Bessie Waters

* The Origins
* Web of Lies

**Bessie Waters** (1939-2009) was the victim in Treated Like An Animal (Case #24 of Web of Lies)

In The Origins, Bessie was a suspect in the murder investigations of retired man Elicius Huard in One Last Visit (Case #3 of The Origins) and her sister, retired woman Jessie Waters in Lethal Weapon (Case #4 of The Origins).

## Description

In Web of Lies, Bessie was a 70-year-old museum curator. Bessie wore a maroon jacket and had short gray hair and glasses.

In The Origins, Bessie was a 66-year-old museum curator. Bessie wore a black jacket and still wore her glasses and had the same gray hair as before. In One Last Visit, it is known that Bessie sniffs tobacco and uses foot cream. In Lethal Weapon, it is known that Bessie draws in *Color Me Mine* books and rides a bicycle.

## Events of Web of Lies

### Murder Details

Bessie was found with a bullet wound in her stomach in the middle of the Bouver public park. The morgue said that based on the angle of the bullet and just because of the wound in general, they were able to tell that the killer is right-handed.

### Relationship with Suspects

Bessie trusted investor Phil Moore with future investments for her money, but most of it perished after one of the companies Phil invested in went out of business. Bessie also wasn't a fan of activists Sebastian McFee and Dawn Shorpshire and their group creating so much noise and commotion in the park with their protests. Bessie also annoyed her friend Maria Barmore because of her insistence to talk about the murder of Maria's daughter. Bessie also gave author Joshua Harris' book a bad review, angering him.

### Killer and Motives

The killer turned out to be Maria.

Upon admitting to the murder, Maria said that she was always trapped in her house and ignored by everyone around her, even her own daughter. When Bessie came into her life, however, things were different. Neither of them had many other friends, so they immediately bonded over that. However, Bessie started annoying Maria by always asking about how she's holding up about the death of her daughter and making her take walks. As a result, Maria started fantasizing about her life without Bessie, and as a result, when the two of them went on a walk, Maria shot Bessie in the stomach and fled the scene.

Maria was sentenced to life imprisonment.

## Events of The Origins

### One Last Visit

Bessie was first interrogated after Max and the player found her phone number in the late retired man Elicius Huard's bedroom. When the duo asked her about this, Bessie said that Elicius was incredibly curious about some of the paintings and sculptures in the museum where he was eventually murdered at and Bessie was the curator that he talked to about them. He gave Bessie a bunch of questions and she gave him her number in order to ask her about them.

Bessie was interrogated again after the duo found a contract that attempted to ban Elicius from the museum. When Max and the player asked her about this, she said that Elicius often touched the paintings and on one instance, he even tried to steal a painting of Christ dying on a cross. Bessie said that she suspected Elicius was up to no good and wanted him banned from the museum in order to protect the paintings, especially the Christ one which was nearly priceless.

Bessie was found to be innocent after the team arrested basketball player Elliot Desormeaux for Elicius' murder.

After Elicius' murder was solved, informant Hunter Hondo asked for a tour of the museum from Bessie, who was more than happy to help. She also told the team that the same painting that Elicius wanted to steal of Christ dying on a cross was found missing recently and that she's sure Elicius was responsible for it. After searching Elicius' house, the team came up empty. They told Bessie they're currently on the hunt for it and that they'll find it no matter what.

### Lethal Weapon

Bessie was later interrogated after Ursula and the player found her twin sister, the late Jessie Waters, shot in the stomach at a park. When the duo asked Bessie about her relationship with her twin sister, she said the two of them were very close. She told the team that Jessie lived near the park and she gave the team the address, telling them she was hoping they could solve the murder as soon as possible.

Bessie was interrogated again after Ursula and the player found a ripped picture of her and Jessie. When the duo asked her about this, Bessie said that Jessie was starting to get paranoid because she started receiving several anonymous death threats. For some reason, Jessie thought the handwriting looked a lot like Bessie's and thought she had to run away from her.

Bessie was found to be innocent after the team arrested lawyer Theresa Thatcher for Jessie's murder.

## Case Appearances

* Treated Like An Animal (Case #24 of Web of Lies)
* One Last Visit (Case #3 of The Origins)
* Lethal Weapon (Case #4 of The Origins)

## Trivia

* Bessie was a suspect in two cases.
* Bessie appeared in one district in Web of Lies.
* Bessie appeared in one district in The Origins.
* Bessie appeared in two seasons.
* Coincidentally, Bessie and her twin sister both died from a bullet wound to the stomach at a park. This is most likely just a developer oversight, however.
* Bessie is the victim of the first case The Criminal Case Guy posted on YouTube.

## Gallery

Bessie, as she appeared in Treated Like An Animal (Case #24 of Web of Lies).Bessie, as she appeared in One Last Visit (Case #3 of The Origins) and Lethal Weapon (Case #4 of The Origins).Maria Barmore, Bessie's killer.Jessie Waters, Bessie's late twin sister.