Catch of the Century

*"After discovering a message that led us to Lake Winnipeg, we rushed upon there only to find the slain body of a fisherman. Will you tackle the killer with the catch of the century?"*

**Catch of the Century** is the 6th case in The Origins and the 1st case in the Western Canada Region.

## Summary

### Victim

* **Herman Gosling** (Found dead on his fishing ramp)

## Plot

When the team made it to Lake Winnipeg, Ursula Gemini and the player found a fisherman's dead body on his canoe. On the crime scene, we find Kayla Savage, an animal hunter. She identified the victim to be Herman Gosling, a local fisherman. Kayla said she didn't know the victim that well. On the crime scene, we found a broken ore and a jacket. We identified the jacket to be Hugh Smith's. When we ask Hugh how his jacket ended up on the crime scene, and he said that he got hot while talking to his friend Herman, so he took it off and must have forgotten about it. We repair the broken ore and it belongs to canoeist Callum Fisher. When we ask Callum about his broken ore, he said he had no idea how his ore ended up broken, and he thanked us for fixing it, because he has another canoe race the next day and he couldn't find the ore. We later find a cane on one of the crime scenes belonging to James Tucker. When we ask James about his cane being missing, he said that he must have left it at the scene. We also find an elegant car parked in front of the victim's house. The car belonged to Hugh Smith and it was parked their by Sterling Hogan. When we ask Hugh about his car in front of the victim's house, he said that he went to have an argument with him about his past of raping and robbery. Herman said he was a changed man but Hugh stormed off, leaving his car. When we ask Sterling about the car, he said that Hugh left it at his house and told him to drive it to the victim's house, so he could ride it back. We later investigate the victim's house again, and we find a pair of pants with both Herman and Kayla's DNA on it. When we ask Kayla about this, she said that 20 years ago the victim had raped Kayla when she was a teen. She told the police the next day and Herman was arrested. Later on, Hugh comes to us at the police station and tells us that he fired Sterling. Hugh said that Sterling took his car without his permission to Herman's house. We go to Sterling's house and talk to him about Hugh's car. He said that before herman's arrest, Hugh and Herman have always been the super rich people in the area. He said that Herman always bullied others who were worse off than him, and Sterling was one of the poorer people. Hugh, however was nicer to him, so much so that he felt pity on Sterling and gave him a job. After Herman's release, Sterling took Hugh's car and drove it in front of Herman's house. Herman never said anything, because he was dead. We find a broken fishing rod, belonging to Callum, and footage of James and Herman getting in an argument. When we ask Callum about the fishing rod, he said that Herman kept constantly annoying him by breaking his stuff. He hid and broke his ore and his fishing rod, just for negative attention. He said that Herman was never really liked by anyone in Lake Winnipeg, especially when he was released a few days ago and that everyone sympathized with Kayla. When we asked James about the argument, he said that he was very good friends with Kayla and when Herman was at the bar, he wanted to see Kayla and apologize. James started yelling at Herman, saying that he will never get anywhere near Kayla. This is when an argument brewed.

## Killer and Motives

The killer turned out to be Callum.

Upon admitting to the murder, Callum said that he was told to kill Herman by JUSTICE in exchange for money. He said that he agreed with JUSTICE's views and wished them the best, with or without him. Judge Virgo sentenced Callum to life in prison without parole in a maximum security cell.

## Additional Investigation

After Callum's arrest, Ursula and the player decided to search his room. We found a hit list, given to Callum from JUSTICE. There were three names on the list. The first name was James Barry, who was recently killed by a JUSTICE member. The second name on the list was Herman, and the third was named William Donkard. After doing research on William, Kirk Patterson told the team that William is a chocolate factory owner, who got drunk one night and accidentally ran over a child. William got three years in prison, and it makes perfect sense why JUSTICE is after him. Kirk tells the team that William is currently in his chocolate factory in Churchill, Canada, near the Hudson Bay. Jessica Charles announces that we're heading there next.

## The Suspects

Kayla Savage (Traits: 1, 2, 3, 5)Hugh Smith (Traits: 1, 4)Callum Fisher (Traits: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)James Tucker (Traits: 1, 2, 3, 4)Sterling Hogan (Traits: 2, 3, 4)