Troubled Waters

**Troubled Waters** is the first case overall, as well as in Season 1. It is also the first case in Hope Beach, the first district of Brighval.

## **Plot**

As ordered by Chief Metcalfe, Trent and Ace investigate a local boat party, and they hear a scream.

As they head towards the commotion, they find the half severed body of Toby Drew, fished out of the sea. Also at the scene, they found a broken chain, which Ace restored. He also collected DNA from the chain, which they sent down to Sven in the lab. After a few hours, the lab analysis and the victim's autopsy. From Sven's results, it was suggested that he was cut in half with a blade, from the clean cut and slashes on his stomach. Sven also found blonde hair cells in the victim's cuts and strange specimens on our victim's hands. He also added that the DNA from the chain matched the specimens, which meant the victim pulled the chain off the killer during a struggle. Ace and Trent then took a break on the upper deck's pool, where they found a wallet, floating on the surface. Ace found a bank card, which was soaked. He then headed to the forensics table, where he revealed what it said. The bank card belonged to a Toby Drew, who looked the same as our victim. Ace then sent it to the tech lab, so Samuel could look through the police's system and find out more about our victim. A few hours later, Samuel informed them that our victim has a son called Richard Drew, who was an accountant, and his ex-fiancé, Lizzy Roft.

After collecting two mastery stars, Ace could then talk to Richard Drew, about his father. Richard was shocked about his father's death, and blamed Lizzy, even going as far to call her a 'snake'. When Ace and Trent went to question Lizzy, she had a different approach than Richard. She was suspiciously glad about his demise, and called Toby the 'snake'. Chief Metcalfe then gave them permission to check the captain's quarters, where they found a bottle of hand sanitizer, which looked like it was put there in a hurry. Ace also managed to lift some DNA off the bottle. A few hours later, Sven confirmed the DNA from the sanitizer matched the chain's DNA. They then tracked down Brian Green, the boat captain. He denied all knowledge off said sanitizer bottle, which did not help Ace's progress.

After collecting a further two mastery stars, Trent and Ace head to the local boardwalk, for a smoke. They accidently find someone's wallet. Inside, Ace finds a damp piece of paper, which he uses his forensics skills to reveal what it says. It is some sort of combination of numbers, which they give to Samuel to analyse. After a few hours, Samuel tells them that the numbers are a phone number, which belongs to Louie Adams, a debt collector. Luckily for Ace, Louie was already in the interrogation room. When questioned about his relationship with Toby, Louie added that he had never heard of a Toby Drew, neither given his number to a Toby Drew. Ace then realised the wallet they found could as well not belong to our victim. They had a second look at the wallet, where they found the initials "ZD", which was most certainly not Toby's initials. They sent the wallet to Samuel, and asked him to search the system for people with the initials "ZD", and also are in touch with Louie Adams. A few hours later, Samuel found the wallet's owner. It belonged to Zane Duke, a local fisher and swimmer. He also was the one who fished Toby's body up from the sea. The team found Zane on the boat, laying on a sun lounger still looking startled. He mentioned he saw someone in the early hours of the morning on the boardwalk.

Ace had another look, where he found some bloody pink fabric. Ace restored it, and it resembled a pink dress. After a few hours, Sven told Ace that the blood was not of Toby's, but the killer's. Ace then headed to a deep pool on the boardwalk, where they found some rotors. Some hours later, Sven told them that these were indeed the exact rotors used to cut Toby in half. They then barge into Brian's quarters, catching him by surprise, and Lizzy was with him. Ace found fingerprints on the boat's helm, which reeked of hand sanitizer. A couple hours later, Sven confirmed the fingerprints' scent was the same sanitizer found in Brian's quarters earlier. Ace finally questioned Brian why Lizzy was there, and he blurted everything out. Not long after Toby broke up with Lizzy, she started dating Brian. He also mentioned that he taught Lizzy how to drive the boat.

## **Killer and motives**

The killer turned out to be Lizzy. After Toby left her, she grudged against Toby and swore to get revenge. After gaining her new boyfriend, Brian Green, she crept onto the boardwalk in the early morning, and met up with Toby. She started arguing with him and in the heat of the moment, pushed him into a pool, which had rotors. During the push, Toby pulled off Lizzy's necklace, before being cut in half. She then bagged him up and got onto the boat, and managed to convince Brian to let her dump Toby into the ocean. During her trial, Herbert The Liberal gave her life without parole for the homicide of Toby Drew. He also gave Brian Green ten years for assisting Lizzy with the crime.

## **The Suspects**

* Richard Drew (Victim's son)
* Lizzy Roft (Victim's ex-fiancé)
* Brian Green (Boat Captain)
* Louie Adams (Debt Collector)
* Zane Duke (Swimmer)

## **Killer's Profile**

* The killer has blonde hair.
* The killer uses hand sanitizer.
* The killer wears a cross necklace.
* The killer wears pink clothes.
* The killer can drive boats.

## The Crime Scenes

* Upper Deck
* Deck Pool
* Captain's Quarters
* Helm
* Boardwalk
* Deep Pool

## **Chapter 1**

* Investigate Upper Deck (Clues: Victim's Body, Broken Chain)
* Autopsy Victim's Body (02:00:00; Attribute: The killer has blonde hair)
* Examine Broken Chain (Result: Chain Necklace)
* Examine Chain Necklace (Result: DNA)
* Analyse DNA (01:00:00; Attribute: The killer wears a cross necklace)
* Investigate Deck Pool (Clue: Wet Wallet)
* Examine Wet Wallet (Result: Wet Bank Card)
* Examine Wet Bank Card (Result: Victim's Bank Card; Victim Identified: Toby Drew)
* Analyse Victim's Bank Card (01:50:00; New Suspects: Richard Drew, Lizzy Roft)
* Unlock Chapter 2 (Requires two mastery stars)

## **Chapter 2**

* Talk to Richard Drew
* Talk to Lizzy Roft
* Investigate Captain's Quarters (Clue: Hand Sanitizer)
* Examine Hand Sanitizer (Result: DNA)
* Analyse DNA (02:00:00; Attribute: The killer uses hand sanitizer; New Suspect: Brian Green)
* Talk to Brian Green (Profile updated: Brian Green uses hand sanitizer)
* Unlock Chapter 3 (Requires two mastery stars)

## **Chapter 3**

* Investigate Boardwalk (Clue: Wallet)
* Examine Wallet (Result: Soggy Note)
* Examine Soggy Note (Result: Phone Number)
* Analyse Phone Number (02:50:00; New Suspect: Louie Adams)
* Talk to Louie Adams about his relationship with the victim
* Examine Wallet (Result: Engraved Wallet)
* Analyse Engraved Wallet (03:00:00; New Suspect: Zane Duke)
* Talk to Zane Duke about the murder (Profile updated: Zane Duke has blonde hair and uses hand sanitizer)
* Investigate Boardwalk (Clue: Bloody Fabric)
* Examine Bloody Fabric (Result: Bloody Dress)
* Analyse Bloody Dress (01:00:00; Attribute: The killer wears pink clothes; Profiles updated: Lizzy Roft wears pink clothes; New Crime Scene: Deep Pool)
* Investigate Deep Pool (Clue: Rotors)
* Analyse Rotors (03:50:00; Murder Weapon registered: Rotors; New Crime Scene: Helm)
* Investigate Helm (Clue: Helm)
* Examine Helm (Result: Fingerprints)
* Analyse Fingerprints (02:00:00; Attribute: The killer can drive a boat)
* Talk to Brian Green about Lizzy Roft (Profiles updated: Lizzy Roft uses hand sanitizer and can drive a boat, Brian Green can drive a boat)
* Take care of the killer now! (Requires one mastery star)
* Move on to Additional Investigation (Requires two mastery stars)

## **Additional Investigation**

* See what Richard Drew wants
* Investigate Upper Deck (Clues; Laptop Bag, Swimming Shorts)
* Examine Laptop Bag (Result: Richard's Bank Card)
* Examine Richard's Bank Card (Result: Fingerprints)
* Analyse Fingerprints (03:00:00)
* Return Richard his bank card (Reward: Burger)
* Examine Swimming Shorts (Result: Goo)
* Analyse Goo (02:50:00; Result: Zane Duke's Shorts)
* Ask Zane Duke about his whereabouts on the upper deck
* Investigate Boardwalk (Clues; Safe, Gym Bag)
* Examine Gym Bag (Result: Swimming Goggles)
* Give Zane his goggles back (Reward: 1000 Coins)
* Examine Safe (Result: Gun)
* Examine Gun (Result: Fingerprints)
* Analyse Fingerprints (03:00:00; Result: Louie Adams' Gun)
* Ask Louie Adams why he owns a gun
* Investigate Captain's Quarters (Clue: Tainted Sheet Of Paper)
* Examine Tainted Sheet Of Paper (Result: CIA Notice)
* Examine CIA Notice (Result: Invoice To Louie Adams)
* Ask Louie Adams about his involvement with the CIA (Reward: 500 XP)
* Move on to a new crime! (Requires one mastery star)

## **Trivia**

* This is one of the few cases where Richard Drew appears, the others being What Dies Beneath, The Rorschach Reaper and It All Ends Here.
* This is the the other only case Lizzy Roft appears in, the other being What Dies Beneath.
* Zane Duke appears twice in a row, appearing in Immortal Sin.
* This is one of the only cases where part of the victim is **not** found, the other being Open Wounds.