Karen Vandergriff
Karen Vandergriff works for her uncle Ned, at his bakery (which is a giant bakery that supplies bread to most of Southern Michigan). Karen, who also goes by the name Kim, brought a USB key to an attorney on the day after her Uncle's death from cancer. She claimed she found it in his desk and looked at it on her computer and found that it had a will on the disk. She claimed she had not looked at the file and brought it to the attorney since it might be important. She and the family live in Ypisilanti, MI.
Attorney Konroy stated in his report "This contains a will but it has a funny feeling to it and Karen Vandergriff was acting strangely when she brought it to me, nervous, that kind of thing."
A week after the death (4-Mar-08), the nephew, Kyle Rollins, contacted YPD with a complaint and indicated that the accounting records of the company showed large numbers of withdrawals for "MISC" in amounts of 500, 1000, 5000 over the past several years. These were approved by Ms. Vandergriff. When she was asked about this by a detective, she acted very strange and said she thought she needed an attorney. Investigators received a warrant for her apartment and found that she was not present and could not be contacted. The officer heard her cell phone ringing inside the apartment when the number was dialed and determined she might be in danger so forced the door open. She was not there and her clothes, belongings, and other material were gone. Currently, her whereabouts are unknown.
You have been retained to work on this case. So far the evidence consists of a single image of a USB key (the one she surrendered). Examine the evidence and see if any information which might assist in the investigation can be obtained. The image was provided to you personally by Officer Molo, the detective in charge.