Method

This is a homicide case file. The state's theory is one hypothesis. Every other public claim is also a hypothesis. We do not put a verdict on the homepage.

Three kinds

Evidence is a thing: a rifle, a clip, a filing, a quote from a named witness. Claim is a hypothesis someone is pushing. Rumor is a lead without a sponsor worth naming. Mixing these is how other Kirk pages became mush.

Four other axes

• Provenance – native original, official copy, news copy, screenshot, user upload, transcript only.
• Status – corroborated, contested, inconclusive, contradicted, withdrawn.
• Weight – direct vs circumstantial.
• Access – public here vs still missing from the archive.

A contested direct item (the roommate texts) still outranks a corroborated rumor. SHA-256, capture date, and original URL belong on every file once we hold it.

Intake

I edit. The public submits. Nothing user-submitted goes live until it is graded. See Submit for what we see when you come in anonymous.