I want to like this, but so far it's just too opaque. The first thing that threw me was the fact that there is no actual phone book, despite the explicit description that there is. That is misleading at best and it took me far too long to just try entering a name to call, especially when there were hints by the computer about copying and pasting information, and that doesn't work either.
The gathering information by searching is sort of Roottrees-like, but also much more opaque. No words are highlighted, so it's difficult to know what's important and what isn't. Out of dozens of queries I tried, only a handful yielded any response at all, most of which were just general information, like the definition of "Jane Doe" or the location of the occipital bone, which I already know. Tell me something I don't know! That's why I'm searching.
And the reports give very little information to even work with, so they're not very realistic. Who was the coroner who did the autopsy? When was it done? What newspaper published the article about the incident? Who was the mother? We're not told, and so there's nothing to dig into as far as searching for information. I have searched for every content term I can find, and I have searched for and tried to call every proper name I've seen (all four of them), and I've only come up with a blank wall of opaqueness after talking to only two people.
Clearly I've missed something along the way, but it's hard to see where since I've read through the reports so many times. I did glance at the walkthrough, but the very first item mentions something I've not even seen and have no idea how to get, so in the interest of avoiding spoilers, I didn't read much farther. I think it needs a little more detail to be helpful, especially for someone stuck early on. What comes before that first item? How do you get it?
Spoilers on the two calls I was able to make:
-Silverleaf Cemetery (received the report on funeral photos)
-Loretta Hester (but she wouldn't tell me anything further about the autopsy or the death or the funeral)
Spoilers on some additional names I tried to call that got me nowhere:
-Police Station
-Willowbrook Police (Station)
-Willowbrook Coroner
-Examiner
-Boss