Killer on the Ropes

"*The Bureau's lab chief has been slained! Can you turn the table on this killer who decided to assassinate the rest of the team?*"
– Case Teaser

**Killer on the Ropes** is a case featured in Criminal Case Third Line: World Dominant, appearing as the 42th case of the game. It is the sixth and final case set in Africa.

## Plot

After successfully petitioning Judge Palamo for a warrant to shut down SoftCircle and alerting the Lion Heart Security to secure the fortress at Yamoussoukro, Kevin and the player headed to the fortress to arrest Yuila Chadov, who was shocked to find out that they discovered her plans for shipping out Remedio to make the public unemotional and suggestible. Yuila justified herself, citing the role-playing game her team developed as a case of people liking being told what to do. After the arrest, the Bureau searched The Glutton's office and found a map to the drug production hideout in Basilique Notre-Dame. The Bureau headed there, but they hearing Glenda's loudest scream. They rushed inside hideout and, to their horror, they find their lab chief Glenda Newhouse crashed to death by the statue.

The five people were labelled as suspects: Alex Van Rooyen (head of virology), Yulia Chadov (SoftCircle CEO), Toby Newhouse (ecologist), Carl Thompson (Anabel's younger brother), and Pierre Eyenga (Congo ambassador).

Mid-investigation, the Bureau arrested head virologist Alex Van Rooyen for authorizing the shipment of Remedio to The Wrath. Taraji then discovered The Wrath to be an empty warehouse, meaning that SoftCircle had not been able to ship the drugs. Shortly after, Viola Roberts informed the Bureau of a break-in at Pierre Eyenga's house, which turned out to be a part of Carl Thompson's attempt to investigate the murder on his own, forcing the angered Anabel to arrest and flag him as a suspect. Afterwards, Yuila admitted that she got paid Glenda out for vaccine and blackmailed her (with her son, ecologist Toby Newhouse) into hiring some ex-convicts and disposing of the bodies of their dead test subjects. The faked Congo ambassador Pierre Eyenga then admitted that they smuggled the bodies to an industrial incinerator and burned them to ashes, prompting the team to arrest him. Later, Barry found out that Alex Van Rooyen had injected Hao with Remedio. After Hao admitted that she had opened Alex's cell door due to her grief over Glenda's death, Henri told the Bureau that Alex had checked in the Shangri-La Hotel under a fake name. After the team had arrested Alex for the second time, the team found out from Carl that Beth Thompson remembered Pierre as she saw him hauling dead bodies past her cell under the fortress' jungle. The team finally found enough evidence to arrest Toby for the murder.

Admitting to the crime, Toby said that Glenda had been trying to contact him for weeks to convince him to get out of the fortress as SoftCircle was operating a shady business. However, Toby disagreed, stating that Veronavirus was a scientific breakthrough. After finding out the Bureau were going to raid the fortress, Glenda went to Toby as she was packing the Remedio vaccines shipments and tried to get him to leave and stay with the Bureau. Knowing that he could not overpower his mother, Toby agreed, even suggesting to blow up the drug packages. Glenda agreed so Toby walks behind the statue, then he pushes the statue and drop it on his mother, killing her. Judge Palamo then sentenced Toby to life in prison for the murder of the Bureau's member.

During Reap What One Sows (6/6), Hao snapped out of the effects of virus. President Peter Vasuni then tasked Kevin and the player to retrieve all data of SoftCircle's activities under the fortress to help in the transfer of control over their facility to the National Aeronautics and Research Administration. The Bureau then found Yuila's laptop and gave it to Taraji for retrieval, but Henri said that as soon as he started transferring the files to an external drive, the files began self-destructing. After informing N.A.R.A. head Dominic Chadov-Woodhull of the situation, she accompanied the player to The Glutton's office, where they found the override device. They then went to Yuila to force her to unlock the device before sending it to Taraji, who was able to retrieve enough files to build a case against SoftCircle and aid N.A.R.A. in their administration over Africa.

Meanwhile, Carl told the team that his sister Anabel was planning to resign from the Bureau, saying that she was unfit to be an officer trainee due to the traumatic past of child abuse. With the help of Henri, Shaheen and the player compiled a video of their father's time in the Bureau before abusing to convince her to stay in the Bureau. After Anabel changed her mind with her resignation, she decided to take a brief break to take her brother to Buenos Aires to get over the harrowing events surrounding Lion Heart and SoftCircle. After Glenda's funeral and wanting to know why The Pride wanted to unleash Novela Veronavirus MKII to the global, Stephanie told the Bureau to go to South America and arrest "The Wrath" and the co. before they could unleash Novela Veronavirus MKII into the Amazon River.

## Suspects

**Alex Van Rooyen**
Head of Virology
 **Blood** | A+

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect knows pharmacy.
* The suspect reads *Sharp Things*.

**Yulia Chadov**
SoftCircle CEO
 **Blood** | A-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect knows pharmacy.
* The suspect eats Kedjenou.
* The suspect reads *Sharp Things*.
* The suspect has bag under eyes.

**Toby Newhouse**
Ecologist
 **Blood** | B-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect knows pharmacy.
* The suspect eats Kedjenou.
* The suspect reads *Sharp Things*.
* The suspect has bag under eyes.
* The suspect's blood type is B-.

**Carl Thompson**
Anabel's Younger Brother
 **Blood** | B-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect knows pharmacy.
* The suspect eats Kedjenou.
* The suspect reads *Sharp Things*.
* The suspect's blood type is B-.

**Pierre Eyenga**
Congo Ambassador
 **Blood** | B-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect eats Kedjenou.
* The suspect's blood type is B-.

## Quasi-suspect(s)

**Peter Vasuni**
President
 **Blood** | O+

**Dominic Chadov-Woodhull**
Head of N.A.R.A.
 **Blood** | O-

**Anabel Thompson**
Officer Trainee
 **Blood** | A+

## Killer's Profile

* The killer knows pharmacy.
* The killer eats Kedjenou.
* The killer reads *Sharp Things*.
* The killer has bag under eyes.
* The killer's blood type is B-.