Elio Santorini

**Elio Santorini** was a suspect in the murder investigations of *Au Naturel* editor-in-chief Emmeline Van Der Faux in The Glamorous Life (Case #4 of Crimson County) and Project Mercury co-conspirator Vincent Forsyth in A Beautiful Friendship (Case #5 of Crimson County).

## Biographical Information

### Occupation

Paparazzo
 Investigative Journalist

## Info

Elio is a 28-year-old journalist from Crimson County. He has dirty blonde hair and brown eyes, with tan skin, and wears a buttoned leopard print shirt with black jeans and khaki converse. He carries a camera around his neck and a notebook in his left hand, with a pen tucked behind his ear. He is fairly handsome.

In his first suspect appearance, it is known that he drinks Cabernet, watches *Subliminal Minds* and plays tennis.

In his second suspect appearance, it is known that he does *Knights And Knaves* puzzles. He also sports an oil stain on his shirt.

## Events Of Crimson County

### The Glamorous Life

Elio was flagged as a suspect after he stumbled upon the crime scene and recognised Emmeline off the bat, attempting to take a photo before Skie quickly stopped him. Upon being asked whether he knew Emmeline, Elio shrugged and said that he'd interviewed her a few times, as Skie recognised him as one of the paparazzo that likes bugging the police, especially Chief Bane, as Elio jokingly responded by saying that he just wanted Bane to give him a chance, because he's 'zaddy'. Unnerved by this, Jae-hyun asked Elio if he saw anything, to which he merely shrugged, saying that he has a terrible memory, as he then walked off and left the detectives to their investigation.

Elio was spoken to again when Chief Bane pointed out the fact that Elio and Emmeline had met before, as Skie and the player questioned him about the infamous interview where Elio was called a 'bubblegum Ken doll', among other unique insults. Elio became tense at mention of this, as he said that he may have omitted that from his original statement, because he isn't usually meant to tell people that he works for *She Said*, a popular gossip outlet. When asked why, he admitted that some people tend not to be too welcoming to investigative reporters when they're looking to publish all the gossip they can find, as Emmeline didn't like it when he asked about her infamous sweatshop incident. He then told the detectives that if they thought that *he* killed Emmeline, they were very far off, as he advised the detectives tell the chief to call him back before leaving.

Elio was found to be innocent when Suni Yadav was arrested for the murder, but was eventually confronted once again when Catherine (the chief's wife) demanded that Skie and the player put a stop to his harassment of the chief, as they found his camera by the pool at the scene and decided to offer it to him. Upon seeing his camera, Elio was overjoyed, but he was soon irked when Skie made him promise to leave the chief alone else she would destroy the camera, as he sighed and accepted the terms, before handing a photograph of Vincent Forsyth meeting with an unknown person to the team, saying they would need it.

### A Beautiful Friendship

Elio was spoken to once again when Alessio and the player discovered arrangements to meet with Francine earlier in the day, indicating that he may have also met Vincent as well. Upon being approached, Elio greeted the player and failed at flirting with Alessio, before admitting that he had arranged to meet with Francine so he could write a tell-all piece about how she and Vincent coordinated Project Mercury. When asked if he supported it, Elio informed the detectives that he did not have to support what he wrote, but he enjoyed hearing stories from every angle, and Francine's happened to be one of the more juicy stories he had heard recently.

The journalist was spoken to again when a death threat with his name on it was found on Francine's desk, as he was absolutely stricken when he discovered that he had been written a death threat from the victim, as he sighed and stated that it was probably due to the fact that Elio had been pushing more into the machinations of Project Mercury, which were apparently too murky for Vincent to want people to be associating with, and so he likely needed to make sure that nobody would reveal any unsavoury information about his black market investments he had done to gain some of the pieces. He then told the detectives that he almost certainly did not commit the murder, but gave Alessio his phone number before leaving with a smile, telling him to call if they needed anything.

Elio was found to be innocent when SUSIE-Q was found guilty of the murder.