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Fatal Crimes

**Fatal Crimes** is a murder mystery comic series that centers on genius detective Edwin Goodman, a charming yet unique character, juggling the role of a family man and a detective risking every second of his life to arrest criminals.

## Characters

Primary Characters through out the series:

* **Edwin Goodman** (Main Article) — the detective who had a shocking past that triggered him to solve homicide cases worldwide.
* **Janine Goodman** (Main Article) — the charming wife of a charming detective, quite worrysome towards her husband as he ventures off capturing criminals.
* **Eunice Goodman** (Main Article) — the darling daughter of Edwin and Janine, she may have inherited her father's inquisitive nature.
* **Lt. Darlene Lawson** (Main Article) — the daring sidekick and the head investigator of NYPD's Homicide Division, she may need Edwin's help from time to time.
* **Lt. Harry Jensen** (Main Article) — the heroic lieutenant of the quiet and sinister town of Kentville.

## Seasons

There are fifteen seasons and three films of the Fatal Crimes series, each season has twenty episodes.

* Season One
* Season Two
* Season Three
* Season Four
* Season Five
* Season Six
* Season Seven
* Season Eight
* Season Nine
* Season Ten
* Season Eleven
* Season Twelve
* Season Thirteen
* Season Fourteen
* Season Fifteen
Sandy Lowry

**Sandy Lowry** is the video game designer and developer for the millionaire computer programming company *Ridgeway Tech*, owned by Tim Ridgeway. Sandy also holds an ownership title of the company, only to be shadowed by Tim. He became the primary suspect in "Simulation For Murder" when Tim was brutally murdered.
Laura Chapman

**Laura Chapman** was the wife of Danny Chapman, the founder of the successful bakery business Chappy Danny's Patisserie. She was the murderer of the patisserie's head chef Alison Whelan in season five's thirteenth episode "Not So Sweet After All".

Laura had invested most of her money in the patisserie's capital to open up the business. As the time passed, the patisserie grew as a successful industry. Laura, Danny and celebrity chef Alison Whelan agreed to sign a contract that, if Alison was to leave the business, Laura will inherit her share in Danny's partnership business. Besides this, Laura was, in fact, an executive member of a textile designing company.

Laura was quite aware about her husband's relationship with the head chef and business partner Alison. Danny was angered by her constant demands to enlarge her share from the financial area, which Danny controlled. This anger went too far that he decided to woo restaurant critic Sandra Madison in order to humiliate Alison to give up her share of the partnership. But there was an unexpected twist in their plan — Alison decided to dissolve the business and claim her share of the business as her own to create a restaurant of her own.

Now, this would eventually render Laura's contract for Alison's share useless as the condition states that, as long as the share was under Danny's power, she would inherit the share. But if Alison took her share out of Danny's power, Laura is unable to inherit her portion of the business.

It was when she returned home from a business trip that Laura was informed by Danny about the situation. As Danny headed to the café to cool down his temper, Laura went to pay Alison a visit in her penthouse to negotiate with her. But when the situation got out of hand, Laura first tried to stab Alison with a knife until Alison defensively knocked off the knife and pushed her to the counter, where Laura grabbed the rolling pin and used it to batter Alison to death. Laura arrived back home when her husband had returned.

It was Laura who provided Danny an alibi when they were confronted by Lt. Lawson and Edwin Goodman.

Towards the resolution of the case, Edwin was able to unmask Laura as Alison's killer through the contract, establishing her motive, and that her husband can't provide her an alibi, despite her providing an alibi for him. The key to solving the case was the emerald jewel Alison clutched in her fist — the emerald jewel that came from a jewellery set Laura had, placing her in the crime scene. Laura was defeated and she confessed in killing Alison. Danny was shocked as the police led Laura away.
Paul Campbell

**Paul Campbell** is a popular student from Prentice University, he is also the protective brother of naïve Amy Campbell. In the resolution of the story, Paul was revealed to be the murderer of manipulative valedictorian Ella McKenzie in the sixth episode of the seven season, "Knowledge To Murder".

Prior to his appearance in the episode, Paul was actually once in a relationship with Ella and Amy was actually Ella's best friend. However, when Ella began to work on her manipulative ways on Paul, he left her. But that did not stop Ella from using Amy for her own benefits.

But then Ella discovered the love relationship between Amy and Professor Grady Hilbert, the literature professor in the university. Ella began blackmailing both the professor and Amy. Paul discovered Ella's blackmail through a voicemail that Amy received on her private phone. He knew that this would jeopardize his sister's education and this pushed Paul to the limit and urged him to kill Ella.

During the campus party, Paul snuck out to the parking lot in the opposing campus to meet with Ella. Much to her surprise, Ella expected for Amy to appear. Paul pulled out his gun and killed Ella in her car. Paul then snuck back in the party.

However, Edwin Goodman was able to unmask Paul as Ella's killer through the raincoat he wore. It was raining at the time of the murder, when Paul entered the party, he was wearing his raincoat. But when it was time to leave the party, Paul went for his umbrella. Paul must have left his raincoat in his car due to the incriminating substances on his coat - gunpowder residue and Ella's blood. Paul eventually confessed to Ella's murder and the police arrested him.
Season 12 Victims

These are the victims in the twelfth season of the Fatal Crimes series. The victims were either murdered or attempted to be killed. It is also explained who, how and why behind the attacks.

## Season Twelve

### S12E01 – “Siblings Alike”

* Barbara Barton
* Anthony Barton

### S12E02 – “The Case Of Double Trouble”

* Jamie Carver
* Maria Vernon

### S12E10 – “Sparkle And Mirrors”

* Oliver Gould
* Andrea Elliott

### S12E14 – “Immunity From Death”

* Eric Pryce
* Rene Lefevre (attempted)

### S12E15 – “Skullduggery and Slaughter”

* Ted Gibbs
* Iris Navarra
Vanessa White

**Vanessa White** is the secretary to once-successful physician Dr. Ezra Leeds, until she murdered him in "Physician, Heal Thyself" (S07E11).

Prior to the episode, Vanessa was the sister of Irvin Yates, a patient of Dr. King. Irvin accidentally died after Dr. Leeds misdiagnosed his disease. However, Dr. Leeds' reputation allowed him to win against the malpractice claim. At this point, Vanessa planned to kill Dr. Leeds for indirectly killing his brother.

Vanessa took her plan into action when she took the her mother's maiden name "White", so that Dr. Leeds won't recognise her, and applied for a job as Dr. Leeds' secretary. Vanessa was quite aware about the guilt that was consuming Dr. Leeds after the trial. She made sure he did not commit suicide so that she can take his life for herself. Vanessa then ordered a packet of bitter almonds overseas and gave it to Dr. Leeds (who had an impaired sense of taste). Bitter raw almonds contained high traces of cyanide that can kill people. This poisoned almonds were enough to kill Dr. Leeds and Vanessa placed the cyanide pills on his hand to indicate suicide.

However, Vanessa's own allergy to nuts betrayed her and allowed detective Edwin Goodman to unmask her as the murderer. The shipping order for almonds contradicted Vanessa's nut allergy. Thus, the almond nuts were for Dr. Leeds and incriminated Vanessa as the killer. Vanessa willingly confessed to the murder of Dr. Leeds and was incarcerated by the police.
Lucy Crocker

**Lucy Crocker** was a flight attendant employed by Albany Airport. Towards the end of the episode "A Killer In First Class", it was revealed that Lucy was the murderer of ambitious professor Giles Cambridge.

Lucy was working part time as a flight attendant in the airport to earn university tuition. However, the job did not pay off despite her hard work.

An opportunity struck to claim money when professor Giles Cambridge and his wife, Rita, were flying to London to disprove the Human Evolution theory with newly found evidence. Cambridge was carrying the important research documents to prove it. Lucy accidentally intercepted a call between rival professor Mitchell Cooley and the London Board of Directors for Science to instruct Cooley to dispose of the documents for a prosperous reward. Lucy decided to claim the documents for herself for the reward.

Lucy decided to kill Cambridge by poisoning him. Lucy offered Cambridge some champagne, to which he gladly accept. The champagne was tampered with a non-lethal amount of poison, enough to make Cambridge unconscious. Cambridge asked for some more champagne, this time from another flight attendant Philip Reed, but Lucy exchanged the doctored champagne with the real champagne. Then, Rita asked for champagne from flight attendant Janet Kowalski. After these events, Cambridge became unconscious. Lucy then pulled off her act, panicking after she tried to check if Cambridge was dead. Lucy then injected Cambridge with the lethal dose to finally end him.

Edwin Goodman, who was onboard the flight during the murder, figured out that Lucy was the killer through the syringe Lucy planted in Rita's luggage. It had traces of acetone, which came from nail polish remover. During the flight, the plane went through turbulence while Lucy was removing her nail polish, causing the acetone to knock over to spill on Lucy's coat. The poisoned syringe could have only come from Lucy. Despite trying to flee, Lucy was arrested and confessed in killing Cambridge.
Jonathan Hogan

**Jonathan Hogan** is the younger brother of Janine Goodman, meaning that he is Edwin's brother-in-law. He appeared twice in the series — he was a guest in Eunice and Andy's wedding in "Here Comes The Bride" (S05E20) and as a suspect in the murder of George Castellini, a foreman in an electric power station in "Work Hazard" (S05E11). Jonathan is the manager of Sparks Electric Power Plant.
Night At The Prom

**"Night At The Prom"** is the fourth episode of season one.

## Synopsis

Edwin and the NYPD have a time limit in solving the murder of football jock Brad Kingston (who was killed during prom night) due to the upcoming school inspection.

## Characters

Main Character:

* **Edwin Goodman** — the main protagonist, the detective consulting on the case.
* **Lt. Darlene Lawson** — the head investigating officer.

Supporting Characters:

* **Sydney Hollis** — principal of Lincoln Academy.
* **Lawrence Carroll** — school inspector and former student of Lincoln Academy.
* **Trent Powell** — Brad's best friend.
* **Wendy Locke** — Brad's ex-girlfriend.
* **Katrina Sinclair** — assistant teacher and Brad's lover.
Paul Royce

**Paul Royce** was the district attorney for the NYPD. He appeared to be good friends with businessman and philanthropist Theodore Hamilton. He appeared in the pilot episode of Fatal Crimes.

Paul was a shareholder in Theodore's technological company. However, ever since the budget cut for the attorney's office, Paul has been losing money. So, as a resolution, Paul abused his position as shareholder to make money in embezzling money from Theodore's company.

However, Susan Townsend, Theodore's head technician, has discovered Paul's pattern of embezzlement. the money would eventually be traced to a second account he opened, which is viable evidence that proves he was the embezzler. If this information was released, Paul's reputation and career would be in terrible danger.

After Susan informed Theodore regarding the embezzlement, Paul decided to murder him to hide his embezzlement. Paul took the opportunity to commit the murder in Theodore's dinner party in his estate. While Theodore was in his home office handling the embezzlement issue, Paul snuck up behind Theodore and stabbed him. However, Paul made sure that the stab was non-lethal so that Theodore would die slowly and by the time Theodore dies, Paul would have an alibi - making a celebratory speech to the guests. When Theodore's wife, Connie, discovered the body, the guests would give him an alibi.

However, Paul was not aware that detective genius Edwin Goodman was attending the celebration and that he would help the police investigate. Paul had to take evasive action by framing the company's accountant, Alan Miles, by planting the murder weapon in his apartment. The plan almost worked, until the sample revealed that there were traces of latex on the knife handle, and Edwin revealed that Alan was allergic to latex.

Paul was eventually unmasked as Theodore's murderer when Edwin discovered the embezzlement account that he opened, giving him motive. The physical evidence that proved that Paul was in the crime scene was his watch - when Edwin shook his hand, Paul's watch was on the left wrist. But after the murder, it was on his right. This was so to hide the scratch mark on his wrist, which Theodore inflicted during the struggle. Paul was then arrested for Theodore's murder.

## Quotes

* *“I needed to survive. Ever since my pay has been cut off short, I’ve been looking for solutions to earn more finances. Then, I remembered Theodore’s company. I asked him to increase my share to have my money tree grow. But, he refused, saying that he wanted equal distribution of shares in his company. I tried to reason with him...It didn’t work. I decided to take actions for myself and take in more money...” –* **D.A. Royce’s admitting to embezzlement**

* *“But then, the technicians found a pattern to where the money is going to. Theodore was then informed and he began looking deeper into it. He would trace the money to me in no time! I had to kill him, and I had my opportunity when he invited me to his dinner party.”* – **D.A. Royce’s confession to Theodore’s murder.**

## Trivia

* Paul Royce was the first ever murderer of the *Fatal Crimes* series (not pre-series).
Sophia Langston

**Sophia Langston** is the bratty and obnoxious guest of the *Bayview Hotel* who happens to be good friends with the hotel owner, Victor Westbourne. She became a suspect in newlywed groom Matthew Watson's murder when it was revealed that she was secretly burgling jewels from the hotel guests in the episode "A Honeymoon To Die For" (S11E11).

In her appearance in the episode, Sophia made an abrupt entrance by demanding for her keys for her reserved room. She was greeted by Victor, who was good friends with her father. Despite Victor's good relationship with Sophia, his daughter, Janet, resented her.

During dinner time, Sophia was one of the witnesses who saw the dramatic quarrel between newlywed groom Matthew Watson and his jealous best man, Randy Strauss, who followed him from their wedding to the honeymoon. They were arguing about their relationship with Samantha Watson, Matthew's newlywed wife.

At the time of the murder of Matthew Watson, Sophia claimed that she was in her en suite when the murder occurred, adding on expressing her suspicion towards Randy, who was found beside the body with a gun in his hand and had a fight with him in dinner time.

However, when Victor complained to his friend, Edwin Goodman, about recent jewelry thefts in the hotel, Edwin suspected that Sophia could be the culprit, noticing a pattern in the thefts. Edwin encountered Sophia once again when she tried to leave the hotel, stating that the recent murder had shocked her and she decided to have an early departure. When Lt. Jensen, Kentville's leading investigator, struggled with Sophia with her luggage, her luggage spilled, revealing the stolen jewelries, confirming Edwin's suspicion.

In the police station, Sophia admitted that she did steal the jewelries, but was innocent of the murder. While Lt. Jensen did not believe her, expressing that Matthew could have discovered Sophia's criminal activity, which would lead her to kill him. Edwin, however, believed she really was innocent and asked for her real alibi. Sophia stated that she had been stealing jewelries across the crime scene, she also stated that she witnessed someone escaping from the crime scene and enter the room next door. After the interrogation, Sophia was arrested for theft.

Sophia's claim of seeing someone escape the crime scene was a valuable piece of the puzzle in solving Matthew's murder, as it proves that Randy was innocent and that the real killer shot Matthew before Randy arrived. In the denoument, Edwin revealed Matthew's killer as Janet Westbourne, Victor's daughter. Janet killed Matthew when he overheard her argument with her fiancé Elliot Cromwell regarding the embezzlement of $1 million from the hotel. Matthew was blackmailing Janet and Janet killed him in return. using a suppressed pistol and playing a gunshot sound effect in the room next door, when Sophia saw Janet fleeing from the crime scene and then to the room next door. Janet was arrested for murdering Matthew and masterminding the embezzlement of $1 million.
Zack Jensen

**Zack Jensen** is the cousin of Kentville's head police officer, Lt. Harry Jensen. Zack works as the head technician for a technological industrial company called *DigiTech*. He appears in "The Code For Murder" (S12E08), when he became the main suspect for the murder of his former friend and the CEO of the company, Evan Whitman.

The backstory for why Zack was suspected for murdering Evan Whitman was that he used to be best of friends with him. But, when Evan was given a promotion to become the CEO, he accepted it, leaving Zack in the shadow, giving the impression that Evan valued his career over his friendship with Zack. This made Zack bitter, often arguing with Evan, even sending death threats over Evan's decision. Evan, having enough with Zack's drama, decided to fire him. But, before he could do that, Evan was stabbed to death in the parking lot by a mugger.

However, the police determined that a mugger did not kill Evan when they found his valuables thrown in the dumpster. They also found boot prints that matched Zack Jensen's work boots. With this iron cast evidence presented, Zack was arrested under suspicion for murdering Evan. Lt. Jensen was unable to investigate with the police as he was connected to the suspect as his cousin. The discharged Lt. Jensen did not believe that Evan was murdered by Zack and he sought for the help of Edwin Goodman to prove Zack's innocence.

Sure enough, Edwin proved that Zack was innocent through the bloody boot print, it had traces of fresh fertiliser. Zack lived in a flat with a dead lawn, there were no fertilisers used in fixing the lawn and Zack was not a gardener. Another factor that proved Zack as innocent was the saboteur hired by DigiTech's rival to damage DigiTech's mainframe, the rival's owner, Harold Seymour, stated that he did not have Zack hired.

Not only did Edwin determine that Zack was innocent, he also unmasked Evan's real killer as Nancy Whitman, Evan's wife. As it turns out, Nancy was bitter over her husband's affair with his secretary. Despite the affair ending and that they have reconciled, Nancy still clutched on her grudge against her husband. An opportunity for revenge struck when Harold had his accomplices give Nancy the job as a saboteur for the rival company. However, when Evan discovered the scheme set up, he was closing in on discovering that his own wife was the culprit. Nancy then killed Evan and then framed Zack for the murder. However, an incriminating detail allowed Edwin to unveil her as the murderer — the oil slick that came from Nancy's car in the crime scene, stating that Nancy was present in the crime scene at that time. Nancy was then incarcerated and Zack was officially released by the police.
Tom Holden

**Tom Holden** is an ambitious archaeologist who came to Kentville to dig up an artifact involving Kentville's local war hero, only to discover the dead body of missing historian Ted Gibbs. His fraudulent action made him a suspect in the murder of museum guide Iris Navarra in the episode "Skulduggery And Slaughter" (S10E17).
Nancy Jeffreys

**Nancy Jeffreys** was the newly promoted financier in biotechnological company Hampton BioTech. She was also an embezzler in the company's financial system.

Nancy, along with her fiancé Edward Devlin, operated a scandalous embezzlement from the money incoming to the company. Nancy would take in a certain percentage of the money from the income while Edward, using his position as a stock manager, masked their operation in order to prevent any recorded decrease that financial manager Justin Breen would notice.

But Connie Alden, the business representative, discovered their entire operation. Connie was a threat to the exposure of their deed, as shown when she began blackmailing them. However, Nancy never knew that Edward took care of Connie by killing her.

Edwin Goodman managed to expose her as an embezzler when he used her knowledge on the Hampton's financial system that gave her the advantage to take in the money. This was supported with a receipt that showed Nancy did decreased the incoming money without the stocks sold. Nancy admitted she was an embezzler but denied killing Connie. Edwin urged for Nancy to confess her accomplice, who turned out to be Edward, Connie's murderer.
Problem In Politics

**“Problem In Politics”** is the ninth episode of season six. It is a continuation from the previous Kentville episode regarding the mayoral election for Kentville.

## Synopsis

Ever since the arrest of previous mayor, Miles Havelock, new candidates for Kentville’s new mayor, Hal Friedman and Jeremy LeStrade, battle head to head together to win the vote of Kentville residents. However, sinister and deadly secrets behind the political movement were revealed when Hal’s financial advisor, Marilyn Spencer, was murdered. When Hal became the number one suspect, Edwin comes to his aid to prove his innocence.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** – Hal’s old friend and the detective investigating his financial advisor, knowing that Hal could not be responsible.
* **Janine Goodman** – Edwin’s wife and volunteer in the lunch bar for the candidate speech.
* **Lt. Harry Jensen** – the leading investigator helped by Edwin in solving Marilyn’s murder.

Supporting Characters:

* **Hal Friedman** – the council worker who is made a candidate for Kentville’s mayor. He is also the good friend of Edwin.
* **Jeremy LeStrade** – the suave politician who lost his popularity in his campaign in Los Angeles. He decided to restart his political career by applying for candidate for mayor of Kentville.
* **Claire LeStrade** – the seductive wife and campaign manager for Jeremy LeStrade, she did all the hard work to push Jeremy to succeed in his political career.
* **Frank Mercer** – the advisor for Jeremy who insisted Jeremy to restart his political career in Kentville.
* **Marilyn Spencer** – the financial advisor for Hal. She was also good friends with her employer.
Secrets Worth Knowing

**"Secrets Worth Knowing"** is the seventh episode of season five.

## Synopsis

After successful entrepreneur Obadiah Kingston died, his family and friends have been constantly harassed by the media to uncover the deadly secret of *Kingston Industries*. One ambitious journalist, Giulia Torini, was driven to find out the secret that it led her to the point of bugging the business buildings' meeting rooms. When Giulia was found dead in the meeting room of the main Kingston Industries skyscraper, both the media group and the Kingston family and staff are under suspicion.

## Characters

Main Characters:

* **Edwin Goodman** — the consulting detective assisting the NYPD's Homicide Division in their murder investigation.
* **Lt. Darlene Lawson** — beautiful but powerful, the authoritative leader of the Homicide Division and Edwin's partner in solving crimes.

Supporting Characters:

* **Jeremy Strauss** — the CEO of media group The People's Media and the editor-in-chief of magazine Manhattan Life. He is Giulia's employer.
* **Giulia Torini** — the investigative overachieving journalist from Manhattan Life. Her powerful ambition in uncovering the Industry secret has driven her to eavesdrop on business meetings by bugging the meeting rooms.
* **Robert Farrell** — Giulia's supposedly partner in investigating the Kingston Industry secret. He learned that Giulia was planning to take all the credit and leave him out.
* **Joan Kingston** — the widow of the late powerful businessman Obadiah Kingston and the co-owner of Kingston Industries, sharing with former secretary Stephanie Byrne
* **Richard Kingston** — the son of the late Obadiah Kingston. He tries to uphold his father's legacy.
* **Stephanie Byrne** — the loyal secretary of Obadiah and the new co-owner of his business, sharing with Obadiah's wife, Joan.
Nancy Landry

**Nancy Landry** was the wife and the widow of Howard Landry, the media mogul who owned *The People’s Media*. Nancy was mistreated and abused by Howard and was miserable in her marriage with him. Nancy was eventually listed down as the main suspect when Howard was poisoned and died after eating dinner made by Nancy. She appeared in the episode “Media Can Be Murder” (S01E08).
Pauline Lapp

**Pauline Lapp** was the deputy mayor of Kentville who was rivalling against the current mayor, Miles Havelock, in the mayoral vote in Kentville. She was a suspect in the episode "Vote For Death" (S06E04) when socialite Marjorie Carlisle was found murdered.

As the deputy mayor, Pauline was responsible for supervising conducts of the police force in Kentville, much like the Internal Affairs. Pauline was also having a love affair with police commissioner for Kentville – Bill Grainger. It turns out that Pauline and Bill had been using their power over the police force of Kentville in order to maintain Kentville as a route for smuggling oil owned by *Carlisle Oils*.

However, the daughter of Carlisle Oils’ owner, wealthy socialite Marjorie Carlisle, discovered Pauline’s scheme. Marjorie threatened to expose Pauline and Bill during the election week, in which Pauline is running for mayor. Pauline had no choice but to murder Marjorie before she contacts the media.

Pauline knew about Marjorie and current mayor Miles Havelock’s love relationship. She also knew that Miles kept a dark secret – he was involved in a car crash that resulted the death of a university graduate, he was driving under the influence of alcohol. Miles’ girlfriend at that time, Eloise Bishop, was convicted for the death. Pauline decided to frame Miles using this information.

Pauline held her own candidate’s party in her estate, she knew that Marjorie would attend Miles’ party. She stole Miles’ private phone to contact Marjorie via text message, telling her to meet in Miles’ kitchen. Pauline snuck into Miles’ party unseen and went to kitchen. Pauline stabbed Marjorie to death and placed her in the freezer tub. She then placed Miles’ phone on the kitchen counter to frame him.

During the investigation, Edwin suspected Pauline since she could have killed Marjorie as an opportunity to frame Miles in order to become mayor. However, Pauline stated that she was in her own campaign party during the murder.

Despite holding out her secret and dodging suspicions, Edwin was able to determine Pauline as Marjorie’s murderer and abusing her political power. The decreasing amount of value from the oil being shipped incriminated Bill through the account he was using to place the black market sales of the stolen oil. Pauline received more income from that account. Now that motive was established, the next damning evidence is Miles’ phone in which she placed in Miles’ house to incriminate him. The phone had traces of dimethicone, an occlusive ingredient of skin moisturiser. Pauline uses skin moisturiser due to her eczema.

At first, Pauline denied the accusations, even threatening to end Edwin’s consultation to Kentville’s police and firing Lt. Jensen. But when the evidence was presented, Pauline submitted to her guilt and admitted to the murder. In the conclusion of the episode, Bill Grainger was arrested for police misconduct and the illegal oil trafficking, Miles was arrested for vehicular manslaughter and Pauline was arrested for Marjorie’s murder.
Meredith Pearce

### Relation:

- Bradford Pearce (husband, formerly)- Kathleen Pearce (mother-in-law, deceased)

- Cynthia White (aunt-in-law, formerly)

- Matthew White (cousin-in-law, formerly)

- Brian Frost (cousin-in-law, formerly)

## Appearances

### Last:

"The Estranged Heir"

**Meredith Pearce** was the wife of Bradford Pearce, the son of deceased rich matriarch, Kathleen Pearce. She appeared in the episode "Family Misfortune" (S05E04), where Edwin Goodman revealed that she was the murderer of family solicitor Sylvia Kyle.

Prior to the episode, Meredith and corrupt solicitor Marcus Fuller forged and replaced Kathleen's will so that when she dies, her husband Bradford would inherit the family fortune and she would claim her share, Marcus would receive his payment through an expensive painting. Eventually, Bradford inherited the money and Meredith is living in luxury. Marcus retired from being a solicitor.

However, little did Meredith know that Kathleen promised her sister-in-law Cynthia White that she would inherit the fortune to cure her illness. Cynthia and her son, Matthew Brody, contrived together to alert new family solicitor Sylvia Kyle that the will was false. This was done by Matthew claiming to be Kathleen's lost son. Sylvia discovered the connection between Meredith and Marcus, she confronted Meredith about it. To cover up her tracks, Meredith decided to kill Sylvia by bludgeoning her to death with a fire poker in her office before the will was re-read.

Eventually, Edwin Goodman was able to determine Meredith as the murderer through the forged will, specifically the painting Marcus claimed. With the painting's value calculated, it was enough to pay off Marcus. The will also showed that Meredith was a witness to the will signing, forming a connection between Meredith and Marcus.

To confirm this theory, Edwin informed Bradford and Meredith that the police will be looking for evidence to finally prove that Matthew was the supposed killer. Meredith took the bait and broke in to Matthew's apartment that night to plant the fire poker handle to implicate him for murder. Edwin and the police caught Meredith in the act. Meredith confessed in forging the will and killing Sylvia Kyle, she was then placed under arrest for her crimes.

## Trivia

* Meredith is the first female killer and the first killer to be arrested in Kentville in season five.
Calvin Spencer

**Calvin Spencer** was an accountant for a banking firm, he is rather more well-known as the twin brother of tennis champion Caroline Spencer, who went missing five months ago. In the episode “Deadly Coincidence” (S01E16), he was found murdered in an abandoned warehouse, suspected as a warning sign from Caroline’s kidnappers.
Tristan Wickham

**Tristan Wickham** was the brother of the late Robert Wickham, and also his killer in the episode "A Visit To The Hospital", the penultimate episode of Season 2.

Tristan was the eldest son of Leslie Wickham, but she had favoured Robert more than him. This began the bitter relationship between Robert and Tristan.

From elementary to high school, Robert had always been the popular kid in the school; he had lots of friends and received straight "A" grades. Meanwhile, Tristan only had a selection of friends, he even got bullied from time to time. His grades were also fluctuated.

When it came to college, Tristan tried to extinguish this bitterness by presenting him some advice in college. But, it turned out, Robert did not need it as his popularity grew and his marks got higher throughout the year. When Robert received a letter from Princeton that he has been accepted for transfer, Tristan had enough of it and decided to get rid of his brother, once and for all.

Tristan had bought spare parts for the car prior to the murder. That night, Tristan followed Robert to a café, he waited in his car for his brother to come out. Once Robert got out and walked a few meters, Tristan ran him over while crossing the street, making it look like an accidental hit and run. Robert was taken into hospital for surgery, but it was too late, Robert was already dead. Meanwhile, he drove his mother's car while he was repairing his damaged car.

When the police interrogated Tristan, he warded off suspicion to the university, where most of his friends were.

But, despite all the misleadings, Edwin was still able to unmask Tristan as the true murderer of his brother. In order to prove his guilt, Edwin devised a trap to reveal Tristan as the killer. He informed his mother that they would check a certain storage area for evidence. Tristan fell for the bait and went to the storage area he had rented to retrieve the broken parts of his car to dispose of it, he was captured by the police in his illegal act. Edwin revealed Tristan as the killer through the quality of the headlight he had on his car — the other suspects did have black sedans but had poor quality headlights. The shattered bulb was the key to solve the murder. Tristan admitted to his jealousy and bitterness and he was incarcerated for murdering Robert.
Regina Avery

**Regina Avery** was a renowned romance novelist who was having an affair with fellow writer, Craig Costner. Regina was murdered in the episode “Romance Is Dead”.

## Solution

Regina’s murderer was revealed to be her personal assistant, Kathy Ridgeway. It was determined that Kathy did not intend to kill Regina, but, rather, was intending to kill the man Regina was meeting – Craig Costner. At the night of the murder, Kathy was hiding in the bushes where she shot Craig, Regina arrived at the wrong time and Kathy killed Regina to avoid witnesses. Kathy then staged the situation as a dramatic lover’s quarrell.

However, Kathy’s blunder came when Craig Costner survived the shooting. Edwin was then able to deduce Kathy’s motive for trying to kill Craig – she was one of Craig’s lovers. Kathy wanted to kill Craig for dumping her for another woman. Edwin was able to determine that through Kathy’s ruby necklace, which used to be a ring which Craig gave to Kathy, the same ring that he gave to all of his other lovers. At last, Edwin placed Kathy in the crime scene through a refridgeration fluid stain on her jacket. Kathy admitted to her crime and was arrested.
Kathleen Lasker

**Dr. Kathleen Lasker** was a cosmetics surgeon for *Sinclair Beauty Cosmetics*. Kathleen and her fellow surgeon, Dr. Eddie Keller, connived together to kill the company CEO and representative Diane Sinclair and frame her long-suffering husband, Wallace. She appeared in the episode "Murder Made In Perfection" (S04E16).

Kathleen was in the risk of losing her job when Diane was in the brink of discovering her medical drug dealing scheme. She decided to team up with surgeon Eddie Keller when Diane decided to end her affair with him.

The two surgeons planned to kill Diane by tampering with her plastic implants. During the day of surgery, Eddie gave Diane a dose of sleeping gas as part of the procedure. But by this time, Eddie gave Diane a non-lethal dose of poison. Kathleen snuck into the medicine laboratory to steal the other dose of poison. Kathleen gave the second dose of poison in the implants. By the time that Diane had her surgical procedure finished, she then died upon arrival to her office.

After Diane collapsed and died, Eddie went to her office and injected her a dose of poison with the syringe that Wallace used for his adrenaline shot to frame him. Eddie transported Diane's body through his truck and planted Diane's corpse in the Sinclair household. Kathleen was waiting there as she drove Diane's car to the house. After planting the body, The two conniving doctors left the estate.

When Wallace arrived in the house, he eventually found the body of his wife and called the police. However, the police fell for the trap and arrested him. Edwin suspected Kathleeen and Eddie, but the doctors claimed that they were in the middle of a surgery during that time. As proven through the video camera.

But Edwin eventually deduced the two doctors for murder when he worked out that Eddie must have covered for Kathleen when she left to drive Diane's car before the surgery. After all, the doctors are all unrecognizable with their surgical scrubs and masks on. Eddie then gave the order to a young surgeon to stand in for him as he disposed of the body (Eddie gave the excuse of getting more anaesthetics). After Eddie and Kathleen finished the deed, Kathleen went to the operation room with the anaesthetics and Eddie slipped into the next operation.

The final touch that incriminated both doctors were the traces of fur on the soles of their shoes — it belonged to the fur rug from Diane's office. The two doctors were arrested and confessed in committing the murder off screen.

## Trivia

* Unlike other killers, it has already been established from the beginning that Kathleen and Eddie were the killers.
Natasha Leahy

**Natasha Leahy** was a real estate agent based from Kentville. She was also the previous owner of Edwin's estate in Kentville, after she was murdered ten years ago, with her boyfriend held responsible. Natasha's murder was reinvestigated in the episode "Home Is Where The Body Is".

Ten years prior to the episode, Natasha was part of a real estate agency formed by couple Juan and Christine Delgado. The group were close friends and prospered successfully.

Besides this, Natasha was also involved in a love relationship with an abusive and alcoholic repairman, Derek Logan. Everyone knew how Derek maliciously treated Natasha whenever he was in a drunken state. It was Natasha who begged to Derek to take part in an Alcoholics Anonymous group to cure his addiction, it was effective only for a short time.

However, Natasha was not the only one who had an interest in Derek, town chemist Lauren Levitt admired him and considered Natasha as her love rival.

At the time of her murder, Natasha has just finished dealing with a client and was returning home. She arrived home in the wrong time because Derek was drunk again. The two had a physical fight, causing Derek to black out. When Derek woke up, Natasha was dead, strangled with a scarf. The investigating officer at that time was Lt. Brent Milner. The lieutenant came up with the conclusion that Derek lost control over his anger and killed Natasha then passed out. Witnesses claimed that they heard the couple's row and evidence pointed to Derek. Eventually, Derek was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in jail without parole.

Ten years later, Edwin Goodman reopened the case upon moving in to Natasha and Derek's house with the help of Lt. Harry Jensen. The detective discovered that Lt. Milner was in love with Natasha and that his feelings towards Natasha may have affected his duty as an investigating officer, urging him to arrest Derek without any second thoughts. Edwin also discovered that Natasha had the ambition of forming her own real estate agency, putting the Delgado couple under the suspect list.

## Solution

As mentioned, Natasha was trying to form her own real estate agency. But, she wanted to form it with Juan Delgado, who she was seducing. Natasha was also planning to take most of the clients from the original realtor group. Therefore, Edwin deduced Christine Delgado, Juan's wife and business partner, as the murderer.

The physical evidence that proved so was the crime scene photo that showed Christine's rash outbreak on her right hand. This rash was caused by the smear of sap on the oak tree on Natasha's front yard. This was only possible when Christine was trying to escape from the scene as there were no other oak trees in the houses she was selling.

Christine coldly confessed to Natasha's murder — stating that she found the opportunity to commit the murder when she overheard their argument. After Derek passed out, Christine arrived and strangled Natasha and left her body beside Derek to incriminate him. She admitted to Juan that she committed the murder to save the real estate business.
Sonya Talbot

**Sonya Talbot** is a fashion figure and a supermodel. She hired Edwin for protection when her ex-boyfriend, Steven Harlow, had been harassing her. Sonya killed Steven later on, as an act of self defence. However, Edwin thinks that it was premeditated murder. Sonya appeared in the episode “Fashion Crime” (S08E04)
Season Six

**Season Six**, the sixth season of the *Fatal Crimes* series. This season slightly expands more on Edwin's fame worldwide. Kentville's political side has been exposed more in this season. Due to the year being 2005, the season is introduced to more technology. Also, Edwin's relationship with his new son-in-law is explored further.

## Introduction

Edwin and company are back for a sixth season of Fatal Crimes. Edwin returns to solve murders from the shores of his Kentville home to lands beyond the horizon such as Singapore. Partnered with the ever so glamorous and witty Lt. Lawson of the NYPD or the ever so likeable and humble Lt. Jensen of Kentville, justice is ready to be served.

This season has a fresh new collection of cases involving yacht races, gossips, music albums, the political race in Kentville and a deadly computer virus threatening the nations' technological advancement.
Kamala Braith/Behind the Scenes

Overview
**Behind the Scenes**

During production of the comic, a lot goes on behind the scenes in regards to planning and design, which often go through multiple stages before resulting in the final version that is published in pages. Some concepts and ideas can have an effect on the show and characters, and unexpected occurrences during production can also lead to changes and additions to the plans for the comic.

## Character Basis

Kamala Braith alludes to the Deadly Sin of Wrath, following her family's theme of the Seven Deadly Sins. This allusion has had the following influences on the character and comic:

* Kamala's design heavily uses the colour red, which is often associated with anger - 'seeing red'.
* She is naturally a very aggressive and hateful person.
* She is the first character to use extreme language such as "fuck".

## Emblem

Kamala's symbol is a demonic, dragon-like head, reflecting her dark and aggressive nature.
Richard Kingston

**Richard Kingston** is the son of the late successful entrepreneur Obadiah Kingston and Joan Kingston. He was also the killer of journalist Giulia Torini in "Secrets Worth Knowing" (S11E12).

Richard was extremely close to his father. In fact, Obadiah even taught his son how nto shoot a tranquilliser rifle in the African savannah. Richard was dedicated to his father's reputation as a business mogul.

However, when Obadiah had embezzled money from the three companies that partnered with him, Richard and secretary Stephanie Byrne intended to keep this as the secret of Kingston Industry. Obadiah schemed to cover up his crime by shutting down the departments connecting the companies to Kingston Industry, but he never got to as he passed away. Richard intended to uphold his father's legacy by making sure the secret was intact and fulfill in shutting down the departments.

But when ambitious reporter Giulia Torini was investigating the industrial secret, she knew the core reason for shutting down the departments. Richard knew about this through the bugging system she had placed in the primary meeting offices in the Kingston Industry company building. Richard then planned to kill Giulia to prevent the exposure of the industrial secret that may damage the Kingston name.

Richard used the bugging system as a bait as Giulia needed to collect them afterwards. He used his tranquillising rifle to shoot a poison dart to kill Giulia while she snuck in to the office. Richard then planted a syringe and took the dart to make it look like the poisoned syringe killed her.

There was one mistake that Richard made that led Edwin to identifying him as the murderer — the gun shot residue around Giulia's injection wound, Richard was the only person in the suspect list who knew how to use a tranquillising gun and had access to it. The rifle was found in a storage room where Richard had kept it. Richard confessed in killing Giulia and his involvement in the scandal, he was arrested afterwards.
Season 11 Victims

These are the victims in the eleventh season of the Fatal Crimes series. The victims were either murdered or attempted to be killed. It is also explained who, how and why behind the attacks.

## Season Eleven

### S11E01 – “The Vacant Lot”

* Elias Eckhardt (historical)
* Harrison Eckhardt

### S11E06 – “Blood On The Canvas”

* Pierre Marquette
* Joey Kendrick

### S11E08 – “Death In Dollars”

* Alice Nixon
* Evan Cookson
* Stanford Wesley

### S11E12 – “Unseen Danger”

* Daniel Strickland
* Suzanna Bailey

### S11E16 – “Out Of Irish Luck”

* MI6 Agent Eugene Franklin (historical)
* MI6 Agent Charles Frost/Greg Mahoney

### S11E18 – “The Legacy Of Alexander Goodman“

* Frances Nash
* Janet Vernon (attempted)

### S11E19 – “The Miracle Cure”

* Richard Mullens
* Ronald Woods
Zack Ferguson

- Eric Mitchell (half-brother)

**Zack Winter Ferguson** is the son of banker Bernard Winter and Harriet Ferguson. He was the killer of his father in the season 2 finale Christmas special — "An Unforgettable Christmas".

Zack was raised by his hateful father and he visited his mother from time to time. Bernard jumped from one relationship to another, which resulted to his divorce with Harriet. One time, Bernard had an affair with a maid named Elizabeth Mitchell, whom he had impregnated. After finding out, Bernard fired Elizabeth and left her to raise her son, Eric, alone.

Zack then grew up and became his father's business partner in the bank. He had worked extremely hard to earn the position, even putting up with his father's bad reputation.

However, Bernard was constantly visited by Eric under another identity. He immediately identified Eric as Elizabeth's child. Due to his growing guilt, he decided to place Eric as the heir to his entire bank. But it has already been decided that Zack was to inherit the bank. Angered by the thought of being disinherited despite his hard work, Zack decided to kill his father and frame Eric for the murder.

During Christmas evening, Zack hid in a secret hollow compartment behind the shelf in the study with a knife. He had pre-recorded his father's scream so that he would give himself time to escape and claim his alibi. Zack snuck behind Bernard and stabbed him to death. Zack then snuck out of the study and left to his room, knowing that Eric would arrive later as his father had arranged a meeting with him there. Zack played the scream and the people rushed to discover the body while Eric tried to escape, only for Edwin (a guest in the party) to catch him.

Despite incriminating his half-brother for the murder, Edwin was still able to point out Zack as the murderer due to the tape that recorded the scream, it had his fingerprints on it. Edwin remembered that, when Bernard's body has been discovered, the radio was on and later switched off by Zack before declaring him dead. Zack pulled out a gun and confessed in killing his father. Since framing Etic was not enough, he decided to kill loose ends. But, at the end, Zack was knocked out by his stepmother Francine with a frying pan. When the police had arrived, Zack was taken under custody.
Season Eight

**Season Eight**, the eighth season of the *Fatal Crimes* series. This season mainly focuses on how Edwin overcomes very convoluted cases, expanding more on his ability to solve murders. This season also shows how Edwin's fame has reached to the point where the government relies on him.

## Introduction

Another thrilling season of Fatal Crimes to boggle your mind! Edwin returns with Lt. Lawson and Lt. Jensen to tackle mind-challenging murder cases, whether it be in the busy streets of New York's Manhattan or the peaceful but deadly town of Kentville.

Join Edwin and company as they solve murders revolving around marine biology, video games, Irish gangs, missions in outer space and attempted assassinations of a senator.