The Elevator That Arrived Without Him

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01 / Case log

A passenger enters on Floor 2 with a black backpack. The lobby view retains the bag and a dark-clothed figure, but not the passenger in the light jacket. A later rooftop view shows a similar light-jacketed man carrying a grocery bag. We retain the sequence; no recovered camera bridges the changes.

02 / Selected evidence / 2 of 7 plates

CAM 02 / 21:27:41 — The other jacket — PLATE 03 / CAM 02 / 21:27:41
The other jacket
The passenger wears a light jacket at the threshold. The figure in the reflective wall wears dark clothing; the frame does not establish whether this is a reflection or another occupant.

CAM 01 / 21:29:22 — The bag arrives — PLATE 05 / CAM 01 / 21:29:22
The bag arrives
A black backpack stands on the cabin floor beneath the dark figure. The light-jacketed passenger is absent from the visible lobby frame; no removal of the bag is shown.

03 / Operator notes

CAM / PLACE: 04, 02, L1, 01, R1 / residential corridor, elevator, lobby, roof.
TIME: 14 June 2024 on the overlays; camera clocks do not establish a reliable chronology.
CONTINUITY: corridor to threshold shows a displayed gap of 9 minutes 34 seconds.
REFLECTION: the dark figure in CAM 02 does not match the visible light jacket.
OBJECT BREAK: backpack in the lobby; grocery bag on the roof. No exchange is recorded.
OBSERVATION: the rooftop crow is retained as a marker, not assigned a cause.
OPEN QUESTION: who occupies the elevator when the backpack arrives?

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