Timeline

This is a timeline for all the events and happenings in *Tell Me Why*.

## 1940s

### 1941

* **April 10, 1941:** Tessa Vechhi's mother, Lorna-Elena Corazon DeLeon is born.

### 1943

* **January 18, 1943:** Claire Brown, a woman missing from Delos Crossing is born.

## 1950s

### 1957

* **July 8, 1957:** Eric Haynes, a man missing from Delos Crossing is born.

## 1960s

### 1964

* **July 8, 1964:** Mary-Ann Ronan is born.
* **December 26, 1964:** Tessa Vecchi is born.

### 1969

* **January 16, 1969:** Laura Kansky is born.
* **April 10, 1969:** Sam Kansky is born.

## 1970s

### 1970

* **March 27, 1970:** Roberto Abayan, a man missing from Delos Crossing is born.

### 1974

* **February 24, 1974:** Rebecca Chan, a woman missing from Delos Crossing is born.

## 1980s

### 1981

* **June 1981:** Tom Vecchi graduates from Delos High School.

### 1984

* **Fall 1984:** Mary-Ann plans to change her major at UC Berkeley from Engineering to Visual Arts. She never actually got it changed.

### 1986

* **November 2, 1986:** Denise Wilson is born.

### 1987

* **March 12, 1987:** Donald Murt is born.

## 1990s

### 1990

* **December 10, 1990:** Stella Reyes, a woman missing from Delos Crossing is born.

### 1992

* **June 1992:** Mary-Ann learns she's pregnant with Leo and leaves the Salmonberry Park commune to move to Alaska.
* Mary-Ann works for a watchmaker in Alaska (the exact date is unknown, but it's after she moved to Alaska and before she moved to Delos Crossing.)

### 1993

* **March 7, 1993:** Date of birth on file 05-R68-MISC (Hospital Discharge) about a Ronan child being ill. It's unknown if this is a typo of Tyler or Alyson's birthday or if Leo Ronan was actually born exactly a year apart between Tyler and Alyson.

### 1994

* **March 7, 1994:** Tyler Ronan and Alyson Ronan are born.
* **March 29, 1994:** Eddy Brown completes his training for the Delos Crossing Police Department and earns his diploma.

### 1995

* Tom learns that Mary-Ann is pregnant as a result of their affair

### 1996

* **May 5-11, 1996:** Mary-Ann's mother dies.
* **May 17, 1996, 11PM:** Mary-Ann's father sends her a letter to inform her that her mother died one week before and they just had her funeral. They haven't heard from her in 4 years.
* Exact Date Unknown: Sam Kansky breaks his leg (between 1996 and 2005)

### 1997

* **September 1997:** Donald Murt begins attending North Pole High School.

### 1998

* **April 10, 1998:** Mary-Ann writes Sam a birthday card on his 29th birthday.

### 1998-1999

* **Unknown date between April 10, 1998 and April 9, 1999:** Sam Kansky was 29 years old an captain of the Aniakchak Rose and he jumped into the water to save members of his crew after their boat capsized off the coast of Juneau. This is published in the newspaper.

### 1999

* Donald Murt drops out of attending North Pole High School. He begins working at Metro Sandwiches.
* **April 10, 1999:** Sam Kansky receives a sextant on his 30th birthday from his old crew.
* **September 21, 1999:** Eddy Brown's mother, Carol Brown dies.

## 2000s

### 2000

* Donald Murt gets his GED and ends his job at Metro Sandwiches.

### 2002

* **July 6, 2002, 12:40pm:** Sam takes Mary-Ann to the Delos Crossing Cinema to see the movie Swords and Schemes for her birthday.

### 2004

* **February 11, 2004:** Roberto Abayan was last seen in Delos Crossing near Cullen Blvd. He was wearing a green fisherman coat and rubber boots. His glasses and gloves were found adjacent to the Brandon Strickland Shooting Range.
* **April 2004:** Mary-Ann has a debt of $50 for gas from Tessa. It was paid off.
* **May 2004:** Mary-Ann has a debt of $67 for groceries and a new jacket for Alyson. It was paid off and she helped at the store.
* **April 2004:** Mary-Ann has a debt of $50 for gas. It was paid off.
* **June 2004:** Mary-Ann has a debt of $21 for medicine. It was paid off.
* **August 2004:** Mary-Ann has a debt of $40 for groceries. It was paid off.
* **October 2004:** Mary-Ann has a debt of $140 for washing machine repairs. It wasn't paid off. She didn't show up for work.
* **November 2004:** Mary-Ann has a debt of $55 for shoes for Alyson and Tyler. It wasn't paid off as her check bounced.
* **December 2004:** Mary-Ann stopped returning Tessa's calls. She didn't show up for work.

### 2005

* **January 2005:** Tessa notes that Mary-Ann still didn't show up for work. Tyler and Alyson write "We love you mom!" on the January 2005 calendar.
* **January 31, 2005:** Mary-Ann entered Veni Vidi Vecchi. Tessa stated she observed Mary-Ann browse the aisles for ten minutes while chatting distractedly with her. Tessa states that she noticed a box of detergent were missing. Tessa suspected that Mary-Ann shoplifted this in the company of, and possibly with the aid of, her children.
* **February 1, 2005:** Tessa reports Mary-Ann to child services about the shoplifting. She also states that she suspects Mary-Ann of child neglect, saying "they don't eat and are exposed to all kinds of inappropriate influences" and that she believed there were some form of abuse happening.
* **February 2, 2005:** Mary-Ann had a (later cancelled) hairdressing appointment with someone named Sarah at 4PM she did haircuts for a while.
	+ Tyler writes a journal entry about how he and Alyson got in trouble.
* **February 15, 2005:** Mary-Ann had a (later cancelled) hairdressing appointment with someone named Mrs. Doyle at 11AM.
	+ Claire Brown was last seen driving her snowmobile near Sigley Road in Delos Crossing. She was seen wearing a purple coat, black pants, and a dark blue hat.

* **February 18, 2005:** Mary-Ann had a hairdressing appointment with someone named Rosa at 3PM.
* **February 23, 2005:** Mary-Ann had a hairdressing appointment with someone named Helen at 5PM
* **March 1, 2005:**
	+ Tyler writes a journal entry about how he was sick of his mom's voice and his old name, and wanted to go by Ollie.
	+ Eddy comes to see Mary-Ann after the report by Tessa on Mary-Ann.
	+ Mary-Ann gives ice cream to her kids, reads them a story before bed.
	+ Mary-Ann Ronan dies after being stabbed with scissors by Alyson and she falls into the water and drowns after Alyson thought she was going to kill Tyler.
	+ Tyler and Alyson are brought to the police department for questioning. They didn't get a statement from them as they were under dire stress and shock. They spent the night at the police station.

* **March 2, 2005:**
	+ Tyler and Alyson were questioned about their mother's death.
	+ An autopsy is done on a deceased Mary-Ann Ronan.

* **March 4, 2005:** Tyler Ronan is charged with the homicide of Mary-Ann Ronan.
* **March 5, 2005:** The case worker, Sandy Black, will be arriving to see Eddy about the Ronan kids' case.
* **March 7, 2005:** Tyler and Alyson's 11th birthday.
* **March 15, 2005:** The date of Tyler's hearing.
* **March 25, 2005:** According to her calendar, Mary-Ann planned to fix the window this day.
* **May 1, 2005:** A hearing is held to appoint Alyson a legal guardian. Alyson is put under the legal guardianship of Eddy Brown.
* **November 1, 2005:** Eddy Brown gets a fax from the Office of Child Services, subject: "Howards deposition."

### 2007

* **October 8, 2007:** Tessa Vecchi's father, Roman Gabriel DeLeon dies.

### 2009

* **April 12, 2009:** Alyson Ronan is accepted to the Contemporary Drama Summer program in the College of Fine Arts at Juneau University. However, Eddy never gives her the letter and she doesn't go.
* **Summer 2009:** Michael Abila goes to the Contemporary Drama Summer program.
* **July 16, 2009:** Isabella Henderson is born.

## 2010s

### 2011

* Michael Abila goes through a rough time this year, and his uncle introduces him to the JCE.
* **November 9, 2011:** Rebecca Chan was last seen leaving her house on Callison Lane in Delos Crossing. She was wearing a burgundy coat, an ankle-length black skirt, and black boots.

### 2012

* **March 7, 2012:** Tyler and Alyson turn 18.
* **March 25, 2012:** Eddy Brown's payment of $3,257.60 is due on this day to Fireweed for Tyler.
* **April 26, 2012:** Donald Murt is honorably discharged from the Armed Forces of the USA.
* Alyson goes to the Caribbean Senior Prom with Bobby.
* Alyson graduates from high school.
* Tyler graduates from Fireweed.

### 2013

* **February 2, 2013:** Tessa Vechhi's mother, Lorna-Elena Corazon DeLeon dies.
* **June 2013:** Alyson begins to work at Veni Vidi Vecchi.

### 2014

* **March 31, 2014:** Trans Visibility March, held by the Juneau Coalition for Equality is held at Juneau from 5:30PM-Late.
* **April 5, 2014:** Donald Murt is involved in a an armed robbery. Donald Murt tries to take a flight to avoid prosecution and giving a testimony, and is arrested.
* **July 7, 2014:** Sam Kansky trespasses onto Laura Kamsky's property and is arrested.
* **November 16, 2014:** Sam Kansky is arrested for drunk driving.
* **December 15, 2014:** Donald Murt is arrested for being in possession of drug paraphernalia.

### 2015

* **July 8, 2015:** Eric Haynes was last seen at 12PM near mile 56 of the Rosewood Highway wearing a short-sleeve black t-shirt, blue jeans, and white sneakers.
* **July 27, 2015:** Sam Kansky writes a weekly meal plan and tapes it to his window.
* **September 13, 2015:** Dean Becker is admitted to the Delos Crossing Police Department.
* **September 21, 2015:** Kevin Sutton is admitted to the Delos Crossing Police Department.
	+ Stella Reyes was last seen in Anchorage Alaska. Her clothing description and direction of travel are unknown.

* **October 24, 2015:** The Delos Crossing Police Department gets a new administrative software and a memo is sent saying that they're required to reset their passwords.
* **October 26, 2015:** Kevin Sutton and Dean Becker are transferred to the Falland Creek Correction Center due to overcrowding at the Delos Crossing Police Department at 8AM.
	+ D. Vincenzi sends Denise Wilson an email regarding Sam Kansky about him being drunk and terrorizing customers.

* **October 27, 2015:** A theft by the "mailbox bandit" was reported by a man named Lawrence Cooper.
* **October 28, 2015:** Barb Mayfield sends Tessa Vecchi an email about a woman named Lisa not showing up to rehearsals for the Winter Gala.
* **October 29, 2015:** Laura Ann Saunders reports by email at 6:01:23 AM to the Delos Crossing Police Department about the "mailbox bandit."
* **October 30, 2015:** Catholic Halloween celebration at St. Stephen's Church at 7:30PM
* **October 31, 2015:** Officer Joshua Greggs sends Officer Denise Wilson an email regarding a lost and found set of keys.
* **November 1, 2015:** Nicole Aquino, Tessa Vecchi's sister, sends Tessa Vecchi an email giving her an update on her life. Tessa Vecchi gets the November newsletter from the Alliance for Traditional Families.
* **November 2, 2015:** Chapter 1 takes place. Alyson and Tyler reunite after ten years.
* **November 3, 2015:** Chapter 2 takes place.
* **November 4, 2015:** Chapter 3 takes place.
	+ Michael Abila and Tyler Ronan kiss while ice fishing. (Determinant)

* **November 5, 2015:**
	+ Thomas and Eddy plan a dinner together that day.
	+ Eddy has a council meeting at 10AM at the Juneau City Council event room.

* **November 11, 2015**
	+ Eddy Brown plans an implicit bias training at 11PM at the Delos Crossing Police Department.
	+ Tessa sends Alyson her severance check in a letter after she quits/gets fired from her job at Veni Vidi Vecchi. (determinant)
* **November 16, 2015:** Tlingit Dance Performance is held at the Delos Crossing Community Theatre at 6PM.
* **November 27, 2015:** Tyler needs to get a refill on his testosterone.
* **December 12, 2015:** Gastineau High School Under The Sea Winter Formal held from 7-11PM.
* **December 13, 2015:** Sam Kansky has to appear in court for the drunk driving incident on November 16, 2014.
* **December 15, 2015:** Eddy attends 34th annual "Honor our Elders" Community Social in Hoonah, Alaska.

### 2016

* **March 7, 2016:** Alyson and Tyler celebrate their 22nd birthday together with Eddy (determinant).
* **Unknown date**
	+ Leslie Scow wins mayoral re-election, Tom Vecchi loses.
	+ Tessa and Tom separate. (Determinant)
* **May 2016:** Ending of Chapter 3. (Six months later)
	+ Tyler sells the house and leaves Delos Crossing to his apartment with Alyson. (determinant)
	+ Alyson has moved into her childhood home and has been renovating it. Tyler is in Juneau (with Michael if they get together). She is looking for a full-time job that has to do with accounting. She is writing a new book to the Book of Goblins. (determinant)
* **Unknown date:** Juneau Coalition for Equality hosts a 5th annual queer prom.

* **Sunday, June 19, 2016:** Class called "Introduction to Making Devil's Club Tea" is held.

## 2020s

### 2020

* **September 1-September 30, 2020:** Statement period on Sam's bank statement.