Daily Casefile · Forensic

The Embers of Ashford Mill

≈ 6 min

Late on a summer evening, Ashford Mill burns to the ground. The mill's owner, Edmund Harcourt, is found dead inside the ruins the following morning. The insurance investigator suspects arson and foul play, noting that Harcourt had recently taken out a large policy on the building. Your task is to reconstruct the exact sequence of six key events that evening and night, using the physical, documentary, and expert evidence recovered from the scene.