Method

This is a homicide case file. The state's theory is one hypothesis. Every other public claim is also a hypothesis. We do not put a verdict on the homepage.

Three kinds

Evidence is a thing: a rifle, a clip, a filing, a quote from a named witness. Claim is a hypothesis someone is pushing. Rumor is a lead without a sponsor worth naming. Mixing these is how other Kirk pages became mush.

Four other axes

• Provenance – native original, official copy, news copy, screenshot, user upload, transcript only.
• Status – corroborated, contested, inconclusive, contradicted, withdrawn.
• Weight – direct vs circumstantial.
• Access – public here vs still missing from the archive.

A contested direct item (the roommate texts) still outranks a corroborated rumor. SHA-256, capture date, and original URL belong on every file once we hold it.

Intake

I edit. The public submits. Nothing user-submitted goes live until it is graded. See Submit for what we see when you come in anonymous.

Scene map

The UVU scene map pins graded photos and videos where the camera stood. GPS from an original (EXIF or QuickTime) wins when we have the file. Otherwise the pin is reconstructed or reported. Heading is stored separately from GPS. Graphic items stay gated on the media page. Nothing autoplays. Pan is locked to campus so a bystander’s home GPS cannot appear here. A wider case map comes later.