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intruder Alert
Davis gave the command to not have the evidence of 6 released to the public. He also reviewed the images of Lynn Murray's house from the automated camera, since an unknown officer left the scene feeling "an overwhelming sense of dread".
Exhibition
Davis was the on-site officer who collected Mark Heathcliff's personal camcorder and presented the footage from it. We see more of this in Vol. 333.
My Movie.mp4
The Mandela County Police Department were spammed with emails from an unnamed sender, containing the same video labeled "My Movie.mp4". Davis is ridiculed for proposing it as genuine evidence.
The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 333
A live broadcast from the Mandela County Police Department is being shown on television, commemorating the promotion for Sergeant Ruth Weaver and Lieutenant Thatcher Davis.
Thatcher receives a call from a school receptionist, asking if he can check on a missing student of theirs, Mark Heathcliff, to make sure he is alright.
We are shown Mark's home as Thatcher approaches and repeatedly knocks on the door, to no response. He busts down the door and we cut to an investigation of Mark's house. We first see the analogue television in Mark's room before Thatcher turns their flashlight on and discovers Mark's body with multiple .50 caliber casings beside the bed. Thatcher finds a cassette player, a Holy Bible, and a notebook on top of the television.
From security footage inside the MCPD station, we can hear Ruth telling Thatcher he doesn't need to keep working on a bullshit case considering he was just promoted and Thatcher tells her he has evidence to go over.
We are shown a video tape from MandelaTECH company representative Dave Lee to Thatcher Davis. Thatcher sent Dave multiple tapes to hopefully recover and Dave was only able to recover about two minutes of a film named "The Might of the Subconscious" and " a weird bootleg version of the beginner's bible."
Cut to a emergency operator phone call between Jude Murray and Thatcher Davis. Jude is panicked and scared, saying someone is inside his house and that he doesn't know how he got inside being that his doors and windows have been locked for months. Thatcher tells Jude to calm down and asks some questions. Thatcher asks if the person is threatening him or his family and Jude claims they just stare from the corner of the room, not taking anything. Jude begins breaking down, thinking his wife has been hurt and Thatcher tells him to calm down.
Thatcher asks if the man looks like anyone Jude knows, Jude says no. Thatcher becomes surprised and Jude says he has never seen anyone in his life that looks anything like him. Thatcher says that doesn't make sense and Jude becomes confused. Thatcher says he is going to send one of their officers and tells Jude to not hang up. Thatcher contacts Ruth Weaver and she says she just got a 10-15 (prisoner in custody/message delivered) and is about to head to the place, frustrating Thatcher somewhat. Ruth asks if Thatcher got a similar call, Thatcher believing he's dealing with a home intruder.
Davis gets back on Jude's line and asks for his address, to no response indicating that Jude's been killed. Ruth calls back Davis and asks for back up. Davis asks where everyone else is and Ruth says the officer who was at Jude's house fled almost immediately. Davis asks the address and we see a familiar slideshow of a hallway. Davis reports that nothing came out of the automated cameras and he will need to resort to an in-home inspection with Weaver.
We see from Thatcher's body camera as he and Weaver explore the house. Ave Maria is clearly heard playing as the two explore and Thatcher tells Weaver to stay behind him as they approaches the music. Thatcher discovers a static television in a bedroom and approaches, discovering a hanging body. Ruth asks if they have anyone to deal with it and Thatcher, annoyed, responds they don't because everyone left. He apologizes before calling in a 10-56 (suicide).
Thatcher's camera begins malfunctioning and as he goes to tell Ruth he finds her missing as well. A door opens and footsteps are heard. Thatcher calls out to them, "Hello?" and they respond back, in Thatcher's voice, "Hello?" Thatcher tells them to identify themselves and the same follows. Thatcher tells the individual that they are on a police investigation and that they need to identify themselves and the person begins mimicking Thatcher and Jude's voice from the earlier phone call. Thatcher shouts asking for a response and the entity is heard rapidly approaching.
In a deep, breathless voice, they begin to sing Amazing Grace and after a moment a long, pale arm is seen reaching around the corner. Thatcher is heard jumping out a closed window and running. He tells Ruth to meet him at the station if she is still there.
Thatcher calls in a 10-78 (requesting backup) to any available units, including from surrounding counties in Bythorne and Werksha county. Security footage shows Amazing Grace playing in select rooms, getting closer to Thatcher's office.
From Thatcher's chest camera we see what is thought at first to be an alternate (It turns out that it wasn't an alternate of an actual person, but an alternate that Stanley created, based off of what infant Adam Murray imagined a friend would be like.) approaching him as Amazing Grace continues playing. The "Friend" Alternate begins to repeat bastardized mimickery of the humans they have encountered, including Ruth. The "Friend" Alternate floats towards Thatcher and he yells that he will shoot. A busy signal tone plays as "uh oh! bad decision, thatcher!" is displayed.
With closed captions on, the names of victims appear on screen, "Cesar Torres", "Ruth Weaver", and "Mark Heathcliff". The Friend Alternate manually stretches it's mouth into a forced smile and laughs. Thatcher shoots the Friend Alternate, to no avail. A distorted face is seen and "THERES NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE TWO OF US LIEUTENANT" is displayed. Thatcher's camera collects additional footage of a Ruth Alternate and the Friend Alternate twitching who was likely also the Ruth Alternate briefly.
every day gets brighter
Thatcher records himself ranting about the immense struggle and pain he and everyone else in Mandela County has been going through and how he knows the MCPD will get the blame when more people eventually go missing.
Thatcher also reveals that the Friend Alternate featured in The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 333 simply left him alone but stole his identity. He promises to kill it, no matter what.
Thatcher partly wishes he hadn't survived his encounter.The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 4
We see Thatcher supposedly in hiding in his home drawing a rough sketch of The Home Intruder.
In the beginning of the Chapter of Vol. 4 named remembrance, we see a very odd version of Thatcher, who says "This is Lieutenant Thatcher Davis. It seems like I made a mistake. Everything's clear here at the station. Calling off all units. Over." It then smiles in an uncanny way before saying "Afraid of your own reflection lieutenant? Dead or alive you're no use to these people. A man without a purpose in a world that doesn't need him. A scared boy with a gun. Sound familiar?" An image of Mark's house appears.
Later on, Thatcher writes a letter to Ruth Weaver while watching footage from 1992, venting his frustrations and saying that he regrets leaving her behind and causing her subsequent death.
Dave Lee states he will "put in the good word" for Evelin to get hired at the Mandela County Police Department. Evelin does show up at the station, but Thatcher is obviously not there.
Mandela Catalyst
Shortly after Dave's death, Gabriel shows up on the roof of Thatcher's house and tells him to wake up. Gabriel tells Thatcher that he is his intuition and asks if he could "hear the screaming". Thatcher doesn't respond, as far as we're aware.
Thatcher then drives to Adam Murray's residence, snapping a photo of the BPS van parked outside before entering. He begins recording and looks around Adam's bedroom using a flashlight. There's notably a bottle of bleach on the ground. Thatcher then whips around, startled by the sudden playing of a radio behind him. When he faces Adam's bed again, he discovers Adam sat on the floor next to it, sickly and emaciated. The camera locks onto Adam and zooms in for a moment before he screams in agony, as all of his bones are breaking at once. Thatcher drops his camera and backs up, while Adam begs him to kill him before screaming in pain again.
Presto
When Sarah and Evelin are checking on the MandelaTech shop cameras, the footage cuts off to a recording of Thatcher's car returning to the Mandela Police Station, with Adam inside, coughing and breathing heavily.
Later on the video, the footage appears once again, this time inside of the Police Department, with Thatcher asking Adam questions about his past and trying to get information of his doings and his encounters, while assuring that he's no longer upset about his participation with the BPS Group, as he's mainly interested on possible information about Alternates.

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