A poker dealer strangled in a locked hotel room on tournament night. A drifter did twenty-six years for it. The casino's tapes have a forty-minute hole.
| Difficulty | ●●●●○ 4/5 |
| Play time | 3 hours |
| Players | 1–8 |
| Documents | 26 · 3 envelopes, the last one sealed |
| Price | Free |
At 04:30 on 14 February 1992 a cocktail waitress found poker dealer Gary Sutter strangled in room 312 of the Silverado. His wallet and watch were gone. A drifter who pawned the watch was convicted within the year. In 2017 a reporter noticed the casino's surveillance log had a forty-minute gap that night, signed off as "maintenance". Nobody at trial had asked who signed it.
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