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Elton County Precinct
8am
[[Enter]]Detective Rogers! Good morning. How are you today?
[[Great, thanks. You??]]
[[Who's dead this time.]]Not so good. Found another body a mile down the river off of Hammerstien Bridge a few hours ago.
[[Suicide??]]Wow, cutting straight to the chase eh? We found a body this morning a mile down the river off of Hammerstien Bridge.
[[Suicide??]] That's what we thought at first. But here, [[take a look]]Your coworker hands you a crime scene photo of a young woman washed up on the rocks. There is a huge gash on her forhead and her body is pale and gray, almost blended in with the murkey water. Upon further inspecting, you notice something very peculiar- shes missing her right foot.
[[I'm guessing she had a foot when she was alive]] Heh. You guessed right. Her name is Stephanie Sonheim. She worked as a burlesque dancer down at Cafe Lingere. We already interviewed the girls at the crimescene and she was known as Summer Winters.
[[Creative..]]
[[What about her boss??]]
Heh yeh. The boyfriend came in this morning though. He's in interview room one.
[[Boyfriend??]] He wasn't there. We're gonna run a background check this morning, no doubt he's in the system.
The boyfriend came in 30 minutes ago. He's in interview room one.
[[Boyfriend??]]Well, ex-boyfriend. Cole Porter. Don't let his scary appearance fool you, he's a big crybaby... I don't think I've seen a man covered in that many tattoos cry so hard.
[[He hasn't even met me yet]]
[[I'll see if I can toughen him up]]Haha. Always appreciate your humor, Rodgers. Go in there and try to get him to talk, will ya? He's mainly just been blubbering all day.
[[No problem]]Detective Weber hands you a manilla folder and nods over to interview room one.
[[enter interview room]]
[[open file]]Always appreciate your style, Rodgers. Just go in there and try to get him to talk, will ya? He's mainly just been blubbering all day.
[[No problem]]You meet eyes with a tall, stocky man immediately get up from his seat, his tear stained tattoos shinning on his cheeks. He runs up to you and spit, tears and snot spray your face.
"I-I-I I didn't d-d-do it!! I-I swear! I l-loved her!! You got to believe me I //loved her!!!"
[[Please sit down Mr. Porter]]
<img src="images/Boyfriend.jpg">
Name: Cole Porter
DOB: 9/30/1990
ADDRESS: 1650 WEATON PLACE
[[back]]
He wipes his face on his sleeve, slowly approaching the metal chair. His big beefy hands are shaking.
[[So you and Stephanie were close???]]
[[Why don't you tell me what happened...]]As you enter the room you meet eyes with a tall, stocky man immediately get up from his seat, his tear stained tattoos shinning on his cheeks. He runs up to you and spit, tears and snot spray your face
"I-I-I I didn't d-d-do it!! I-I swear! I l-loved her!! You got to believe me I //loved her!!!"
[[Please sit down Mr. Porter]] I loved her. I really loved her. You gotta believe me I'd never do anything to hurt her! Oh god I can't believe she's dead...
He begins to sob again
[[Please continue Mr. Porter]]
I-I-I don't know...I just woke up this morning and got a phone call from Venus Aphrodite, her coworker. She told me that they found her body and...and...
He begins to sob.
[[Please continue Mr. Porter]] W-we fought a lot. I didn't like her job..or her boss. H-He was abusive. D-didn't pay her well. We--we were gonna get married. We even have matching tattoos!
[[Tattoos?]]
[[So you think the boss had something to do with this?]]
Yeah. A phoenix on our ankles. Mine was on the left and hers was on the right.
[[Can you draw me a picture??]]
Absolutely. He was a selfish bastard who only cared about money. She was super stressed out and apparently not performing well. I b-b-bet he threw her off the bridge without even thinking about it...
[[Thank you, that's all we need]]
Elton County Precinct
12 pm
[[continue]]I'm actually the one who designed it..I have the same exact one on my ankle
[[let me see]]
<img src="images/Foot.jpg">
[[Thank you, that's all we need]] Detective Rodgers, we have the file of Sodhiems boss.
[[let me see it]]
<img src="images/Boss.jpg">
Name: George Kander
DOB: 5/15/1965
ADDRESS: 1108 Reef St
[[Great, lets head over to his place. Ask him some questions]]His place
[[knock on door]]<<audio knocking play>>
A deep, groggy voice is heard from the other side of the door.
Who is it???
[[Elton County Police. We just want to ask you some questions.]]You can't come in without a warrant!!!
[[We can get one if you'd like...]]
[[We're just going to ask you some questions. Thats all.]]
Theres silence...
[[knock again]]There's silence...
[[knock again]]
<<audio knock play>>
You hear multiple locks clicking and a stumpy man begrudgingly opens the door.
What do you want?????
[[Mr. Kander. what can you tell us about Stephanie Sondiem?]]<img src="images/Summer.jpeg">
<<audio knock stop>>
<<audio knocking stop>>
Oh. Summer? Yeh uh...she works for me.
[[Are you aware that she was found this morning, washed up on the Hammerstien river???]]He looks right into your eyes, geniunelly shocked.
N..no. Do you have any idea who did it?
[[We were hoping you'd be able to answer that.]]I know she had that wacko boyfiend of hers. The one with all the tattoos? He'd always come into her work yelling at her. Did you question him yet?
[[We did. He didn't have very nice things to say about you.]]A guilty look washes over his pudgy face.
Yeah. He caught me yelling at her after she got that tattoo on her ankle. We have a strict no-tattoo policy at the Cafe. We have to keep our girls pure, ya know?
[[uh. sure.]]Yeah. I still feel really bad about it.
[[He also said you dont pay her well]]
[[Anything else you want to tell us??]]She's been coming in late, performing poorly. Always seemed exhausted at the end of the day. She blamed it on her neighbors but everyone has excuses yknow?
[[What is her neighbors name???]]She's been coming in late the past few weeks...performing poorly. She kept blaming it on her neighbors but everyone makes up excuses.
[[What is her neighbors name???]] Uh, I think his name was John. John Coleman? He's a pastor...I think..
[[Thank you. That's all we need for now. We'll keep in touch]]
Coleman Residence
5pm
[[knock knock knock]]A small, middle aged woman answers the door. She has tired eyes and a scratchy voice. She wears a large cross
Can I help you?
[[Hi maam. We're with the Elton County Police department. Is your husband home?]]
<<audio knock play>>No, he's not. But I'd be more than happy to answer any questions.
[[Allright. What can you tell us about Stephanie Sandiem?]]
<<audio knock stop>>The young girl across the street? What is she in trouble for this time? I bet it's drugs. I knew she was up to no good.
[[No maam. It's nothing like that.]]
[[She used drugs???]]
What is it then?
[[Her body was found off of the Hammerstien river.]]
I bet she did. Her and her drug dealer pimp always coming around after hours. Just a matter of time before you'd catch them!
[[Mrs. Coleman, that's not what we're here for.]]
What is it then?
[[Her body was found off of the Hammerstien river.]] Oh my Goodness! God rest her soul. I knew she wasn't a God-fearing woman, but I hope she found some peace with Him on her final hours.
[[Mmhmmm..well, contact us when your husband comes home.]]Wait! Come and stay. I just made some tea. Leaves from my own garden. My husband should be home in a few hours.
[[Erm...okay.]]
[[No, we really should be going]]
A few awkward pauses occur. There are crosses and cat statues all over the house.
[[So uh, what do you do as an occupation???]]have a nice night!
[[Alright. Goodnight.]] Oh, nothing in particular. My husband is a pastor. He never approved of Stephanie.
[[Mhmm....]]A painfully long hour and a half passes. Theres a click on the door and a tall middle aged man comes in the door, wearing a suit. He looks quickly at you and your partner and then back at his wife.
hello, can I help you?
[[Hi, we're from the--]]
They're from the police department. Asking about our neighbor, Stephanie.
The wife answers for you. John smiles quickly at you and your co-worker.
Well if you want me to answer questions you're gonna have to wait until tomorrow morning. I've had a long day and I won't say anything more until I have a lawyer present.
[[Alright. Goodnight.]]
Elton County Precinct
8pm
[[enter.]]Did you get a toxin screening for Sondiem?
[[Eh, no? Why?]]
[[I'm on it.]]Mrs. Coleman was talking about her drug use. I know she seemed a little paranoid but it doesn't hurt to check.
[[I'm on it.]]It's almost closing time at the precinct. You find some interesting result on the tox screen.
[[aconitum...???]]Also known as Monkshood. A highly deadly plant that is even toxic at the touch.
[[How could this get in her system...]]Elton Precinct
9am
[[Enter..]]Hey Rogers, bad news. The boss skipped town. We got people tracking him down right now.
[[Damn. Any other news? What about the neighbors?]]
Barely got a word in from the husband. The wife was interesting though, apparently she has a PhD. I saw it hanging on their wall around all the crosses.
[[Huh. Interesting.]]Well, we have to solve this case soon. Who do you think it is?
[[the weepy ex]]
[[the gruff boss]]
[[the religious neighbor]]
[[the wife]]
You end up convicting the ex. He cries all the way to the courthouse and ends up going to prision. Another burlesque dancer gets killed. You put an innocent man in jail.
[[end]]You end up convicting the boss. He is silent and angry all the way courthouse and ends up going to prision. Another burlesque dancer gets killed. You put an innocent man in jail.
[[end]]You end up convicting the neighbor. He silently agrees to go to the courthouse and ends up going to prision. Another burlesque dancer gets killed. You put an innocent man in jail.
[[end]]You end up convicting the wife. She immediately throws a fit. In the interview room she confesses to poisoning Stephanie and chopping off her foot with the tattoo. She believes that she is cleansing the world and there is plans in her office to do it again. You just saved Elton County from a serial killer.
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