Mateo Mcdaniel

**Mateo Mcdaniel** (2016-2042) was a suspect in the murder investigation of wedding guest Max Griffiths in Plus One On Display (Case #15 of Stories Uncaged) before being murdered in No Deal, Just Kill (Case #27 of Stories Uncaged).

## Description

Mateo is a 26-year-old businessman. In Plus One On Display, it is known that Mateo eats wedding cake, enjoys golfing, and wears perfume.

## Events of Stories Uncaged

### Plus One On Display

Mateo became a suspect after a magazine featuring him attending a wedding was found nearby. Mateo introduced himself as a well-known entrepreneur and party-planner and attended the wedding as he was close with the bride Mercedes Moss. When asked about Max, Mateo remembered him during one of his yacht parties, when the two conversed over a glass of champagne.

Mateo has spoken again after we found his golden watch broken. When asked about it, he said wedding guest Max Griffiths broke it. After explaining more, Mateo claimed Max was tired of seeing him bragging about how rich he is, prompting the guest to break his watch to shut him up.

Mateo was found to be innocent after the team incarcerated groom Oliver Moss for Max's murder.

## Murder Details

Mateo was found dead in the auction room, with blood seeping through his face. We realized he died the same way as Olivia Kleiner and Hilda Holland, before shipping his body to Sullivan for autopsy. Sullivan confirmed Mateo indeed got his brains liquefied, before discovering traces of champagne in his collar, and Mateo does not drink alcohol, meaning it may be from the killer.

## Relationship with suspects

Mateo and his brother, social worker Tristan Mcdaniel usually bicker about their lifestyles, with Mateo bragging to his brother's face about how rich he is, annoying him. Mateo and M19 agent Jude Browning knew each other in University, with Mateo being a bully there and making Jude's life miserable. Mateo had mocked retired man Rick Norton, giving him a stereotypical kit of knitting tools, and told him to go back to the retirement home where he belonged. Journalist Xander Dumass once participated in an auction not a long time ago to get an antique jade vase he admired, but Mateo swooped in with a higher bid and took it, angering Xander because he saw Mateo not giving the vase proper care as it broke not hours later. Mateo also enlisted protection from high commissioner Oscar Yates in exchange for a high sum of money, but he was reckless that Oscar had enough of tracking him for his safety and left the auction room.

## Killer and motives

The killer turned to be his brother, Tristan.

We confront Tristan and he says he only did what was right and we have no right to arrest him for it. We ask what did Mateo do to deserve this fate. Tristan says he only did what was right and we have no right to arrest him. We realize something's wrong, as Mateo died the same way Olivia and Hilda did, so Tristan must've used that specific gun. As soon as Tristan gets cuffed, he's taken straight to the lab, hoping we can still save his life. Sullivan starts a surgery to see if Tristan's brain is still intact or not.

## Case Appearances

* Plus One On Display (Case #15 of Stories Uncaged
* No Deal, Just Kill (Case #27 of Stories Uncaged)

## Trivia

* Mateo appeared in two cases.
* Mateo appeared in two district in Stories Uncaged.
* Mateo appeared in one season.

## Gallery

Mateo, as he appeared in Plus One On Display (Case #15 of Stories Uncaged) and No Deal, Just Kill (Case #27 of Stories Uncaged).Mateo's body.Tristan Mcdaniel, Mateo's brother and killer.