Emily Bradford-Brown

**Emily Bradford-Brown** was the victim in Hitting The Ground Dying (Case #1 of Crimson County).

## Info

Emily was a 34-year-old CEO residing in Wellington Bay. She had blonde hair and blue eyes, as well as dimples and pale skin. At the time of her death, she wore a red business jacket over a white blouse, with a matching red skirt, as well as high heels of the same colour.

## Murder Details

Emily was found pushed out of a sixth storey window, dead on the pavement below. Upon autopsy, Jae-hyun concluded that Emily had died upon impact, and judging by the angle of her body and the threads on her clothes, it appeared she had been tipped out of a chair almost. Jae-hyun then went on to say that the killer seemed to have given the victim one last little push with their hands to get her out of the chair, as they left traces of sugar, dough and pulverised strawberry behind, meaning they had eaten a jam doughnut prior to pushing Emily.

Later on, Alessio and the player found the access logs to the victim's office on her tablet, as they sent them to Joaquin for analysis. Upon examining the contents of the access logs, Joaquin discerned that the killer had entered and exited the building within twelve minutes, before explaining that that wasn't too surprising. However, he then went on to say that unless an emergency button was clicked, the door would only unlock if someone scanned their badge, meaning the killer had to be wearing a badge to get in.

## Relationship With Suspects

Emily had hired a lawyer, Imelda Kirk, to deal with multiple PR crises, as Imelda had started going to therapy due to the incredible amount of pressure put upon her shoulders. Emily had also started a physical relationship with her supposed business rival, Gordon Ustinovas, who was angered when he discovered she didn't want to take their relationship any further, and she still saw him as business competition. Emily had started stand owner Tammie Waite over a mere misunderstanding, as she attacked Tammie with an onslaught of hurtful insults that made Tammie actually cry. Emily was being sued for wrongful termination by Suni Yadav, who had been fired over serving Emily a coffee without cinnamon in it, which enraged Suni since he had needed the job so he could get into medical school. Emily had been terminally abusive towards her assistant, Janis Oakley, which had resulted in Janis eventually snapping and threatening Emily to treat her well else there would be "dire consequences".

## Killer And Motives

In the end, Imelda turned out to be the killer.

Despite initially denying the accusations, Imelda eventually confessed to the murder, saying that she had been defending Emily from a DUI charge, in which she had drunkenly killed an old man, which she claimed not to have done. When they were going over the questions that would likely crop up in the trial, Imelda asked Emily if she was sure about everything, as Emily admitted that she had killed the old man, but still wanted to be found innocent of it, which would meant Imelda would have to live with that for the rest of her life, as Emily hadn't told anyone else. Wanting to protect her career, Imelda pushed Emily - still in her chair - out of the window, killing her as she hit the ground, as she began making it look like a suicide. Shocked by Imelda's actions, Judge Freeman sentenced Imelda to 25 years in prison for the murder of Emily Bradford-Brown.