The Last Toast, 2016

The body was found at 1:10 a.m. on Sunday, June 19, 2016, at the foot of the barrel cave stairs at Fennimore Ridge Vineyard. Sasha Lindqvist, 30, event planner, maid of honor. A broken champagne flute. The sheriff's conclusion: intoxication, a fall in the dark, case closed. Except the barrel cave door has a keypad lock. The log shows an entry at 9:47 p.m. Sasha was last seen at 9:30. The photographer's second shooter was working the terrace at 9:44 p.m., and the contact sheet from that moment contradicts the statements of two different people about where they were standing. The file includes the keypad log in full. The photographer's contact sheets. The seating chart and run-of-show. A handwritten toast on hotel notepaper. A bank-statement page showing a disputed account. The bar tab. Five people of interest, each with access, each with opportunity, each with something to explain. The digital record is precise. The human testimony is not.