B2S16C66

Victim
* Jessica Brown
Suspects
* Anna Wise
* Rita Bennett
* Mark Perry
* Olivia Scott
* Tia Runninghorse
Killer
* Rita Bennett
Motive
Rita said that she's always been living in Jessica's shadow and she was tired of it. She said that ever since they met in middle school, everyone was in love with Jessica and nobody payed any attention to her. She said this continued in high school too, where she was the captain of the cheerleading team and everyone flocked to her, even though Rita was the one who helped her with all her clothes and social life. After college, Jessica became a famous fashion model and everyone flocked to her again, and Rita had enough. Jessica hired her to be her designer and was aware that Rita was jealous of her success. After Jessica took all the credit for Rita's dress that Olivia wore to her photoshoot, she couldn't hold back her jealousy and stabbed Jessica with her clothing scissors.
Sentence
25 Years
Additional Investigation
After arresting Rita, we get a call from Anna who tells us to come back to the fashion show area quickly. When we arrive, we see Mark and Olivia fighting. After pushing her to the ground, Mark walks away, but then Olivia stood up, grabbed a nearby pipe, and Mark turned around and ran towards her. Olivia then shouted, "Get the fuck away from me!" and swung the pipe at Mark's face, causing him to fall to the ground. We then take Olivia into our custody and ask her what happened. She said that she overheard Mark telling us about his secret crush on her and she told us that a week ago she got a restraining order on him. However, Mark violated it several times and then used Jessica's lawyers to secretly invalidate it. During the investigation, Mark made several sexual gestures at her and then attempted to grab her butt, causing her to turn around and punch him in the face, starting the fight. Security cameras verified everything that Olivia said. Although Olivia started the fight, we all agreed to arrest Mark for violating a restraining order and stalking and sexually violating Olivia. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison as well as a personal restraining order from Olivia. Olivia then tells us that if she can do anything for us to let her know, as Mark has been harassing her for two whole years. She said that one thing she can do now is invite us to her friend's party since she can't attend due to a film she's starring in as the lead, and we agree to let our hair down after a stressful couple of days. However, we realize that this wasn't going to be a normal party, as the host, a wealthy retired businessman, was drowned in his pool in the middle of the party.