emergency operator on the line.
“Caller? Caller, are you there? I need you to stay on the line—”
[END OF 15 NOVEMBER CLIP #2]
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On 15 November 2004, police were called by Naida Chounan-Dupré to investigate a jumper on the roof of Elmbridge High. Police arrived on the scene at 3:15 AM, and Carly Luanne Johnson was forcibly taken into custody.
Hell is empty,
And all the devils are here.
—William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2
Rage, rage against the
dying of the light.
—Dylan Thomas
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In news journals and articles that followed the arrest, witnesses attest that clips of Carly being carried from the roof by a fireman and subsequently led to a police vehicle were shown on the nine o’clock news that night. To date, no such footage has been found.
On the afternoon of 15 November 2004, Carly Luanne Johnson was involuntarily readmitted to Claydon Youth Psychiatric Facility. Such reports as could be sourced indicate that her doctors worried she may have suffered a psychotic break of the persecutory type.
After readmission to Claydon, a string of therapy sessions commenced, wherein doctors (headed by Dr. Annabeth Lansing), attempted to understand why a seemingly integrated Carly failed to react in the manner expected.
Inpatient Session Recording #52 [Ref: Johnson-Inp-0033]
Tuesday, 16 November 2004, 10:24 AM
Claydon Youth Psychiatric Facility, Somerset
Dr. Annabeth Lansing (AL) and Carly Luanne Johnson (CJ)
(AL): You seem distressed again. Can you tell me what’s going on?
[Silence]
Carly? Are you doing okay? Do you feel like talking?
(CJ): [Strained] You won’t listen.
(AL): I always listen, Carly. You know that. [Pause] Why were you on the roof? [Pause] Carly?
(CJ): Stop. Calling. Me. Carly!
(AL): Am I speaking with Kaitlyn?
(CJ): Yes, for God’s sake.
(AL): So talk to me, Kaitlyn. Please.
(CJ): [Lengthy silence] Carly didn’t check the Message Book the night before it happened… she’s been… silent. For a while. It worried me.
(AL): The night before what happened?
(CJ): The night before I… I woke up, and it was… morning.
[Pause]
(AL): That must have been frightening.
(CJ): That’s a total understatement. Everything is wrong. She’s just… gone.
(AL): Integration is alarming. She’s not really gone. Just… working the way she should. But you need to accept what’s happened.
(CJ): [Laughing] “Trust me, I’m here to help you.” How can I when you won’t believe me? You think you see? That’s crap—you don’t see. You think you do, but you’re all bloody clueless! You won’t listen—you don’t believe! [Beginning to cry] Carly’s gone. I’ve written, I’ve—I’ve—I’ve—[Sobbing] I’ve t-tried to discard—she won’t come! I can’t find her, I—
[Gasps, sobs]
(AL): Calm down, Kaitlyn. It’s okay. Take a deep breath, and let’s talk about this rationally. [Pause] Okay. Tell me what happened.
(CJ): [Shrieking] I can’t breathe!
[Gasps, choking sounds]
(AL): Kaitlyn, calm down. Kaitlyn, breathe—
[Choking, gagging]
(CJ): He’s—here—
(AL): [Away] Sedative!
[A door squeaks; there are footsteps, gasps]
[Thud]
(AL): [Soothing] Calm down. Calm down…
[Gasps fade into a disturbed panting]
That’s it. Shh… [Away] How much did you give her?
(UNIDENTIFIED NURSE): Twenty-five milligrams.
(AL): Good. Okay, Kaitlyn, it’s okay.
(CJ): [Slurred mumble] Won’t listen…
[End of tape]
Inpatient Session Therapy Notes
Dr. Annabeth Lansing
Patient File [Johnson-C-0399524], Session #52
16 November 2004
An interesting development with Carly Johnson. Kaitlyn has surfaced, it seems permanently. We’ve spent so much time working to suppress the Kaitlyn alter, and Carly was the alter all along. Perhaps the Carly alter was created in order to distance herself from a life without her parents in it.
This contradicts the facts, of course, since Carly (who names herself Kaitlyn at night) is real. The renaming of herself as Kaitlyn, although highly unusual, may have provided the mask she needed to wear. A new identity.
Now that the Carly alter is gone, I can begin to help Kaitlyn be Carly—the real Carly—once again.
I am hopeful of a full recovery in time, although with the incident on the roof, I am concerned that this readmittance to Claydon may be permanent.
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Several therapy sessions follow before Kaitlyn talks again. Nonetheless, the sessions are recorded, and Dr. Annabeth Lansing attempts to connect with a silent Kaitlyn. For expediency, none of these recordings have been included. However, they are available online at [see appendix A]. The visit from Jaime Johnson on [date unknown] seems to be the trigger event for Kaitlyn’s reawakening.
CCTV Camera Footage
[Date and Time Index Missing]
Day Room
“Carly.”
Dr. Annabeth Lansing kneels next to Kaitlyn, who sits in a chair, unmoving.
“Kaitlyn. Jaime is here to see you. You want to see Jaime, don’t you?”
Kaitlyn does not respond.
“You don’t want her to see you like this, do you?”
When Kaitlyn remains unresponsive, Dr. Lansing sighs and gets to her feet, groaning when her knees crack. She nods at the nurse waiting by a wire-mesh-glass door.
“All right.”
The