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I only just read Redaction since I forgot about its existence for the past year. Overall I really liked it, as it was

I have a couple of problems that may or may not be due to reading comprehension failures.

Spoiler:

1: In the 1986 story, Doctor Nanjo's body was never seen by Battler's group. How was Battler able to definitively know that he was dead? I don't remember anyone telling him that he was dead, although I might've just missed that. Maybe he just didn't care.

2: I'm still unsure on what conclusion should be drawn on the 1996 case. Even though Walter's theory is completely shot down at the end it still seems like there needs to be an external culprit.

I also have some speculation to offer on the "who is Walter" matter:

Spoiler:

In the IRC conversation, there is a fifth person - "Rook". Jeroboam has a chat with him/her about whether it was possible to perform a perfect crime.

Rook has both an interest in the case (in that three of his online friends were murdered) and a reason to suspect "Jeroboam" (the creepy conversation he had with him and the fact that he knew he was on the trip). Presumably s/he came to the conclusion that David Richards was Jeroboam and accused him on that basis.