Francis Coletta

**Francis Coletta** (1975-2040) was a suspect in the murder investigation of his employee, dock worker Blake Sherman in Don't Fix What's Working (Case #26 of Crimes of the States), before being murdered in Viva La Resistance! (Case #28 of Crimes of the States).

## Description

Francis was a 65-year-old dock owner. In Don't Fix What's Working, it is known that Francis drinks tequila.

## Events of Crimes of the States

### Don't Fix What's Working

Francis was first spoken to when we found his desk not far from his employee, Blake Sherman's body. We asked Francis about Blake, and he told us that Blake was one of his best workers and that he heard of his murder as things spread fast around this area. Francis told us to keep him updated on his worker's murder to make sure we're doing something about it unlike other officers in this area.

Francis was spoken to again when we found a paper in Blake's room, saying "You're fired!" on it. We immediately knew that only Francis could've written something like this to him, and we demanded to know why from him. Francis then told us that Blake was a slacker and hardly did anything.

Francis was found to be innocent after the team arrested dock worker Bob Tross for Blake's murder.

After Bob was arrested, Alice Davis and the player interrogated Francis after we got a letter from Amber Montoya saying to talk to Francis. We ask Francis why Amber would've wanted us to talk to him, and he told us that his basement is secretly a bunker where he hides the Resistance: the main force fighting against the robots and their creator.

## Murder Details

In Viva La Resistance!, Francis was found falling off his couch with a bullet wound in his forehead. Elias told the team that the person who shot Francis did it from a far distance and knocked down a wall using a martial arts kick in order to make the shot, which told us that Francis' killer knows martial arts.

## Relationship With Suspects

After escaping from her parents, Francis took Amber Montoya in and took care of her. However, Francis was very mentally abusive to Amber and kept telling her she wasn't good enough to stop the robots. Francis also publicly accused American president James Herrera of being allied with his "brother" Andres, making him lose supporters and shrinking his campaign. Francis also constantly tried to convince resistance member Arnav Singhal to leave the resistance and work for him because none of his workers were "competent or strong enough like he was." Francis also butted heads with prison warden Peter Malkinson when Francis was in jail for a few years for drug abuse. Francis also tried to constantly take off the hood of resistance leader The Traveler even though he constantly only told him he would reveal himself to the player when the time is right.

## Killer and Motives

The killer turned out to be Peter.

Upon admitting to the murder, Peter said that Andres paid Francis money to exploit the Resistance and where they hid. Peter knew Francis was going to talk to Andres soon about it, so he killed him to prevent him from selling out the resistance.

Peter was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

## Case Appearances

* Don't Fix What's Working (Case #26 of Crimes of the States)
* Viva La Resistance! (Case #28 of Crimes of the States)

## Trivia

* Francis was a suspect in one case.
* Francis appeared in one district in Crimes of the States.
* Francis appeared in one season.

## Gallery

Francis, as he appeared in Don't Fix What's Working (Case #26 of Crimes of the States) and Viva La Resistance! (Case #28 of Crimes of the States).Francis' body.Peter Malkinson, Francis' killer.