The Last to Vanish

Prior to the start of Chapter 6, details about Farrah Jordan’s disappearance are supplied in a fact sheet. Farrah went missing on January 16, 2019. Her last known location is the Shallow Falls trailhead in Cutter’s Pass.

Trey and Abby find photographs on the flash drive, and Abby recognizes a stone structure near Shallow Falls in the pictures. Abby remembers the details surrounding the police investigation into Farrah’s disappearance. Farrah worked as a nature photographer. She was last seen at the trail’s entrance, but because she was not dressed for a hike and did not carry a backpack, police believe she never ventured onto the trail. However, the date and timestamp of the digital photos place Farrah near Shallow Falls on the day of her disappearance. Abby realizes that someone must have taken her camera for Landon to have found these photographs. Trey and Abby also read Landon’s unfinished article titled “A Notorious History” (the novel’s Prologue).

Trey believes that Landon hid this flash drive because he was in danger. He thinks someone harmed his brother and attempted to destroy all evidence of the crime (including Landon’s cell phone and notebook) but missed the hidden flash drive.