Pietro Salk

Deceased

General

• Deceased 26-JUN-05 (in the late evening hours)
• Widow, Sylvia Salk
• Journalist on the Perplex City Sentinel
• Swiftly and unexpectedly sunk into a rapid coma on Monday, June 20
• Emerged from this coma for several hours Wednesday, June 22, and was only able to interact with his Key.

Links

http://www.salkfamily.com/

Puzzles

• When Pietro awoke momentarily during his coma, he wrote a maze program
• The puzzle was uploaded to the Salk Family website, with some interpretations by his Wife's Brother.
• This puzzle contains messages and clues left to us by Pietro.
  • Pietros_maze - linked directly
  • Salk_logs - discovered by subtle references
    • Salklogs.doc - a transcript of the logs

Timeline

• 06-MAY-05 - Is first contacted by "The Advisor" (reference)
• 10-MAY-05 - Followup with "The Advisor"
• 25-MAY-05 - Contact with "The Advisor" regarding research progress
• 01-JUN-05 - Length conversation ("20 questions") with "The Advisor"
• 04-JUN-05 - Contact with "The Advisor" regarding Sylvia & Paranoia
• 07-JUN-05 - Contact with "The Advisor"
• 12-JUN-05 - Contact with "The Advisor"; a fairly personal conversation about dreams and stuff
• 13-JUN-05 - Contact with "The Advisor"; plans made to meet
• 16-JUN-05 - Planned meeting; instead, "The Minder" scared "The Advisor" away. (reference)
• 18-JUN-05 - Contact with "The Advisor"; "The Advisor" seems to be quite attached.
• 19-JUN-05 - Contact with "The Advisor"; Salk suggests talking to the police; A meeting is planned on Soltice Day at the Ascendancy Point
• 20-JUN-05 - Salk falls into a sudden and deep coma.
• 21-JUN-05 - Solstice Day
• 23-JUN-05 - Briefly emerges from coma; writes Pietros_maze
• 26-JUN-05 - Dies in hospital

References

• more headlines, 21-JUN-05 "Reporter Salk in Coma"
• article, 23-JUN-05 "Salk Briefly Emerges from Sudden Coma" (link)
• radio interview, 27-JUN-05 Michiko Clark reports that Salk has passed away, mentioning the maze program and finding files. (transcript)
• more headlines, 27-JUN-05 "Salk Dies in Hospital

Articles Written

• article, 16-FEB-04 "Academy Forms Retrieval Plan" (link)
• article, 12-JUN-04 "Academy Requests City Funds" (link)
• article, 20-JUL-04 "Special Cube Funds Granted" (link)
• article, 28-MAR-05 "Crime Lower in East Old Town" (link)
• article, 06-APR-05 "Recon Eight Released from Police Custody" (link)
• article, 26-APR-05 "Five of Cups Owner Found Dead" (link)
• article, 11-MAY-05 "Holyoke Housed Stolen Academy Equipment" (link)
• article, 15-JUN-05 "Entrescore Arrested for Receda Cube Theft" (link)