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Spare Bike

Commissaires' tent at a Belgian cyclocross course, with a muddy bike without a saddle.

Flanders, Belgium, Saturday, January 30, 2016, 4:00 pm. In the white tent of the Cyclocross World Championships commissaires, a mud-caked bicycle is clamped in a workstand, its saddle removed.

Suspects

• Joris VerlindenTeam mechanic in charge of the pit, 52
• Lotte AmeelBelgian cyclist, under-23 race winner, 19
• Bram CoppensMechanic at a bicycle shop in Aalst and Lotte's training partner, 24

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Three Fires

Sacristy of a French Gothic cathedral after a fire, with smoke drifting in from the nave.

Nantes, Saturday, 18 July 2020, 11 am. Firefighters are still hosing down the façade of Saint-Hervé Cathedral. At 7:44 am, passers-by saw smoke coming out of the rose window, and by 10 am the fire was under control.

Suspects

• Bénédicte LagadecAssistant organist of the cathedral's great organ, 52
• Thibault KerjeanElectrician who looks after the cathedral's panels, alarm and sound system, 46
• Gaëtan MorvanVolunteer keeper of the cathedral's doors, 41

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Shelf 813

Fire command post in a Los Angeles hotel, 1986, facing the smoking library across the street.

Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 29, 1986, 8 pm. Across Fifth Street, the Central Library is still smoking from its tall windows. The fire started at 10:52 am and was not brought under control until 6:30 pm.

Suspects

• Ellsworth BrightmanHead of the rare books section at the Central Library, 58
• Dusty CalhounUnemployed actor and waiter, reading room regular, 31
• Rosalba QuiñonesGuard at the staff entrance and the basement vault, 44

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Panic Room

Security room of a luxury building in Monte Carlo, 1999, with monitors and a red alarm.

Monte Carlo, Friday, December 10, 1999, 10 am. In the security room on the ground floor of the Résidence Les Aloès, the alarm panel is still blinking red. Upstairs, the 7th-floor penthouse smells of smoke.

Suspects

• Brigitte SauvageThe banker's head nurse, 46
• Garrett PruittAmerican night-shift nurse, former paratrooper, 41
• Lucien OrsattiFamily head of security, former Corsican gendarme, 55

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Dry Corner

Groundskeeping office of an American campus at night, overlooking two dry-leaved oaks.

Marlow Springs, eastern Alabama, Wednesday, February 2, 2011, 8 pm. At Oak Corner, where the Wolves fans throw toilet paper after every win, two 130-year-old oak trees stand with straw-colored leaves.

Suspects

• Charlene VickeryHead arborist of the campus, 41
• Duane HensleyProducer of the sports radio show "Fan Line", 36
• Virgil StricklandOwner of a farm supply store in Red Ferry and fertilizer supplier to the campus, 63

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