Joseph Stone

**Joseph Stone** was a suspect in the murder investigation of old lady Petunia Mayfield in If You Go Into The Woods Today (Case #6 Of Zorro Island), as well as making being a quasi-suspect in There Ain't No Cure For Murder (Case #9 of Zorro Island). He also made a minor appearance in The Dead Housewife Of Zorro (Case #4 Of Zorro Island). After all of this, he is murdered in My Shot (Case #10 of Zorro Island).

## Info

Joseph was a member of the FBI, who worked alongside the late Isadora Belaronga. He wore a black puffer jacket with his FBI badge pinned on, as well as black pants underneath.

It is known that he ate forest fruit salad.

## Events Of Zorro Island

### If You Go Into The Woods Today

Joseph became a suspect when he entered the cabin and mistook the player and Axelle for the people who killed Petunia, and attempted to arrest them before Axelle revealed that they were members of ZIPD. Joseph then said that he had been patrolling the area to arrest any suspected hunters, but he hadn't found any.

Joseph was spoken to again about planting a bug in Petunia's living room. Joseph then claimed that he had been asked also to look into the death of Maisie Mayfield, Petunia's daughter, so he had planted the bug in the house whilst Petunia was out shopping, and he had run off directly afterward. When asked about Maisie, Joseph refused to share information and asked Axelle and the player to leave.

In the end, Marjorie Buckthorn was arrested for the murder, but Joseph was spoken to by Chief Mendes and the player about illegal hunters and how to catch them, to which Joseph advised that they find evidence that the hunters had killed something recently, and then they could arrest them. He then asked the player how they had known Isadora, and said that he had worked with her.

### There Ain't No Cure For Murder

Joseph appeared as a quasi-suspect following Jacinta Harmer's sentencing to discuss the identity of the 'Grizzly', who he had been investigating since the court bombing. He then said that he had the identity of the leader, but appeared to have dropped it on the hiking path. When Javier and the player found the file untouched, they returned it to Joseph, who said that the identity of 'Grizzly' was none other than Cassandra Blackmoor. He then implored that the player arrest her, leading Joseph, alongside Javier and the player, to interrogate Sebastian Blackmoor regarding his sister's location, and the trio then having to rush to the hunting ground to arrest her.

## Murder Details

Joseph was found shot multiple times in the stomach in the middle of a forest clearing. Upon autopsy, Rosa confirmed that the killer was aiming for the stomach as to have him experience more pain as he died. She would then go on to say that the shots were absolutely remarkable, as Francesco confirmed so, meaning that the killer was a sharpshooter.

Later on, Francesco, Axelle and the player find the rifle he was shot with in a pile of stones, as Francesco examines it. Francesco says that while nothing in particular is there that *he* could analyse, he sent a sample to Pedro for analysis. Pedro says that the stain on the gun in an ointment used to treat and get rid of bruises, and since Joseph didn't have any bruises and he certainly didn't shoot himself, the killer has a bruise.

## Relationship with Suspects

Joseph filed a restraining order against his ex Andi McGuiness after she attempted to kill him, while he was on the hunt for Cassandra Blackmoor. Sebastian Blackmoor was one of his key informants, as he works for a shifty business, but Sebastian was actually blackmailed into keeping the contract. Guthrie Zober and Joseph had a one night stand when both were very drunk, but Joseph seemed to harbour unrequited feelings for Guthrie. Rue Jenkins was on the FBI watchlist for quite some time following her actions in the past, but she was recently taken off.

## Killer And Motives

The killer, to nobody's surprise, was Cassandra.

Cassandra would immediately confess, saying that she while she was not 'Grizzly', she had been ordered by them to kill anyone who tried to put a stop to the league, and she had noticed Joseph following her in the woods, leading her to shoot him multiple times to kill him and stop the FBI from following her. Cassandra would accidentally let slip that 'Grizzly' was another one of their suspects, before Judge Vargas sentenced her to life in prison for criminal conspiracy and the murder of Joseph Stone.

It would later be revealed that Rue was 'Grizzly', and she would also get life in prison.