Guthrie Zober

**Guthrie Zober** was a suspect in the murder investigations of three people in the Woodlands, before going on to kill romance guru Akira Hime in The Last Laugh (Case #14 of Zorro Island). He appeared as a suspect once again in the murder investigations of murderer Howard Emery in Boom (Case #25 of Zorro Island) and fellow prisoner Cruz Alvarez in Jailbroken (Case #29 of Zorro Island).

## Guthrie Zober

### Affiliation

Woodland Treats Bakery  (Formerly)
 The United States Armed Forces  (Formerly; Discharged)

## Info

Guthrie is a 32-year-old baker from the woodlands. He has a muscly build, green eyes and brown hair tied up in a bun. Guthrie wears a long sleeved shirt with three buttons, with the first two undone, and has a noticeable eagle tattoo on his chest. He wears an apron over the shirt and jeans, which says 'Woodland Treats' on it.

In his first suspect appearance, it is known that he eats trail mix, knows explosives and uses Natural Essences shampoo.

In his second suspect appearance, Guthrie ditched the apron and dons a brown jacket, and he has a leaf on his right shoulder. It is known that he knows martial arts and listens to the *Murdertales* podcast.

In his third suspect appearance, it is known that he is a sharpshooter and he drinks mushroom juice.

In his fourth suspect appearance, he dons a heart badge on his apron, and it is known that he knows chemistry, speaks Japanese and wears crocs.

In his fifth suspect appearance, he wears a prison jumpsuit, and it is known that he knows explosives and owns a husky.

In his sixth suspect appearance, he has a dirt stain on his clothes, and it is known that he knows anatomy, does yoga and has read *Macbeth*.

## Events of Zorro Island

### Gunshots And Grenades

Guthrie was flagged as a suspect when Rhea and the player found his military tags in a pile of leaves at the hunting ground. When asked what he was doing at the hunting ground, Guthrie would go on to say that he was getting something for his sister, who was currently in chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer, and saw someone heading there and ran away. Guthrie would then slyly flirt with Rhea, embarrassing the latter and leading her to blush. Guthrie would then reveal that he was part of the military and had an extensive knowledge of explosives, but was adamant that he didn't kill Ellis.

Guthrie was spoken to again by Rhea and the player when they found a coded note from Ellis to 'Grizzly' talking about how he had attempted to recruit a 'military man' and 'bread-head'. Guthrie would admit to being approached by Ellis to join the league, but Guthrie then said that he actually refused the offer from Ellis, saying that he would never hurt another human or animal again after his experience in the army. When asked if Ellis ever spoke to him again, Guthrie said that Ellis would harass him persistently to join the military, causing Rhea to wonder whether he would snap and kill him.

Guthrie was found to be innocent when Lorna Hunter was found guilty of the murder.

### There Ain't No Cure For Murder

Guthrie was flagged as a suspect when his name was found in the visitation log around the time of Erica's death. Completely shocked by the news of her death, Guthrie said that he had seen her leave the room once and not come back, and he had taken Erin home shortly after. He then reiterated how shocked he was that Erica had died, before leaving.

Guthrie was spoken to once again when Alita analysed a letter written from him to Erica telling her that if she stopped Erica's chemo, he'd stop her life. Upon Javier asking what that meant, Guthrie said that he had overheard Erica talking about ending Erin's chemo with the consulting oncologist, saying that her cancer was too advanced. However, Guthrie said that there had been instances where cancer had been removed at stage four, leading for Javier to say that those circumstances were rare. Guthrie then punched Javier in the face and walked off.

Guthrie was found to be innocent when Jacinta Harmer was found guilty of the murder.

### My Shot

Guthrie was flagged as a suspect when Francesco, Axelle and the player found a bag of donuts from his bakery in Joseph's possession. When asked if Joseph visited the bakery, Guthrie said that he did, and that he was acting rather odd around everyone, looking everywhere around him suspiciously. Upon being asked if he knew Joseph personally, Guthrie would say no, saying that they had met once or twice.

Guthrie would be spoken to once again when Bonita found a message from Joseph's phone to Guthrie saying that he wanted to do 'it' again. Guthrie then admitted that they had hooked up once when Guthrie was very drunk and Joseph was sober, but Guthrie knew the consequences and what would happen, rejecting Joseph every time he attempted to make an advance towards him. He then left abruptly.

Guthrie was found to be innocent when Cassandra Blackmoor was arrested for the murder, and helped Francesco by providing a list of military people who lived in the Woodlands, including Rue Jenkins, who was the mastermind. Guthrie managed to get Rhea's number before she left.

### The Last Laugh

Guthrie was flagged as a suspect for a fourth time after a pastry with one of his napkins wrapping it was found at Akira's stall, meaning Akira had visited Guthrie. Guthrie seemed shocked to discover that Akira had been murdered, before quickly blaming Kaede Shou for the crime, given their past. However, Guthrie still seemed very on edge throughout the questioning, before regaining his composure and offering the detectives baked goods, before leaving.

Guthrie was spoken to once again after he left a note to Akira saying "You're as good as bread.", an obvious death threat towards Akira. Upon being asked about this, Guthrie was quick to defend himself, stating that he did, in fact, mean the message as a joke between friends, as he and Akira had grown close over the time they had spent over the festival. Despite Javier's suspicion, Guthrie continued to tell them about the things he and Akira had done together, before leaving to get some doughnuts out the oven.

In the end, Guthrie was discovered to be the killer. Despite initial denial, Guthrie eventually confessed to the murder, saying that he had come to the festival to sell his Prank Pastries to the masses, which had gone successfully, until Akira posted a negative review of a pastry online and people stopped buying them completely. Despite multiple attempts to get his business back, Akira refused to delete the post, leading to Guthrie putting scorpion venom in the victim's body spray, bought from Kofi Lane, so Akira would die after he sprayed himself with it. Confused by Guthrie's motives but still angered by his act, Judge Vargas sentenced Guthrie to 15 years in prison.

### Boom

Guthrie was flagged as a suspect after Rosa Di Aguilar noticed the remarkable similarities between the bomb used to kill Andrea Delarosa and the one used to kill Howard, as Francesco and the player asked him if he knew anything about that. Guthrie was shocked to find out that Rhea had been hospitalised, repeatedly asking if she was okay until he calmed down and said that he knew nothing about the courthouse bombing, and nothing about the highway bombing either, as he asked that the detectives stop suspecting him of such grandiose attacks.

Guthrie was spoken to once again after Alita examined a love note from Rhea, which turned out to be addressed to Guthrie. Guthrie admitted that he and Rhea were in a relationship, and that they had been since before he was arrested, as she had been visiting him in prison and telling him about all of the cases she and the team had been solving, including the murder of Esteban Sanchez, meaning he knew about Howard going after the team, admitting that he would've done anything to keep Rhea safe, even murder.

Guthrie was found to be innocent when Kenny Rogers was arrested for the murder.

### Jailbroken

Guthrie was flagged as a suspect a sixth time when Lucas and the player found he had been deemed "man of the night" at the local bar, meaning he had been there when he was meant to be in prison. Guthrie admitted to having escaped with five of the other prisoners, as he was shocked to learn of Cruz's murder, saying he had only seen him about ten hours earlier at the railway tunnel with everybody else, as he couldn't believe someone would kill Cruz, as he quickly realised he was being treated as a suspect for it, as he denied killing Cruz, saying he had learnt his lesson the first time, and he wouldn't do it again.

Guthrie was spoken to again after Chief Mendes (filling in for a grieving Juan) informed them that Cruz had received several injuries in a physical altercation with Guthrie, as Lucas and the player confronted him, showing him the incident report found in Cruz's cell as evidence. Guthrie admitted that he had beaten Cruz up, after he had started badmouthing the police, slut-shaming Rhea and goading Guthrie, leading to him punching Cruz and proceeding to beat him a bit. He then said that he had since made amends with Cruz, and he hadn't wanted him dead, saying that if he had, Cruz's face would be dented with fist marks, which concerned Lucas and the player, who quickly left.

Guthrie was found to be innocent when Natalie Milton-Trent was found guilty of the murder.