The suspects
JC
June Calloway
Age 38
Recording Artist
Motive: Novak refused to release her finished master tapes
RD
Ray Dutton
Age 51
Co-founder & Engineer
Motive: Novak was selling the studio's tape archive to a streaming group
PV
Petra Vance
Age 29
Archivist (suspended)
Motive: Accused of leaking sessions — firing and lawsuit threatened
Case file excerpt
VICTIMEli Novak, 44 — producer, co-founder of Cadence Sound
FOUNDNovember 9, 2020, 08:14 AM — by morning assistant
LOCATIONStudio B console, Cadence Sound, Music Row, Nashville
INITIAL RULINGAccidental electrocution — vintage equipment fault