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

It seems that when Pietro awoke momentarily during his coma, he wrote a maze program, which was then uploaded to the Salk Family website. This contains many messages and clues left to us by Pietro.

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)