Dig Your Innocence

**Dig Your Innocence** is the eighteenth case of Criminal Case: Mysteries of Turkey. It is the fifty-eight case overall. The third case in Black Sea Region. It is situated in Sinop, Turkey.

* Previous Case: Up Your Eyes
* Next Case: An Evil Truth
* Partner: Arslan Öztürk

## Plot

The team arrived in Sinop in order to eliminate the threat that HG would cause, before they arrive here. Taylan says that the HG is already their main problem and now we have the mole in our hands, he says that Onur's thinking of establishing a resistance organisation is correct, and we should try to help him and also support him in this situation. Cassandra runs to us, she was catching her breath, Arslan says that what happened that she came here running, she tells us that she has found Elif found at some old styled cottage, and she was saying that she witnessed a murder. Arslan then gets shocked and we follow Cassandra, we reach to the cottage and we see Elif covered with scars and bruises, and was panicking. Cassandra took her to the station, we investigate the crime scene, and found the body of Metin Akyüz, he was hit on the head, by something really sharp. We see chains and sticks besides the body, we send the body for autopsy. We decide to interrogate Elif, she was panicking, we ask her how did she end up here, she begins by saying that when Onur was stabbed by Mert, she was at the hospital, but one night, she was knocked out by someone, when Onur was still getting the treatment. When she gained unconsciousness, she noticed that she was being kidnapped, and ran from the car successfully, however last night Matthew had kidnapped her, and in the morning, she witnessed a murder. We ask if she knew the victim, she says she doesn't know anything about the victim. Merve was telling us that she recently found out that Amanda Mackay had known the victim, as they both had rumoured to date back in 2019, Arslan says that is interesting and we interrogate her about this. Amanda tells us that when back in 2019, Metin and her were spotted at a café in Warwick, and this made a rumour they were dating, however this wasn't the case, they both met a soirée and became good friends, and that was it. Arslan whispers to himself that something else was the reason. Eylül arrives at the station, and says she will pursue her duties, however Arslan said that she should rest, Eylül then says that she was getting bored so decided to come here. We search the victim's car, and we find a watch, similar that as of Mert, we were puzzled that how it ended up here. We interrogate Mert about it, although we were thinking if he wasn't brainwashed anymore. He tells us that he accidentally had dropped his watch here, he said that he bumped into Metin, and might have dropped his watch. Judging from his attitude, it didn't look like he was still brainwashed. At the precinct, we were discussing details, Eylül comes to us and says that she remember seeing Matthew outside the crime scene.

Mid-investigation, Eylül approaches us and tells us that she had seen Matthew wandering around the crime scene, Arslan then sighed and said that he doesn't to see his face, but since it's his job, he has to do it, before Matthew could cause anything. We reach to the crime scene, and Arslan says to Matthew "Fucker, what the heck are you doing", Matthew turns around and didn't utter a word, we took him to the station, we ask him what he was doing outside of the crime scene, he says that he was just here because he heard of a murder, and nothing else, and then said whatever we do, nothing could stop them taking over the country, Arslan then crushes Matthew's hand and kicks him to the wall, and then we go off. Arslan then says that Matthew deserved it, Zeynep was passing by, when she heard it, she runs to us and says "Ha fabulous, that fucker deserved it", then both Arslan and Zeynep give each other high five. We proceed to find other clues, Merve calls us and says that she needs to see us somewhere outside, because she wants to tell us about something concerning. We arrive at the mentioned place, Merve was standing there, we ask her what happened, she tells us that she didn't want to tell about that in the department. She says that she was digging through HG's past, and she found out that nine years ago, Tierre had appealed the leader to join HG, but then she changed her mind. Shocked on this, we interrogate Tierre about this, she starts sweating and reveals that she indeed wanted to join HG, but that was just being forced on her by Liesbeth, she never had any intention in joining it, and ended up denying it. Arslan then believes her, but we still need to keep an eye on her. On the hand, Zeynep and Eylül were being suspicious on Tierre. Arslan then says it might be true what Tierre had said, but Eylül then says "You're too naive, my bro". Following it, we proceed to find more clues, we find out an old newspaper lying on the crime scene, and in the news, Metin had been accused of harassment by Elif, we were shocked about that, we interrogate Elif about this, she tells us that two years ago, she was going somewhere and Metin had blocked her way, and was trying to harass her, however she got away in time, and when Onur and Mert heard about it, both of them had gave a nice beating to Metin, and he was then fined for harassment, which also revealed that he was accused of harassments by different other women. On the other hand, there was another news that Amanda Mackay had tried to kill Metin, however she never succeeded and had to suffer prison sentence of one month, we interrogate her. She confesses that Metin was trying to get into her life, and wanted to take all her money, by killing her, but she had to save herself, and tried to kill Metin, but never succeeded. Amanda then sighs that he is now dead, and she wouldn't care about him anymore. At the precinct, we were discussing details, Cassandra comes to us, and says that Mert and Amanda are shouting on each other.

Mid-investigation, Cassandra tells us that Mert and Amanda have been fighting and shouting on each other, we arrive there, and we see Mert constantly shouting on her and saying that she ruined his life. Amanda then said she doesn’t know anything about, he is just wrongly accusing her, she says that she didn't know about him, until they had their first encounter, but Mert says she is lying. Amanda then goes off, and we interrogate Mert about this fighting, he tells us that from the first day he met Amanda, he started liking her, but he also was loyal to Ceren, however somehow he started ignoring Ceren, and paid attention towards Amanda, however one part of him wanted to escape from this, he said that he doesn't what's going on with him. Mert mentions that Amanda had mentioned knowing about Matthew, this rose our suspicion on Amanda, and we interrogate Matthew again. As usual, Matthew started flirting, however Arslan the gave him a punch and he stopped, we asked Matthew about knowing Amanda. Matthew reveals that he and Amanda were schoolmates, although Amanda originally studied in London, but for sometime, her family shifted to Liverpool, and they both studied in the same school, he reveals that they got along well, since they both had similar likings, and both of them became famous for being the gangsters of the school, however when he was 16, she moved back to London. We were suspicious on Amanda now, we later find out that Tierre was being threatened by Metin, we interrogate her. She confesses that Metin was forcing her to form a relationship with him, and even forced her to break up with Nadeem when they were planning to get engaged, and she didn't want to break his heart, that's why decided to leave the department. Arslan says that we should unmask Demeter and the mole real quick. In the end, we had enough evidence to incriminate Mert Yılmaz for the murder. Upon admitting, Mert says that he was forced to kill Metin, he had no intention in killing him, he elaborates that he was being forced by Demeter and Matthew to kill Metin, because they fell that he was no need of of them, and was to be eliminated, although he remembered everything that he was brainwashed by them. Demeter and Matthew had break out Metin from prison, and then took him to Mert, and Matthew had handed over the shovel to Mert, and ordered him to murder Metin, Mert disagreed that he couldn’t commit a crime like this, Matthew then said "Oh really", Matthew then grabs Elif and points a gun at her and says ”If you won't kill him, she won’t see tomorrow" Mert then says ”Leave her alone”, Matthew then grabs a knife and make a cut on Elif's arm, and then said "Is that enough", Mert then agreed that he’ll kill him. Matthew then smirks and says "That's it" and throws Elif to another corner, and Demeter takes her away. Matthew moves forward and points a gun at him, and Demeter to his other side, Mert grabs the shovel, and closes his eyes, and started hitting Metin, until he stopped moving, following the murder, Demeter and Matthew then said "Fabulous", and Mert stood there regretting what he had done, but he had to do this for protecting his sister. We ask him if he could tell us who Demeter is, he said it was time he tell them about her identity, but before he could say anything, someone shot him.

After Mert's confession, he was shot by someone, Arslan went outside to see who was it, but there was no one, he immediately ran to Mert, and he was bleeding, we immediately rushed him to the nearest hospital before losing anytime. At the station, Zeynep and Merve were talking to each other that how HG has ruined so many lives, and we still have a mole on our hands, and we don't know who is that, although everyone's current suspicion was Tierre. Merve says that she is neutral about Tierre at the moment, because she believe that Liesbeth had forced her to join HG, because she was like that, and the whole world knows about her. Zeynep then says that we all know what happened with Liesbeth and her goons, and we don't want Tierre to suffer the same fate too. Elif comes to us crying, she tells us that she wants to go the hospital, and we take her there. When she reached there, Onur was already present there, she then puts her head on his shoulder and starts crying that all happened because of her, Onur then consoles her and says she shouldn't think like that, he then follows to say that he'll make Matthew suffer for what he has done to her and Mert. Elif then asks Onur, if he had informed Ceren about it, he nods and says that she will be here soon. Back at the station, Arslan was still blaming himself that he couldn't find the person who had shot Mert. Matthew then comes to us and smirks that how fool we are that we cannot understand their tricks, Arslan then throws a bottle at him, and curses him. Matthew then goes off, and we see Amanda appearing at the same time, and both of them ignoring each other. Arslan noticed all this and peered Amanda with questioning eyes, Amanda comes to us, she was really frightened, she says that she was being followed by someone, and she also has been receiving constant threats from Demeter and her goons. Arslan doesn't believe her and asks her to present some proofs to him, and she does it, there were indeed threatening messages she had received from Demeter. Following we were done with the conversation, we receive a call from Mélodie who says that she wants to see us. We arrive to her, she says that she truly realised that her father loves her, and had killed Murat because he had harassed her, and now she wants to fight his case, and prove his innocence, and for that she needs our help. Since Bryan knew enough about law, he was hiring a lawyer to fight Avtandil's case, however for that purposes, Bryan has been called to Georgia, and he is currently there, and she is here alone by herself. She also tells us that Onur had offered her to join his resistance organisation and she agreed on that, and she wants to go to hospital to console them. When we reach there, Elif and Ceren were sitting there, and Onur was standing outside the operation ward. The doctors come out, and Onur asks them if Mert was doing alright, the doctors gave a unfortunate look to Onur, and said that Mert couldn't make it, this news caused the three to be broken into pieces, Onur then shouted on the doctor, that he is lying, there could've been a way to save him. In agony, he goes off from there and yells the following "Matthew and Demeter will pay for this". Mélodie then proceeds to console both Ceren and Elif, and Arslan runs behind Onur.

Back at the station, the team had heard about Mert's demise, and everyone went sad, however at the same time Mert comes at the station, and Cassandra starts yelling and says "Ghost", everyone else also panicked, Mert then calms them down and says that whoever told them about his fake death was lying, he only had received a slight shot and now is perfectly fine. Zeynep then calls to Arslan, and inform him about the situation, he was astounded, and informs Onur that the news was fake. We all then rush back to the hospital, and tell about this news to Elif and Ceren. Onur then goes inside the operation ward to confront the doctor who had spread the fake news, however there was no sign of someone, Onur only found a note pinned to the wall which said "You will never know who that doctor was", and it was signed by Matthew. Since we knew that Mert was alive, we rush back to the station, after arriving there, Onur goes to Mert, and hugs him that he is alive, and now remembers him too, Mert then says that he remembers everything, and now he'll team up with them and defeat HG, but he had committed a murder, however according to the court, he wasn't responsible for it, as it was forced. We receive a call from Mélodie that HG's next place is Trabzon, and we should be there real quick.

## Suspects

Elif Yılmaz

Witness

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect is right-handed.
* The Suspect eats sushi.

Suspect's Appearance:

* The Suspect wears a watch.

Amanda Mackay

Socialite

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect is right-handed.
* The Suspect eats sushi.
* The Suspect likes puzzles.

Mert Yılmaz

Brainwashed Youth

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect is right-handed.
* The Suspect eats sushi.
* The Suspect likes puzzles.

Suspect's Appearance:

* The Suspect wears a watch.

Matthew Erickson

HG's Co-leader

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect is right-handed.
* The Suspect eats sushi.
* The Suspect likes puzzles.

Tierre Anderiesen

Weapons Expert

Suspect's Profile:

* The Suspect eats sushi.
* The Suspect likes puzzles.

Suspect's Appearance:

* The Suspect wears a watch.

## Killer's Profile

* The Killer is right-handed.
* The Killer eats sushi.
* The Killer likes puzzles.
* The Killer is under 25.
* The Killer wears a watch.