Ray vs Alex, The Murder Case of 2021

This murder case was between Ray (@GraveDigger84) and Alex (@Pjoislife). It was notably the first official case on Court Wiki. Ray accused Alex of murdering him after Alex stated that Ray was dead. This case started the evening of February 6th, 2021. It was then locked and re-opened the next day (February 7th, 2020) and continued into the night.

## Members

* Judge - Kira (@Flaunting The Weird)
* Murder in question - Alex
* Victim - Ray
* Lawyers - Haze (@HazeILevitate28) for Ray's defense and Zee (@RePunZee) for Alex's defense
* Clients - Ray and Alex
* Jury - Wolffe (@Generalwolffe) and Kara (@RandomDemigod2062)

* Judge's Advisor - Ben (@Bookish Swimmer)
* Defence Attorney - Jacob (@WongBrawl) for Alex's party
* Lurkers - Aiden (@Aiden-1089) Sen (@You can call me the Queen)

## Background

This case started in the RRW OT Post, like most other cases. In this one, Alex noted that Ray was gone for an unusually long amount of time and because of this, he is a ghost. Later, Ray showed up and posted that he was dead, and in fact was a ghost. He claimed that Alex would only know this because he killed him and pressed charges on Alex for murdering him.

## Hearing

### Part 1 - February 6, 2021

The hearing started with the pinging of members. After everyone was present, Kira posted an oath saying that the participants will listen and decide on a fair judgement. Then, Zee had started pleading her case:

*"There is no reason to believe my client is guilty. He simply stated that Ray being dead was a possibility since Ray hadn't posted on the Riordan Wiki in a while. There is no reason to believe that Alex is guilty of causing Ray's death."*

Zee also had permission to call witnesses to the stand. Her first witness was Haze, of whom she asked:

*"Haze, is it true that you were on a video call with Alex at the time Ray died?"*

To which Haze responded:

*"It is true, but our videos and mics were off. Would you like to ask any other questions."*

Zee stated she was done with this witness and moved onto Alex. Zee asked Alex where he was when the murder occurred. He said that he was in his room at the time of the murder. The next witness was Ray. Then, Zee asked where and what timezone Ray was in when the murder took place. Ray told Zee he was in Texas in his house at 4 PM. After this witness, Zee finished and it was Haze's turn to call witnesses.

Haze's first witness was Zee, she asked if Zee was in contact with Alex during the time of the murder. Zee confirmed that she was not. After this, Haze called Alex to the stand. This was the first time that the participants noted Alex's absence. Alex did not respond, so Haze presented her case. She stated:

*"Me and Ray discussed that Alex had some violence-related subjects in his bio, ie: The burrito part. We also think that Alex murdered Ray because he doesn’t agree with him. Because Ray is Quite the debater. Ray was hit in the back of the head with something circular"*

After this comment, Ray posted a picture of Alex's bio. Haze then questioned why Alex was the only one who noticed Ray was dead. Ray agreed with this by posting a picture of Alex's comment. This was when Ray pointed out Alex's absence as 'suspicious'.

Now Zee posted a comment saying that the burrito quote in Alex's bio was a quote and some users agreed with the comment saying Ray was dead. To this, Haze responded that the users were merely agreeing, and Ray posted he was dead before they agreed and that Ray confirmed to her that something circular hit the back of his head, causing him to die. Zee countered this by saying burritos are very soft, and could not kill. Haze replied saying that Alex likely prepared for this murder, and asking even if Zee was right, was the quote in Alex's bio a lie?

Soon after this, Ben showed up, asking for details about the circular object that had ended Rays life.

## Final Verdict

In the end, the case was dismissed as the jury did not come to a conclusion that seemed fit with the provided evidence and arguments.

*"We have decided to dissolve the case, there wasn’t enough evidence and both sides only presented hunches. If either side finds evidence to exonerate or convict Alex, please share it here."*

Ben posted this as head of the jury in a post called Final verdict of the murder case between Ray and Alex.

## Trivia

The first ever judge in a hearing for Court Wiki was Kira from this case. She was not a qualified judge then and she was only "hired" because Ray was the victim and because Ben was gone. Even after a successful closing on the case, she was still not a permanent judge. Only after Mint was moved to be a DA, was she appointed judge.