Mario Stevens

**Mario Stevens** (1975-1995) was a suspect in the murder investigation of activist Roxanne Buck in An Act of Protest (Case #21 of Secrets Of Maxwell), before being murdered in The Secret Ingredient (Case #27 of Secrets Of Maxwell).

## Description

Mario was a 30-year-old club bouncer and the ex-boyfriend of Florrie Traynor as well as a former chef. In An Act of Protest, it is known that Mario eats peanuts and knows how to do the tango.

## Events of Secrets Of Maxwell

### An Act of Protest

Mario was first interrogated after detective Judith Hoffman and the player realized that the late activist Roxanne Buck was a former stripper and that the person she interacted with most during her time at the club was Mario. When we asked Mario about Roxanne, he said that she was a promising dancer but she wanted to chase other goals in life and wanted to make something more of herself, so she left the club. Mario then said that him and Roxanne still keep in touch. He then asked us why we were asking him this, and we told him that Roxanne was murdered in her house. Mario's jaw fell open as we told him we may need to ask him more questions soon.

Mario was interrogated again after the team found one of his shirts in Roxanne's bathroom. When we asked Mario about this, he told us that him and Roxanne were lovers and that they enjoyed their time together. However, after Roxanne's new career as an activist made her more important, it was also more time-consuming for her and she called off their relationship.

Mario was found to be innocent after the team incarcerated banker Dora Temple for Roxanne's murder.

## Murder Details

Mario was found beaten to death with a rock near the disco ball at the strip club. We managed to find out that Mario's murder was very recent as blood was still coming out of the wound and that his body was warm when it was delivered to the morgue. However, we were then told that Mario had an e-cigarette in his hand and since his lungs were clean, it had to have been the killer who vaped.

## Relationship with Suspects

Mario told club owner's daughter Sheena Mendoza that if she badly wanted to become a dancer, which she did, she shouldn't be restricted by her father's boundaries and go for it, which upset her father, strip club owner Alfred Mendoza. Mario used to also be a member of the same heist group that arrested murderer Bulldozer was in. However, right before Bulldozer was arrested for killing Ben Westwood, Mario left the group for fear of being arrested. Mario also broke up with his ex-girlfriend Florrie Traynor which still stings her to this day. Mario also cut off a deal that Alfred was making with Danish gang leader Wilhelm Thomsen because he didn't want the club to resort to doing illegal activity.

## Killer and Motives

The killer turned out to be Florrie.

Upon admitting to the murder, Florrie started screaming and crying and saying that Mario should've never left her, as their relationship was perfect. Florrie then screamed that if she couldn't have Mario, nobody should.

Judge Kenneth sentenced Florrie to life imprisonment without the possibility for parole.

## Case Appearances

* An Act of Protest (Case #21 of Secrets Of Maxwell)
* The Secret Ingredient (Case #27 of Secrets Of Maxwell)

## Trivia

* Mario was a suspect in one case.
* Mario appeared in two districts in Secrets Of Maxwell.
* Mario appeared in one season.

## Gallery

Mario, as he appeared in An Act of Protest (Case #21 of Secrets Of Maxwell) and The Secret Ingredient (Case #27 of Secrets Of Maxwell).Florrie Traynor, Mario's ex-girlfriend and killer.