nevertheless , she had told them about tgn ; about his disappearance , and what mrs. wilson had told her , and how she had been investigating the incident in her capacity as a friend and as an investigative journalist ; how she had then been sexually assaulted and stayed at home for several days ; how she had then been given a tip-off by a strange man in the park , and then found thomas at the precise time and place she had been told ; and how he had simply keeled over and died , randomly .