Chase (Book Character)

Chase is an investigative blogger who has found a lot of information about the real Alison DiLaurentis. He was introduced in Crushed.

Physical Appearance
Chase is described as "about Spencer's height and well-built." He has sharp green eyes and "a sensual, pink full-lipped mouth." He also has white scars across his cheeks, has slashes on his hands, and has one of his ears shriveled and "barely there."

Biography
In Crushed, Spencer was desperate for proof that Real Ali was still alive after the explosion in the Poconos, so she Googled information about "Alison DiLaurentis conpiracy theories" and contacted an investigative blogger naamed Chase who seemed to know a lot of information about Alison. Chase agreed to chat with Spencer online, even though she wouldn't tell him what her name was or how she was connected to Alison.

Chase suggested that he call Spencer "Britney Spears" as a placeholder name until she was ready to reveal who she was. He also started "cyber-flirting" with Spencer, calling her smart and saying how their combined IQ would be "out if control." Spencer sympathized with Chase because he was stalked by his roommate at his boarding school and was almost killed by him. Chase said that that is why he is interested in the case—not only is it a weird story, but he has also been in a similar situation with a stalker.

Chase said that he thinks that Alison got out of the house in the Poconos before it exploded and that she had at least one accomplice who had helped her kill Jenna Cavanaugh and Ian Thomas and helped her get a private nurse to take care of any injuries she may have gotten. With some research, Chase deduced that Alison's nurse must not have gone through an employer or medical supplier, so the supplies for Alison must have come from regular drugstores. A friend of Chase's who works at CVS told him that one drugstore has regular orders of large amounts of bandages and wound-cleaning supplies and also got a surveillance video of someone picking it all up. The person is believed to be Barbara Rogers, a woman in her mid-fifties, but not much else was figured out about her. Chase also figured that, since Ali wouldn't be using a prescription for her drugs, she would have to be getting them illegally. He found out that there was a pharma theft not long ago at Bill Beach, the Rosewood burn clinic where Hanna was volunteering again to find out information about Graham.

When Spencer chatted with Chase a second time, he told her that he talked with Billy Ford about any interaction he may have had with Alison before he was arrested and found out that Billy was visited by a person from the Geek Squad who offered to scan his computer for free. This person, who was a guy, may have been Ali's helper and planted those incriminating photos and messages onto his computer to frame him as "A." Also, an anonymous person sent Chase photos of Alison and Courtney when they were younger. Spencer said that she and Chase should meet in person at Mütter Museum  so he could show her the photos.

Spencer, wearing a blonde wig and sunglasses to protect her identity, met a boy there who claimed to be Chase and who showed her the pictures of the twins. One picture was of two blonde girls, about five years old. The other was of Ali, Jenna, and who they thought was Naomi Zeigler in a photo that "A" had previously sent Emily, saying "One of these things doesn't belong. Figure it out quickly . . . or else.