Pepper Palmer

**Pepper Palmer** (2006-) was a suspect in the murder investigation of police officer Eloise Wood in There Once Was A Cop (Case #19 of Stories Uncaged) before killing police informant Vincenzo Baxter in Not So Fast! (Case #50 of Stories Uncaged).

## Description

Pepper is a 36-year-old reality television show host. In There Once Was A Cop, it is known that Pepper eats olives, wears perfume, and plays *UNO*. In Not So Fast!, it is known that Pepper eats hazelnuts, is right-handed, and eats sausages.

## Events of Stories Uncaged

### There Once Was A Cop

Pepper was first interrogated after chief Zelma Holmwood showed the team an advertisement for her favorite talk show, *"The Late Night Show with Pepper Palmer,"* where Pepper said that she would be interviewing police officer Eloise Wood to try and find out some of the secrets of the Emerald City Police Force. Zelma said that Pepper was known for being particularly brutal to her guests while also being nice to them at the same time, which is how she gained such a large fanbase. When we asked Pepper about her advertisement, she told us that she was waiting for her guest, Eloise, to come and take a seat with her where she would interview her about her life as a police officer in Emerald City. We then informed Pepper that Eloise was murdered and she laughed at us, saying that she never heard anything more absurd than that. She then looked at us and realized we were serious before beginning to panic.

Pepper was interrogated again after the team found Eloise's phone at the station and had tech expert Lillian Henrich analyze it. After analyzing it, Lillian told us that the last message Eloise ever sent was to Pepper, saying, "I know you just want an insider scoop to the police force. Just get over the fact that I'm not doing your show, Pepper!" When we asked Pepper about this, her face turned red and she said that Eloise was an absolute scumbag. She said that she spent weeks, maybe even months, advertising this one episode about her finding out secrets about the police force on live television only for Eloise to come a few days ago and say she's not doing the show since she doesn't want to expose the police force. Pepper called her crazy while she walked away. Pepper then tried texting her kindly to try and win her over again, but nothing worked. Pepper said that she's glad Eloise was dead so she has a proper excuse to not release the episode. Detective Giles Davis then pointed out that Pepper could have very well murdered Eloise to prevent looking incompetent to her large fanbase that Zelma mentioned.

Although she was the primary suspect throughout the investigation, Pepper was found to be innocent after the team incarcerated taxi driver Stanley Burns for Eloise's murder.

### Not So Fast!

Pepper became a suspect after finding her yearbook with her and the victim's picture on it. Pepper said that she knew Vincenzo back then in high school, and they were good friends back then before going on separate ways. Pepper was surprised when Vincenzo is affiliated with the police, and tried to find him to reunite, but failed to do so.

Pepper was questioned again after her ideas for her new show is marked with "CANCELED". Pepper then explained she had the idea to produce a new reality show about the police and their investigation, but her ideas were perceived to be goofy and demoralizing the police by making them buffoons at the show per Vincenzo once the first episode aired before Vincenzo filed a complaint to the show and the show got shut down for it. Pepper was angry at Vincenzo for that, but she said she didn't kill him over a canceled show.

In the end, Pepper was found to be guilty of Vincenzo's murder. We notice how Pepper's eyes changed, so we already know something's not right with her, but we still ask her what happened. She says that idiot really thought he could just spill their secrets to us and survive. She says every rat will be put down as they should be. She gives us the creepiest smile, before collapsing to the ground, blood gushing out of her mouth. We realize it might be too late, but we take her to Brianna to see if she can still be saved since that would be great for us.

## Case Appearances

* There Once Was A Cop (Case #19 of Stories Uncaged)
* Not So Fast! (Case #50 of Stories Uncaged)

## Trivia

* Pepper was a suspect in two cases.
* Pepper is a suggested character.
* Pepper appeared in two districts in Stories Uncaged.
* Pepper appeared in one season.

## Gallery

Pepper, as she appeared in There Once Was A Cop (Case #19 of Stories Uncaged) and Not So Fast! (Case #50 of Stories Uncaged)