questioning by the time the cops arrive, with two exceptions.
One of them I have covered.
The other: An actor "called in sick" that morning and left, to fly to California, most likely from the Albany airport.
Say his flight left early afternoon, and it's mid-evening by the time anyone realizes he isn't in his room. None of the coworkers have any idea where he has gone.
He may own a car or he may have gotten to the airport by some other means.
He may have booked the flight under his legal name, whereas everyone at the theatre knows him by his stage name.
Coworkers and police can call his cell phone, but assuming he doesn't answer...
How long would it take for the police to find him?
They might check with flights from nearby airports, but would they be likely to identify him if they don't know the name he flew under?
If he does have a car and they're searching for it, would they be likely to find it in an airport parking lot?
Pretty much all the employees who were present at the time of death, most of whom live in summer housing on the premises, are available for questioning by the time the cops arrive, with two exceptions.
One of them I have covered.
The other: An actor "called in sick" that morning and left, to fly to California, most likely from the Albany airport.
Say his flight left early afternoon, and it's mid-evening by the time anyone realizes he isn't in his room. None of the coworkers have any idea where he has gone.
He may own a car or he may have gotten to the airport by some other means.
He may have booked the flight under his legal name, whereas everyone at the theatre knows him by his stage name.
Coworkers and police can call his cell phone, but assuming he doesn't answer...
How long would it take for the police to find him?
They might check with flights from nearby airports, but would they be likely to identify him if they don't know the name he flew under?
If he does have a car and they're searching for it, would they be likely to find it in an airport parking lot?