Dr. Anton Szymanska

**Dr. Anton Szymanska** was the victim in The Good Doctor (Case #3 of Crimson County).

## Biographical Information

### Affiliation

Gustave Mink Memorial Hospital
 Project Mercury

### Occupation

Chief Of Staff at Gustave Mink Memorial Hospital

## Info

Until his death, Anton was the 58-year-old Chief Of Staff at Gustave Mink Memorial Hospital. He was of slightly portly build and had tan skin, as well as brown hair and brown eyes. He had gray streaks in his hair and freckles, and wore a gold watch on his left wrist. He also wore a white doctor's coat with 'A. Szymanska' sewn into it, over what appears to be a business suit, with suit shoes to match.

## Murder Details

Anton was found shot at point blank range in his office by Alessio and the player. Upon being autopsied, Jae-hyun mentioned that, even though the gunshot wound would've killed Szymanska instantly, the killer appeared to have taken something from around his neck - a lanyard of sorts - and held onto his neck to do so. He then went on to say that he found isopropanol and chlorhexidine in the liquid left on the victim's neck, both of which are found commonly in hand sanitiser. And since hand sanitiser isn't likely to be applied to one's neck by themselves, it meant the killer used it.

Later on, Alessio and the player acquired the gun used to kill Szymanska from a bag discovered by Gordon Ustinovas, as analysis from Jackson showed that it had been wiped clean by antiseptic, but was most definitely the weapon used to murder Anton. He then went on to point out that there were pink fibres trapped in a part of the gun, which indicated that the killer wore pink when they killed Szymanska.

## Relationship With Suspects

Szymanska had unique relationships with the arcane of people he worked closely with prior to his murder, as his paths crossed with Vincent Forsyth recurrently, as Forsyth had been the one who implemented the robots into Szymanska's hospital upon suggestion from the robot suppliers, as Forsyth grew angry with Szymanska treating some robots like slaves, which caused one robot to short-circuit. One of few robots Szymanska did appreciate was SUSIE-Q, a robotic healthcare assistant, who often witnessed Szymanska being inappropriate or rude towards patients when he thought they were not looking, upsetting them, as they were made to uphold a good standard of treatment and care. In his workplace, Szymanska also butted heads with Dr. Aniya Kahn, as he did not see the point in her work as a geneticist, and had the intention of firing her prior to his murder, while he also had an ongoing rivalry with Gordon Ustinovas, who funded the palliative care unit that Szymanska was planning to close down in favour of a café. Szymanska also recently welcomed Dr. Kai Hekekeia to the hospital, but made a bad impression when he triggered Hekekeia's PTSD on purpose.

## Killer And Motives

In the end, Gordon was revealed to be the killer.

Upon being apprehended, Gordon denied the accusations repeatedly before cracking and confessing to the murder. He admitted that in the last year, he had grown addicted to pharmaceutical substances provided to him under the table by Szymanska in order to hide his knowledge regarding Szymanska's unsafe practices on a numerous amount of unknown patients. However, when Szymanska ended his unsavoury practices after his fellow doctors found out, Gordon was no longer able to feed his addiction, and so decided to try and force Szymanska into giving him drugs by holding him at gunpoint. However, Szymanska blatantly ignored Gordon as he spoke to him, which pushed Gordon over the edge, as he then shot Szymanska in the head, killing him. Surprised by the honesty of Gordon's account, Judge Freeman sentenced him to 15 years in prison for the murder.