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It was 9.30am, November 13th, the year 2000. A mail call of phone and advertising company

in the city of Rotslav, Poland. Rotslav is the fourth largest city in Poland and has

a population of about 635,000 people. At different times throughout history, Rotslav has been

part of Bohemia, Hungary, the Austrian Empire, Prussia and Germany. It became part of Poland

in 1945 as a result of border changes after the Second World War. The mail call I wanted

to speak to the owner of the advertising company, Darius Yanneszewski. He needed three advertising

soons made up and he needed it done urgently. But it was the mother of Darius who answered

the call. When she asked further questions about the job, the caller refused to speak to

her. He demanded to speak to Darius. Darius wasn't in the office and so his mother gave

the call a his cell phone number. She didn't recognize the caller's voice and he didn't

leave a name, although she thought he sounded professional. Darius returned to the office

later that day. He mentioned that he had been contacted by the mail caller about the

urgent job and he arranged to meet with him later that afternoon.

At 4pm, Darius left the office to meet with the caller. He left his car in the parking

lot, which his family said was unusual, as he usually took his car when meeting with

customers away from the office. Darius never returned for his car and he never made it

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