Erin Zober

**Erin Zober** was a suspect in the murder of her oncology nurse, Erica Harmer, in There Ain't No Cure For Murder (Case #9 of Zorro Island), before she went on to kill her friend, Ophelia Winchester, in The Ladies' Murder Club (Case #23 of Zorro Island).

## Erin Zober

### Affiliation

Woodlands Oncology Clinic  (Patient; Formerly)

## Info

Erin is a 29-year-old web designer from the woodlands. She has brown hair with ginger streaks, and brown eyes. She is relatively fit, and has bags under her eyes, as well as sporting a black power suit and black high heels. She has a leaf in her hair.

In her first suspect appearance, it is known that she knows martial arts and uses moisturiser, as well as the fact that she has stage four pancreatic cancer.

In her second suspect appearance, she has gone into remission and the leaf and eye bags are both gone. She wears the same power suit, this time with black gloves as well. It is known that she knows botany, drinks red wine and has seen *The Color Orange*.

## Events of Zorro Island

### There Ain't No Cure For Murder

Erin is flagged when her handbag is found on one of the chemotherapy couches, and she is very shocked when she is informed of the murder, saying that she must have left her handbag there when she was getting her chemotherapy, during which Erica was very much alive. Erin would then apologise and say that she had to tell her cancer group and finish a website she was commissioned to do, before leaving.

Erin was spoken to again when a security recording of Erin accusing Erica of poisoning her was found, leading Erin to say that her cancer had gotten worse with the chemo, and that she was worried that Erica had been not administering enough. Erin then said that sometimes she tends to have emotional outbursts like that, and she didn't actually think the nurses were poisoning her.

Erin was found to be innocent when Jacinta Harmer was arrested for the murder.

### The Ladies' Murder Club

Erin was flagged as a suspect once again when a Polaroid of herself and the victim was found in Reese Ford's boutique, as Erin greeted the player, having not seen them since the murder in the Woodlands. She was then shocked to learn of Ophelia's murder, saying that she had only spoken to Ophelia earlier when they were all meeting up at the café. She then said that Ophelia was a very unique and powerful soul, who would now transcend the mortal realm and go wherever the wind would blow her. Erin then began tearing up and left.

Erin was spoken to again about the to-do list found in Ophelia's lounge, saying that she needed to sabotage Erin. Erin then sighed and admitted that since she had become friends with Fallon, Ophelia had constantly viewed her as competition for her undivided attention, as Ophelia had resorted to several ways of attempting to sabotage her. Erin said that Ophelia had put hair removal cream in her dog shampoo, let a rat into her house and done all sorts of other ghastly things to her. She then said that she had told the girls about this, but done nothing to Ophelia.

In the end, Erin was found to be the killer. Erin immediately confessed to the crime, saying that she had been meeting with Fallon, Camilla, Reese, Melanie and Ophelia for years, and none of them had ever brought up her cancer, despite her telling them it wasn't a taboo topic. However, in one session, Ophelia said that they should remove Erin from the friend group due to being "damaged goods", referring to her cancer, as Erin was enraged by this and thus started formulating a plan. She picked some monkshood using her gloves earlier in the day and placed it on Ophelia's special vegan cake when she pretended to be looking for the bathroom and wandered into the kitchen, as she came back to find that Ophelia had died from poisoning. Shocked by the disgraceful comments of the ladies *and* the horrific nature of the act, Judge Vargas sentenced Erin to 14 years in prison.