As the questioning continued, Aliyah, the youngest member of the group, called out, "You need to know about David. We think he's been shot!" Aliyah then explained the phone call but didn't mention the letter. Detective Savage asked, "What was so important that Willow needed to rest without mentioning the shooting first!?"
Savage turned his head to Detective Crusher, and without a word being said, Crusher walked to the bottom of the stairs. He paused at the stairs, and both he and Detective Savage looked at each member of the family in turn. Crusher then went upstairs to find Willow's room while Savage continued questioning the family.
By this time, Willow was in deep conversation with the family lawyers. They had a list of the contents of the chest in the attic: a huge bundle of letters, three shoeboxes of photos (some from the Middle East), seven necklaces (one with a huge, high-quality Colombian emerald, two necklaces were thought to be ancient and from the Middle East, and a human skull, a vial of poison, and a diary written in a language nobody could decipher. There was also an assortment of ribbons in the chest, of various colours.
Uncle Jasper, a reclusive hoarder known to collect oddities and curiosities, had apparently amassed a collection of dubious items. The diary hinted at Uncle Jasper's involvement in a secret society that practiced dark rituals, and some in the family feared that he may have been a cultist. Some of the contents of the chest were sealed in smaller boxes.
The lawyers had two letters; one of those letters mentioned the sealed boxes, of which their contents list was sealed in the second letter held by the lawyers. The first letter stipulated that the second letter could only be opened on the authority of Aunt Millicent.
Suddenly, Willow could hear footsteps outside her room. It was Detective Crusher...