New evidence uncovered, thanks to Archie Klatos' journal, may help solve his disappearance.
"If time is like a stream, doesn't it have two ends, even if it only flows toward one?"
Many would be quick to write off this excerpt from the personal journal of Archie Klatos' as a philosophical musing of some kind. But upon further inspection, it revealed to Deputy Howard Fields the location of a now crucial piece of evidence in his disappearance.
Taking the quote literally, officers were dispatched to the base of Chagrin River, where a disregarded gun was aptly discovered by Officer Bo Goggins. "This may change the entire spectrum of the case," speculated Goggins when interviewed. "Before we were internally debating whether or not his disappearance was intentional, where now that almost looks like a certainty."
“If time is like a stream, doesn't it have two ends, even if it only flows toward one?”
It's certainly a convenient find for the historically disinterested Deputy Fields, who since being assigned to Klatos' case has repeatedly expressed he does not believe the disappearance was a kidnapping. "We looked through his personal belongings to find any trace of where he might have run away to. And upon following those leads, we can now almost certainly confirm his disappearance was probably a suicide."
This evidence comes as a shock to many of the people who knew Klatos personally, such as his girlfriend Samantha Hatchins. Upon a request for comment, she declined, stating only "Klatos was of perfectly sound and fantastic mind. He did not commit suicide."
If it wasn't suicide, what WAS it?
We may never know what truly happened to Archie Klatos, not due to public disinterest but due to legal disinterest. The attitude at the Chagrin Falls Police Department has clearly shifted with this find, showing an eagerness to wrap this case up and move on.
Because the truth is, he may not have been kidnapped. But equally, the truth may also be that he did not commit suicide either. The only thing known for sure is that the truth has not be uncovered.
It seems almost inevitable that this drama would unfold in this fashion, despite the seeming possibility that more evidence could be uncovered with this find. But should it be that way? Should victims of a crime so nationally ignored be awarded only one, inevitable fate? In Klatos own, now immortal words in this investigation:
"If time is like a stream, doesn't it have two ends, even if it only flows toward one?"
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