[AUTOMATED SYSTEM: "Friday, December 6th, 7:32 PM"]
[Sister Mary's voice - urgent, shaken, speaking quickly]
Father Ben, it's Sister Mary. I just heard about Mark Cashman - this is absolutely horrible. I've been trying to reach you but I understand you're at the scene with Dr. Vary and the investigators.
Father, I need to tell you something very important about this evening. Around 6:40 - that's about ten minutes before Mark was killed - I saw something concerning.
[Voice drops, more serious]
I was walking past the storage hallway and I saw young Al Tarboi - the altar boy - standing there looking at a piece of paper. He seemed... nervous. Very nervous. Kept glancing around like he didn't want to be seen.
When he saw me, he quickly folded up the paper and put it in his pocket. But not before I got a glimpse. Father,
I know it looked like a note. Handwritten. Something about a meeting.
[Pause, then more concerned]
I asked him if everything was alright and he said "yes, Sister" but his hands were shaking.
I know his whole demeanor was... off. Like he was scared. Terrified, even.
I know that look, Father.
[Voice becomes more urgent]
Father, given what's happened to Mark tonight, I think what I saw might be connected. Al might be involved in something serious. That note - if it's what
I know it is - this could be crucial to your investigation.
I know you and Dr. Vary are trying to piece this together right now.
[Final words, spoken deliberately]
I'll be in the convent when you get this. Please call me back as soon as you can - this can't wait.
IKNOW.
[END OF MESSAGE]
This voicemail was recovered from Father Ben Addict's phone by Las Vegas Metro Police Department on December 7, 2025.
Father Ben was investigating Mark's murder with Dr. Vary when this message was left. His phone was on silent at the crime scene.
The message was discovered the next morning, after Sister Mary Catherine's death.