Illegal Duty

"*A murder behind the walls of the Wichita Psychiatric Hospital pushes the officer trainee's sanity to the limit! Can you wrap your head around the clues and put a stop to the madness?*"
– Case Teaser

**Illegal Duty** is a case featured in Criminal Case Third Line: World Dominant, appearing as the 52th case of the game. It is the fourth case set in North America.

## Plot

Anabel, Hisao, and the player went to Wichita Psychiatric Hospital to talk to Beth Thompson regarding the rat experiments under SoftCircle's fortress, only to find her beheaded in the hospital courtyard. With Anabel emotionally unable to continue the investigation, Hisao took care of her while Stephanie took over as the player’s new partner.

The five people were labelled as suspects: Timothy Jones (orderly), Keith Mahaleo (psychiatric patient), Dr. Patricia Mallow (therapist), Laurence Thompson (trade negotiator and father of Anabel and Carl), and Cuthbert Spenceley (prisoner).

Mid-investigation, the Bureau (along with orderly Timothy Jones) calmed down a group of distressed patients who had learned of Beth's death and The Pride's threats. Later, a grieving Carl told the team that he was going to murder his father (Beth's killer) for abusing him and his sister before breaking down into tears, causing Hisao to lead him back to Anabel's office. The Bureau would then find enough clues to arrest trade negotiator Laurence Thompson (Anabel and Carl's abusive father) for the murder.

Upon admitting to the murder, Laurence explained that he was blackmailed by someone who told him that his niece Beth hacking Seven Deadly Sins' cult society webpage and told him to kill her to protect The Pride's identity from being expose. Fear that The Pride's website will be hacked so soon and realizing it was his duty to protect the leader without exposing, Laurence then shutdown Beth's computer and warn her that he'll make Anabel happy if he want to kill her out of honor in the name of Thompson family. Beth, freaking out at the prospect of hacking the webpage to uncovering The Pride's identity, started screaming, threatening to call out the guards. In a panic over getting arrested, Laurence grabbed an axe and beheading her to keep quiet. By virtue of the relationships between the Thompson and The Pride, and understanding that Laurence had committing the honor killing on his niece to protect his children, Judge Palamo granted him freedom for the crime, custody of his daughter and sending Carl to foster care, much to Carl's anger and sadness.

During Bearer of Bad News (4/8), Carl cries out for help and the Bureau rushed Anabel to the hospital after she had attempted suicide via overdose on pesticide to escape from her father's abuse. Maggie Fairchild and the player went to the hospital common room and found a bottle of flumazenil, which Hao used to synthesize an antidote to the pesticide in Anabel's system. After talking to a now-conscious Anabel and to Dr Patricia Mallow for advice, the Bureau went back to Beth's room and found the letters Beth had written to Anabel as part of her therapy. The Bureau then showed the letters to Carl and convinced him that Beth would have wanted Anabel to be happy, giving Carl back the will to fight for his sister's life, away from their abusive father.

Meanwhile, Laurence told Kevin and the player that he had installed a hidden camera in his niece's room to record her hacking. The Bureau found the camera which contained a recording of Beth tries to hacking The Pride webpage to revealing his true identity, corroborating Laurence's claims. Chief Fowler then authorized Barry to autopsy Beth once again, whereupon he found that Beth's occipital lobe was exposed to a different Solarvir derivative than Remedio, confirming her exposure to Veronavirus' infection. Rosamund Davis then told the team that the Supraomega serum was merely a side effect of the drug.

After all the events, Liang Cheng-Davis has been promoted as Administrative Assistant while Stephanie Wilcox step down to become the new officer after Anabel quitting of being officer cadet due to mentally breakdown, as well as Taraji promoted as Tech Expert after Henri's retirement. After promotion, the Bureau decided to go to the Wolf TV Station in Liberty City to look further into Laurence's past and about President Klump's plan.

## Suspects

**Timothy Jones**
Orderly
 **Blood** | A+

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect uses mint toothpaste.
* The suspect's blood type is A+.
* The suspect wears "I Vote Klump" badge.

**Keith Mahaleo**
Former Fortress Scientist
 **Blood** | B-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect uses mint toothpaste.
* The suspect has a pollen allergy.
* The suspect is Capricorn.

**Dr. Patricia Mallow**
Therapist
 **Blood** | A+

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect has a pollen allergy.
* The suspect is Capricorn.
* The suspect's blood type is A+.
* The suspect wears "I Vote Klump" badge.

**Laurence Thompson**
Trade Negotiator
 **Blood** | A+

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect uses mint toothpaste.
* The suspect has a pollen allergy.
* The suspect is Capricorn.
* The suspect's blood type is A+.
* The suspect wears "I Vote Klump" badge.

**Cuthbert Spenceley**
Prisoner
 **Blood** | A-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect has a pollen allergy.

## Quasi-suspect(s)

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

**Maggie Fairchild**
Anabel's Girlfriend
 **Blood** | A+

**Rosamund Davis**
Historian
 **Blood** | B-

## Killer's Profile

* The killer uses mint toothpaste.
* The killer has a pollen allergy.
* The killer is Capricorn.
* The killer's blood type is A+.
* The killer wears "I Vote Klump" badge.