B2S19C77

Victim

* Margaret Ntshangase

Suspects

* Iakop Kereteki
* Livinson Kephas
* Cailyn Chambers
* Mataio Taupo
* Dave Motloung

Killer

* Iakop Kereteki

Motive

* Julio: Iakop?! Why’d you kill Margaret?!
* Iakop: Excuse me?! I am a CIA agent! Why would I kill an innocent woman?!
* Julio: But she wasn’t innocent! You know she killed your friend Arno!
* Iakop: That doesn’t mean I’d kill somebody over it! Do you know what my superiors would do to me?!
* Julio: I have no clue, but we DID find fibers from your tie at the basement where you tried to hide all the evidence. Didn’t work out like you thought it would, did it?
* Iakop: I have no idea what you’re talking about!
* Julio: And what about the earring the victim ripped off your ear, huh? Where is that?!
* Iakop: …
* Iakop: Fine! Yes! I did it!
* Julio: We know you despised her for killing Arno, but surely that isn’t the reason you killed her…
* Iakop: I didn’t kill her because she killed Arno, I killed her because of what she saw him doing! She was onto us!
* Julio: What do you mean?!
* Iakop: She saw both of us smuggling weapons! That bitch was about to blow my cover!
* Julio: Wait…you’re one of Mataio’s lackeys?!
* Iakop: Being in the CIA gave us the cover needed to get anywhere we needed to get!
* Julio: Wait a damn minute…your last name is Kereteki…are you related to Rongo Kereteki?
* Iakop: Yes, I’m his brother! He introduced me to Mataio when I became a CIA agent and said they could use me as a way to cover up their traces…
* Iakop: I denied at first, but once they showed me the amount of money involved, I couldn’t turn it down!
* Julio: So you betrayed ALL your morals over money?! In Venezuela, that’s what we call corruption! You’re under arrest!
* Iakop: You’re not allowed to arrest a CIA agent! My superiors will demolish your accusations in court!
* Julio: Really?! Let’s see about that!
* Fran: Iakop Kereteki, you’re standing trial for the murder of Margaret Ntshangase. How do you plead?
* Iakop: Guilty, your honor! I did what I had to do!
* Iakop: I believe you’ve heard a word from my superiors?
* Fran: I sure have. And while pardoning a killer is something I’ve rarely ever done, I’m afraid I have no other choice…
* Fran: Iakop Kereteki, you have been pardoned for the murder of Margaret Ntshangase! Court is adjourned!

Additional Investigation

After Iakop was pardoned, we go to Fran and demand an explanation. He said that he believes everything we told him but that after Iakop killed Margaret, he told his superiors about it and had them pardon him in court. Fran didn’t have a choice. We knew that if we took Iakop out of the picture, it would be far easier to get to Mataio. However, if we took Iakop out ourselves, Mataio would most definitely kill Naing in retaliation and the CIA would turn on us and want us dead, and we need their support to get rid of the terrorists. Our best bet is to use Rongo as a trading method in hopes of trading him for Naing. We call up Mataio and he agrees, telling us that Rongo is as useful to them as Naing is to us. We let Rongo out of prison knowing he’s never telling us anything regardless and we head to Tuvalu to make the trip. When we find Mataio, however, there seems to be one big problem for them: Naing escaped, messing everything up.