The suspects
AV
Dr. Aaron Voss
Age 45
Deputy Director
Motive: Passed over for directorship; telescope-time audit closing in
LM
Lena Márquez
Age 33
Postdoctoral Fellow
Motive: Solheim drafting retraction naming her for data fabrication
GF
Gus Ferrell
Age 57
Site Engineer
Motive: Automation review signed by Solheim ends his position in March
Case file excerpt
VICTIMDr. Ingrid Solheim, 61 — observatory director, 30 years on site
FOUNDDecember 16, 2023, 06:20 AM — by morning shift operator
LOCATIONBase of exterior catwalk, Sagebrush Mesa Observatory
INITIAL RULINGAccidental fall — catwalk ice, winter conditions