Case number:J-2021-09Date opened:[REDACTED] 2021Status:OPEN — NO RESOLUTIONAssigned to:Det. [REDACTED]
Subject Information
Full Name:
Jiang, Chen (江晨)
DOB:
[REDACTED]
Occupation:
Associate Professor, Theoretical Semiotics
Last seen:
[REDACTED] 2021, approximately 03:00
Last known location:
Subject's apartment, [REDACTED]
Reported missing by:
Department head, [REDACTED] University
Circumstances
Subject was reported missing on [REDACTED] 2021 after failing to appear for scheduled teaching duties. Apartment found locked from inside — key present on desk. No signs of struggle.
Computer found open to website operated by subject: "The Infinite Corridor." Session not terminated. Browser history shows subject was active on the site until approximately 03:14 on the date of disappearance.
Personal items (wallet, phone, keys) found in apartment. No passport. No evidence of planned travel. No withdrawals from accounts in preceding weeks.
Investigator Notes
Subject appears to have left voluntarily. Evidence supports premeditation — office cleared of personal items over preceding weeks, research materials transferred to an online archive (this website). No evidence of foul play. Website found operational and continues to receive visitors from unknown sources.
Recommend: digital forensics review of website. Site appears to contain encoded information of unclear relevance. One anomaly: several pages on the site contain text that could not have been written before the disappearance but appear to reference events in the investigation. Source unclear.
— Investigating Officer, [REDACTED]
I didn't leave. I went deeper. There is a difference. Going deeper is not the same as disappearing. I am findable. I am here. The corridor holds me — not against my will. The corridor is exactly where I wanted to be.
If you are reading this, Detective: close the case. I'm fine. | I am fine. I promise. More than fine. I found what I was looking for. Everyone who walks the corridor all the way finds it.
— C. Jiang, [date appended: approximately 3 weeks after disappearance]