Wasted Millions

Even the big guys have problems...

**Wasted Millions** is the 6th case in Island Investigations, the 1st case to occur at Matnette Industries, as well as the 389th case overall.

## ***Plot***

After we get information about shady practices going on at the Matnette Industries from Forest Gurray, We head there and ask the locals if they've seen anything suspicious. While we ask questions, We bump into Factory Owner, Kim Krause. We ask Kim if he's seen anything suspicious to which he reply's no. However, he does help us by taking us to another Factory Owner, Mick Dagger. He says Mick might help us since he knows the area like the back of his hand. When we arrive at Mick's office in his factory, We find him dead on his desk. We clear the area to find multiple things. We find a torn check with a faded name, a broken locket, and a bloody dagger. We question Kim first and he says Mick was like a friend to him and he wouldn't dare hurt him. After Mick's autopsy, We get the results and we find traces of contact cleaner. We send the dagger to Karen Wilson, the team's lab chief, who finds traces of hand sanitizer on the handle. We then retrieve the faded name and find out that the check was going to a certain factory worker by the name of Mike Swift. We tell Mike about the murder to which he acts shocked. He says Mick was a good boss and that he was sad that he was killed. We then repair the broken locket to find a picture of a woman. We run the picture of the women through our databases to find out that the woman is Mick's wife, Kimberly Dagger. We tell Kimberly about her husband's murder which causes her to cry. She says Mick was her everything and that without him, she would be nothing. She also gives us a tip saying Mick was often at the Matnette Barbershop. We search the barbershop to find multiple different clues again. We find a ripped up business card, a poster with the words "Vote for Omar!" and a handkerchief covered in blood. We send the handkerchief to the lab to find it contains Mick's blood and Spaghetti Sauce. We then decide to investigate Politician, Omar Barrack whose face was on the poster. We ask him if he knew Mick to which he responds saying Mick was one of his biggest supporters. He says he won't let his death go in vain and he'll win for him. We then fix the torn business card to find it belonged to a CEO named Wilburn Pennybags. We question Wilburn if he knew Mick to which he replies saying he did and that he often did business with Mick. We then get a call from Kim, saying he's stuck somewhere in Mick's factory. We head there looking for Kim, and while we're there, We hear a loud bang in the factory basement. We check down there to find Kim, covered in trash. We question Kim why he's down here to which he responds saying he was looking for something. This prompts us to look around in the basement. We find multiple things such as a faded piece of paper, a torn bank document, a threatening letter, and the other piece of the check that Mike was given. We send the letter to the lab to find traces of motor oil. We retrieve the faded piece of paper to find out it was a divorce document. When we ask Kimberly if she knew this, she begins crying again asking why would Mick want to leave her. We then repair the torn bank document to find out Mick was going to purchase some of Kim's Factories. When we ask Kim if he knew this, he responds by saying he obviously knew and that he was down there because he wanted to try and burn the document. We then retrieve the other piece of the check to find out that this was Mike's final check. When we ask Mike if he knew this, He responds by saying yes and that he hated Mick as a boss as he was abusive to his staff. We then decide to check Mick's office again to see if there are any more clues there. We find a multitude of things such as a note saying "Traitor!" which is from Omar, a blank check which has the words "That's too much money, Mick!", and a paper covered in blood, We send the paper covered in blood to the lab and which we find out that theirs another blood type on the paper which is O-. We then question Omar about the meaning of the note and which he replies saying Mick helped fund his political campaign and promised to hire a graphic designer to help with advertisements. Instead, he got those graphic designers to run a campaign against him and when Omar confronted him, Mick laughed in his face and said that he’ll never make it in the political field. We then Wilburn about his note and he says When Mick was first starting out, he gave him a large loan to start his factory and Mick promised to pay it back when he could. Once Mick became rich, he kept all the money and banned him from entering his property. We then decide that we have enough evidence to make an arrest and call all our suspects to the interrogation room.

## ***Killer and Motives***

The killer turned out to be Mike.

Mike killed Mick because he fired a lot of his employees after he decided to open another factory and hire new workers. Mike was working for Mick for 6 years, and when he started a strike against the closing, Mick came out with his security people and got a few people shot to death in front of the factory. Mike was called in for his last receipt, but while Mick was signing it, Mike grabbed Mick's favorite dagger and stabbed him in the heart and neck

Judge Sakura sentenced Mike to 30 years in prison with a chance of parole for 25 years.

## ***Suspects***

***Wilburn PennybagsOmar BarrackMike SwiftKimberly DaggerKim Krause***
## ***Killer's Profile***

* **The killer uses hand sanitizer**
* **The killer eats spaghetti**
* **The killer rides a motorcycle**
* **The killer has glasses**
* **The killer's blood type is O-**