The Old Promises

**The Old Promises** is the thirty-second case of Criminal Case: Across Europe. This is the second case in Switzerland. It is situated in Lausanne, Switzerland.

* Previous Case: As Above, So Below
* Next Case: Meet Your Doom
* Partner: Emmeline Castaignède

## Plot

The team arrived in Lausanne, before Liesbeth and her gang commits something bloody in Lausanne, and ruin the beauty of Switzerland, Alistair had appointed the player to investigate the city with Emmeline, with that he also warned them to beware of Liesbeth and any threat, and for that, they should carry weapons, after that while we were investigating, we found out the body of Édouard Grasset, a Swiss millionaire, outside the Musée de l'Élysée, he was stabbed in the heart. We send the body for autopsy, while we were investigating, we found out a voice recorded alongside the victim's body, and a torn photo, meanwhile someone started panicking, we asked his name, he told us that his name was Tristan Erickson, and he was a traveller from England, and he haven't seen a dead body before, we decide to interrogate him. He confesses that he was visiting the museum, he heard some screams from outside, but thought it might be something else, however when he saw the body, he was disgusted. We later leave him alone, while we are at the station, Brad comes to us that he is looking for Tristan, we ask him how does he know about him, he tells us that they're dating, Emmeline was surprised, and told him that he was a suspect, he got upset that how he got involved in the murder investigation, he tells us that if he’s the killer, his life is gonna be ruined, because he is the only person who matters his existence. Emmeline assures him, that we'll find out, we restored the photo and deciphered the girl on the photo, it was Sabine Grasset, the victim's daughter. We interrogate her, she starts crying and says that they had a understanding father-daughter relationship, and with his death, she has nothing left in the world. We later examined the voice recorder, there were two people talking, one was the victim, and the other one was Matthias, they were talking in French, about that plan and what will the mafia commit in Switzerland. We interrogated him, he confesses that Édouard has been profiting the mafia for a long time, since it's formation, we ask him about the plan, he tells us that it's better that they don't know, he tells us that we should leave him alone, or else he can't control his desires, whenever he looks at Emmeline. Emmeline was disgusted that Matthias is a jerk, she says that she's glad that Valentin isn't like that. At the precinct, we were discussing murder details, Alistair informs us that Liesbeth is planning to blow up the museum.

Mid-investigation, we are informed by the chief that Liesbeth is gonna blow up the museum. We then visited the museum, and while we were there, the museum was claimed by an certain Alexandre-Yves Blanchet, a Swiss landlord, we were puzzled and decided to interrogate him, he confesses that this land was owned by his ancestors, and they used to live here centuries ago. He tells us that he and Édouard's family had old relations, as they had cordial relations since 20th century, he claimed that this land was sold to someone else unfairly and they built a museum here. After his interrogation, we searched for the bomb, and eventually found out it, and were able to diffuse it before it caused violence and blood, Liesbeth comes at the scene, and tries to escape, but we manage to catch her and interrogate her. We interrogated her, she told us that whoever killed Édouard will deserve death because he was the main person who funded the mafia, and if the team aren't successful to kill that killer, she's gonna kill the team, Emmeline said she didn't cares what she says because she is just a bitch, looking for attention. After the interrogation, we found out a note that was sent to Édouard, which stated "You have no right to turn me in , just because I'm different than most people", it was sent by Tristan. We ask him about why he send that note to Édouard, he explained that when he arrived in Switzerland, pride month was active, and he took part in that, Édouard was against that, he started criticising them, and wanted the Swiss government to cease this, however he confronted him, Édouard threatened him to turn him in, because of that since he was Switzerland's top 10 millionaires, Tristan got angry and said that whoever killed him deserves an award, Emmeline was furious what the victim had done. We later found out that the victim was going to marry Sabine to a 53-year-old, and we were utterly disgusted, we interrogated Sabine, if she knew anything about it. She got furious, and explained that he wanted her to marry someone who was his age, just because to raise his name in the country, and for that he wanted her to marry someone she never loved. At the precinct, we were discussing murder details, Jázmin approached us and told us that there is a fight going between Brad and Tristan in the lab.

Mid-investigation, Jázmin told us that Brad and Tristan and are fighting in the lab, we visited his lab and asked him about the matter, Brad said that he feels that Tristan is cheating on him, Tristan says that's not what he thinks, he was just chatting to his old friend, however Brad thought that they were dating, and got furious, Emmeline said that it's nothing like that, he should calm down. Following the fight, Emmeline received a call from Valentin, and she glowed up, after she was finished with the call, she was really excited, she told us that Valentin finally is able to take her out for date, and she can't tell her how long she had been waiting for it, however for now she has to focus on the investigation. After it, we received a message from Liesbeth, she told us that Édouard was a traitor, and she wants to talk to them about his betrayal, we take a deep breath and unsatisfyingly go to her, when we arrive, Liesbeth draws her gun on us, and tells us that if we moved further she will shoot us, we ask her why she called us here, when he have no purpose, she tells us that Édouard was becoming power-hungry day by day and wanted to take over the mafia as the leader, and for that purpose he was planning to assassinate her, so he can take over the leadership, Emmeline wished that he would have killed her, however Liesbeth said that if it wasn't for her, Édouard wouldn't have gained a lot of prominence, and he should worship her, Emmeline barged out from their, and took a deep breath in the air. After arriving back at the station, Jázmin was waiting for us, she told us that Matthias was trying to hit her, but she managed to hit his legs with a football, which caused him to fall down, Emmeline laughed and said that she is proud of her. In the end, we had enough evidence to incriminate Alexandre-Yves Blanchet for the murder, upon admitting, Alexandre explained us that Édouard had ruined his family, we asked him how, he told us that his late father and Édouard were friends and the day he died, he called Édouard and gifted him a land in Switzerland because they were close friends, however they made a promise to each other that he will maintain cordial relations with his family after his death, and after his death, Édouard broke the promise and took over all of the Blanchet's family lands, which left Alexandre and his family in poverty, and his mother and pregnant wife died of the hunger, and ever since he wanted to took revenge on him, Édouard later escaped Switzerland, and when he came back, Alexandre waited for the perfect opportunity and killed him.

Judge Laurent sentenced him to 20 years in prison. After Alexandre's confession, we got a call from Liesbeth, she threatened us to kill, that she'll not lose hope, and will kill the team, Emmeline yawned and laughed on her joke and slammed her phone, after that she told us that Valentin is coming to Switzerland, as he has been alerted that violence threat is on top, so he'll be arriving in Switzerland soon, she started giggling, she explained that she wants to impress him, and she needs Hilda's help in that, we later visit Hilda in her office, she was drinking coffee, Emmeline took the coffee from her hand and sat beside her, she told Hilda that she need to revise some German words to impress Valentin, considering he was half-German, Hilda laughed and said that whatever she does, she can't impress him, and then started laughing. The chief later called us in the office, he told us that someone has told him that someone has stoled Édouard's body, and we were shocked that who could have done that, he tells us to carry out the investigation, Hilda and the player investigated the crime scene, and found out a heart, and send it for autopsy, we further investigated the crime scene, and found out the grand plan by Liesbeth, it was in German, when Hilda read it she was disgusted, she arrived back at the station, and told the chief that Liesbeth is planning to murder different people and she'll take their hearts and lungs out after murdering them, and for that purpose she has appointed Matthias and someone with the name "Medusa", however Medusa was a Greek goddess, the chief hurried them and ordered them to incriminate Matthias and Liesbeth. Jázmin told us that the heart belonged to the victim, and he has found some reddish-brown hair stuck to the heart, which matched Matthias, Hilda got furious, we confronted Matthias about stealing Édouard's heart, he tells us that he wasn't the only one who have done but Sabine helped him, we were shocked, Matthias was trying to approach us, however Hilda struck him with a bottle and he fainted, we handcuffed him. Valentin had arrived to the department, we told him about that plan, he was disgusted and said that he is aware of this because he has formed a organisation called "European Peacekeeping Organisation", which has been spying on the mafia, and has arrested most of it's members, but the organisation's aim is to arrest Liesbeth, Matthias and Bernard, Valentin also told us that Maria Antonia Russo has joined our side, and left the mafia. We later decide to arrest Sabine, however when we reach to her home, there is no one, and we see a note, which says "Dear EPD, I can't believe, I fooled you, you can't stop us , my father's death is a perfect opportunity for me to rise and shine, until we meet again". Hilda gets furious and slams the door, which breaks it on two. We arrive back at the station, and inform about this to Valentin he punches his hand, and says that they're gonna lose, Emmeline says that he shouldn't lose hope, he later tells us that he is gonna find Sabine. Brad tells us that the mafia has been planning to blowup Geneva, we realise that it's a huge threat, we later departure for Geneva.

## Suspects

Tristan Erickson

Traveller

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats spaghetti.
* The Suspect bites their nails.
* The Suspect drinks lemonade.

Suspect's Appearance

* The Suspect has brown hair

Sabine Grasset

Victim's Daughter

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats spaghetti.
* The Suspect drinks lemonade.

Matthias Hoffman

The Slayer

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats spaghetti.
* The Suspect bites their nails.
* The Suspect drinks lemonade.

Suspect's Appearance:

* The Suspect has brown hair.

Alexandre-Yves Blanchet

Landlord

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats spaghetti.
* The Suspect bites their nails.
* The Suspect drinks lemonade.

Suspect's Appearance:

* The Suspect has brown hair.

Liesbeth Anderiesen

Italian Mafia Leader

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats spaghetti.
* The Suspect drinks lemonade.

Suspect's appearance:

* The Suspect has brown hair.

## Killer's Profile

* The Killer eats spaghetti.
* The Killer bites their nails.
* The Killer drinks lemonade.
* The Killer has O+ blood type.
* The Killer has brown hair.