Hurler on the Ditch

"*There’s been a murder at the farmer's market! Hold your breath and watch your step as you take the killer's last ditch!*"
– Case Teaser

**Hurler on the Ditch** is a case featured in Criminal Case Third Line: World Dominant, appearing as the 44th case of the game. It is the second case set in South America.

## Plot

Anabel and the player went to the farmer's market in Talca early to investigate the two business companies in South America LosCultivos and HungerAmazon, only to find the body of Chilean vegetable seller Dulce Ortega with her skull crashed from blunt force trauma.

The five people were labelled as suspects: Bruno Magro (HungerAmazon CEO), Josefina Bustos (cheesemaker), Alejandro de la Fuente (LosCultivos CEO), Valentina Zambrano (cattle farmer), and Father Fortunato (priest).

While searching for investigations, Anabel and the player found the branding iron with a symbol of The Wrath. But soon, the killer grabs Anabel by the feet and attempt to drag her into the basement, but the player kicked it in the face before the escaped from the museum.

Mid-investigation, the Bureau had to evacuate the LosCultivos facility with CEO Alejandro de la Fuente after an explosion occurred committed by The Wrath's cult. Later, cheesemaker Josefina Bustos rescued Anabel and Maggie from a cow stampede. However in the end, they found enough clues to incriminate fellow cattle farmer Valentina Zambrano for the murder.

Admitting to the murder, Valentina said that she had a crush on Father Fortunato, but knew it could not be because of his vow of celibacy. However, when she noticed that Fortunato was starting to have desires for Dulce, Valentina remembered how Dulce had stolen her boyfriend from her in their youth. Thinking of Dulce as a "man-stealing demon", Valentina bashed her skull with a farm shovel and branded her with The Wrath symbol in honor for her master. Judge Palamo sentenced her to 40 years in prison.

During The Immortal Sin (2/6), Agent Viola Roberts recommended to player and Kevin to visit Father Fortunato, who told the team that Alejandro had contacted him to ask for a briefcase he had left behind in the church. The team found the briefcase, which (per Henri) contained files detailing a strategy wherein they would destroying the library, unleash the Novela Veronavirus across Amazon River and sell a stock of vegetable seedlings at a lower price in order to create a pandemic on South America. The Bureau confronted Alejandro, who claimed that LosCultivos had acquired the files from HungerAmazon, meaning that HungerAmazon wanted to infecting indigenous people of South America with this virus and thus was allied with "The Wrath".

Meanwhile, the player helped Maggie give Anabel a statue of Liberty sculpted out of cheese (with help from Hao and Abel) before accompanying Darko and his wife, Natalya Yakushev, to the Chilean rodeo per Anabel's request for their son Anatolii's birthday. After all the events, the Bureau resolved to go to the HungerAmazon offices in La Paz and demand answers from their CEO about indigenous people's extermination with Veronavirus.

## Suspects

**Bruno Magro**
HungerAmazon CEO
 **Blood** | A-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect uses face cream.
* The suspect's blood type is A-.
* The suspect wears sunglasses.

**Josefina Bustos**
Cheesemaker
 **Blood** | O+

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect drinks mote con huesillo.
* The suspect has a panel van.

**Alejandro de la Fuente**
LosCultivos CEO
 **Blood** | O-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect drinks mote con huesillo.
* The suspect has a panel van.
* The suspect uses face cream.
* The suspect wears sunglasses.

**Valentina Zambrano**
Cattle Farmer
 **Blood** | A-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect drinks mote con huesillo.
* The suspect has a panel van.
* The suspect uses face cream.
* The suspect's blood type is A-.
* The suspect wears sunglasses.

**Father Fortunato**
Priest
 **Blood** | A-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect drinks mote con huesillo.
* The suspect has a panel van.
* The suspect uses face cream.
* The suspect's blood type is A-.

## Quasi-suspect(s)

**Darko Yakushev**
Weapon Expert
 **Blood** | B+

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

## Killer's Profile

* The killer drinks mote con huesillo.
* The killer has a panel van.
* The killer uses face cream.
* The killer's blood type is A-.
* The killer wears sunglasses.