Kaiko

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**Kaiko** (2021-) was a suspect in the death of magazine editor Ella Campbell in Unfortunate Greeting (Case #24 of City of Crimes).

In Crimes of the States, Kaiko was a suspect in the murder investigations of student Peter Malkinson in Post Mortem (Case #12 of Crimes of the States), before killing kidnapped hostage Julia Trine in Hide and Seek Safety (Case #29 of Crimes of the States).

## Description

In City of Crimes, Kaiko was a 12-year-old local kid. Kaiko has messy black hair and is wearing a white jacket with a black shirt underneath. In Unfortunate Greeting, it is known that Kaiko knows martial arts.

In Crimes of the States, Kaiko was a 20-year-old university student. Kaiko still has messy black hair and is wearing a white jacket with a burgundy red shirt underneath. He is later seen with a gun strapped on his body. In Post Mortem, it is known that Kaiko eats sushi and uses foot cream. In Hide and Seek Safety, it is known that Kaiko uses dental floss, uses face cream, and is a Sagittarius.

## Events of City of Crimes

### Unfortunate Greeting

Kaiko was first interrogated after Miles and the player saw him freaking out at the crime scene where fashion magazine chief editor Ella Campbell was murdered. After the duo begun interrogating Kaiko, he confessed that he was the one who called the police after finding Ella's body. When Miles asked Kaiko what he was doing at the crime scene, he said that he wanted to get a job and the magazine company hired him.

Kaiko was interrogated again after Miles and the player found a series of texts complaining to his parents about him being fired. When the duo interrogated him about it, Kaiko said that he kept trying to insert himself in every magazine topic and article he could get his hands on and that Ella was at first nice about it, but she kept getting increasingly tired of his shenanigans and fired him, calling him a dumb kid who didn't have a life.

Kaiko was found to be innocent after the team arrested journalist Cristina Armstrong for Ella's murder.

## Events of Crimes of the States

### Post Mortem

Kaiko was later interrogated after Alice and the player saw through security footage that Kaiko sat right next to the latest victim, Peter Malkinson, and talked to him a lot in class. When the duo interrogated Kaiko about this, he said that Peter was a friend of his and that he already heard about his murder.

Kaiko was interrogated again after Peter's father Dakota Malkinson accused him of killing his son. When Alice and the player asked Kaiko about this, he said that Dakota was a crazy old man and that he'd never do anything like that. Kaiko said that he kept inserting himself in all of Peter's conversations and even all of Peter's workouts by naming them after himself constantly 24/7. Peter got really annoyed by this and stopped talking to Kaiko and started telling people he was weird and didn't have a life.

Kaiko was found to be innocent after the team arrested sheriff Henry Atomic for Peter's murder.

### Hide and Seek Safety

Kaiko was later interrogated after James and the player found him at the scene where academy teacher and kidnapped hostage Julia Trine was murdered. When the duo asked him about this, Kaiko started to break down crying and said him and the other resistance members came to find Julia and the other kidnapped hostages from Andres

Kaiko was interrogated again after the team found Julia's book's draft and saw Kaiko as a recurring character in there. However, all mentions of his character were scribbled out. When James and the player asked him about this, Kaiko told the duo that he suggested a character for the book that Julia used for a short amount of time. Over time, however, Kaiko kept begging her to use his character more and more and more to the point that Julia got fed up with Kaiko and stopped talking to him, before telling her friends that he was a dumb kid who didn't have a life.

In the end, it was revealed that Kaiko was Julia's killer. Upon admitting to the murder, Kaiko begun crying hysterically said he arrived at the room first and started shouting for names of the hostages. After, he heard movement behind him and immediately assumed it was a robot. Not thinking, Kaiko grabbed his necklace and used it to strangle them to death, not knowing it was Julia until after she was dead. He tried to revive her, but nothing worked. She was dead.

Kaiko was sentenced to life imprisonment for Julia's murder.

## Case Appearances

* Unfortunate Greeting (Case #24 of City of Crimes)
* Post Mortem (Case #12 of Crimes of the States)
* Hide and Seek Safety (Case #29 of Crimes of the States)

## Trivia

* Kaiko was a suspect in three different cases.
* Kaiko is a suggested character.
* Kaiko appeared in one district in City of Crimes.
* Kaiko appeared in two districts in Crimes of the States.
* Kaiko appeared in two seasons.

## Gallery

Kaiko, as he appeared in Unfortunate Greeting (Case #24 of City of Crimes).Kaiko, as he appeared in Post Mortem (Case #12 of Crimes of the States).Kaiko, as he appeared in Hide and Seek Safety (Case #29 of Crimes of the States).