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Case file 14 of 15 · LVMPD-26-41873-14

Johnny Russ

The file

Released in full by the Property & Evidence Division. The suspect file is reproduced below, followed by every item logged into evidence with it.

Two-page LVMPD case file for suspect Johnny Russ, showing the suspect profile with mugshot, the police report, two surveillance stills, and the map recovered from his jail cell.

The evidence

Russ was picked up for trespass at the Treasure Palace and escaped his holding cell before Major Crimes could ask him about the storage locker. What he left behind is the largest single document in the heist file: a hand-drawn map of "The Legend of Farmer H," and a written version of the same legend. Every page is reproduced below, then enlarged so every mark on it is readable. Nothing is hidden behind another click — scroll and read.

Mugshot of Johnny Russ, long hair and beard, holding a booking placard.
Close-up of the booking placard held in the mugshot.
Typed suspect profile sheet for Johnny Russ.
Typed LVMPD police report with department star.
Typed movements and leads section of the case file.
Surveillance still of Johnny Russ on a casino floor.
Surveillance still of Johnny Russ walking through a jail booking corridor.
Photograph of a narrow jail cell window with a map scratched into the wall below it.
Evidence card stamped RECOVERED FROM JAIL CELL.
Full hand-drawn treasure map titled The Legend of Farmer H, Stop Wishin Go Fishin.
Upper-left quarter of the map, enlarged.
Upper-right quarter of the map, enlarged.
Lower-left quarter of the map, enlarged.
Lower-right quarter of the map, enlarged.
Map detail: five playing cards two of clubs, two of diamonds, five of spades, four of hearts, four of clubs, above the digits 2-2-5-4-4.
Map detail: a man at a card table with two aces face up, captions H held FOURS and I held ACES.
Map detail: the caption Want Pantone…? beside a small book of colour swatches.
Map detail: compass rose above a legend key with three symbols.
Map detail: the question who took the bad beat, me or H, above an X mark.
Typed narrative page, first half of the Farmer H legend.
Typed narrative page, second half of the Farmer H legend.
Single typed closing line about two trees in the dry hills.
PDF · 4 · 8.5 × 11 Printable case file → The full Johnny Russ file, including the map page and the legend, as a printable PDF.

Your three moves

This file is one fifteenth of the case. Here is what to do with it.

  1. 1Match the treasureFifteen items were taken. Work out which one this suspect is holding — the file will not tell you outright.
  2. 2Solve the evidenceEvery file carries something the gang left behind: a cipher, a photograph, a slip in the transcript. Solve it for a place.
  3. 3Recover itBoots on the ground. Travel to the location and find the treasure — or the proxy standing in for it.

Property & Evidence Division · LVMPD Major Crimes · Case LVMPD-26-41873
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