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The Death of Tessa Bromin
Evidence 1: 911 Call Transcript Excerpt
911: What’s your emergency?
Carol: The Rosa Theatre is on fire.
911: Where is the fire located?
Carol: In the back of the theatre, near the dressing rooms.
911: Are you able to get out safely?
Carol: Yes… I’m headed to the lobby now. We’ll go out the front door.
911: Is there anyone left in the building?
Carol: …No.
Evidence 2:
The Rosa Theatre, 2016
Evidence 3:
Tessa’s Dressing Room, 2016
Evidence 4: Cold Case Interview Excerpt
Carol Wallace, Victim’s Sister & Theatre Owner
Location: HPPD Headquarters
Interviewer: Det. David, ID 174
Interview date: 7-16-16
Time: 11:45 pm
Interviewee: Carol Wallace, age 34
Relationship to victim: Sister
[BEGIN TRANSCRIPTION]
CAROL: My sister wasn’t feeling well during rehearsal earlier in the evening, so I assumed she was home. But if you’re looking for suspects, I can save you some time. It was probably Travis.
DET. DAVID: Travis… your son? You’re saying your son set the fire and killed his aunt?
CAROL: I’m saying he was in the back smoking. The theatre is old… a box of old programs in a dry cardboard box is all it would take.
DET. DAVID: You realize you’re implicating your son in your sister’s murder?
Carol has a lot to say.
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Cold Case 354A & Fresh Murder Case 1037 are Connected.
Tessa Bromin’s cold case was eventually closed unresolved.
But a second death—Tessa’s sister Carol Wallace—four years later changed the game and reopened everything.
Notes from Det. Sara Jacobs
Carol Wallace’s death triggers the reopening of her sister’s cold case, 354A, from four years ago. It was left unsolved and it was determined inconclusive whether it was an accident or homicide.
But after reviewing Tessa Bromin’s autopsy report from 2016, I’m convinced the Rosa Theatre fire was intentionally set and that Tessa’s death was no accident.
The connection between these cases is suspicious. And my growing list of suspects is troubling…