Murder With a Vengeance

"*Laurence's honor crimes and freedom of expression end up dead! Can you work out which of the suspects is only acting innocent?*"
– Case Teaser

**Murder With a Vengeance** is a case featured in Criminal Case Third Line: World Dominant, appearing as the 53th case of the game. It is the fifth case set in North America.

## Plot

Stephanie and the player went to the Wolf TV station at New York City in order to uncover what Laurence Thompson knew about The Pride's Supraomega serum. However, in the Wolf studio, they found the decomposing body of trade negotiator and Beth's killer Laurence Thompson.

The five people were labelled as suspects: Bruce Denver (The Pride's new follower), Nazario Sanchez (Colombian Ambassador), Monique Rochefort (waitress), Margaret Silberstein (Beth's aunt), and Gabriel Muhlfeld (Stephanie's boyfriend).

Mid-investigation, soon after, Laurence's sister-in-law Margaret Silberstein told the team that she would not accept that Laurence was dead. Later, Stephanie and the player stopped Colombian Ambassador Nazario Sanchez from holding a broadcast from outside the spa regarding the murder to prevent the investigation from getting compromised. They then found enough evidence to apprehend Margaret for the murder.

Upon admitting to the murder, she said that Laurence knew that Margaret had finally accept the ambassador's dating before her niece was murdered, albeit a risky one, after she attempts to get know if Laurance was actually killed Beth. Despite this, Laurence was released insisted to sneaking into a publicity event for How I Meet Your Father even after he overheard Sanchez talking with her. A few days after, Margaret saw Laurence as he talked to someone, who ordered to eliminate Margaret because she was talked with him about his identity. Grieved over her niece's death, Margaret threw an illegal acid liquid at Laurence so Anabel and Carl can no longer have their abusive parent anymore. Judge Palamo sentenced Margaret to 20 years in prison with psychological counseling.

During Bearer of Bad News (5/8), Kevin and the player found Laurence's notebook in his trading office, which (per Hisao) proved he was the fifth member of the Seven Deadly Sins. He had convinced the general public that the fallen object was a satellite, had asked the Bureau to track down Beth so he could kill her, had attempted that The Pride had ordered Laurence to kill her shortly before her arrest, and had been visiting her in the hospital to keep tabs on her. They confronted Cuthbert Spenceley in prison, where he said that he ordered Laurence to perform more tests on Beth dead or alive. The Bureau then searched Thompson's office desk to find out what about the Supraomega serum got him so worried. They found a cassette tape belonging to Sanchez, who said that Wolf Channel Reporter Roy Moulinex needed to be fired. Sanchez then told the Bureau that Roy had stolen his phone and sent a message to President Klump in Montreal shortly before the blackout, confirming that it was he who told The Pride that "assassination of Stanly Nashville" regarding Supraomega VRN-32 plan.

Meanwhile, Judge Palamo confirmed Monique Rochefort's claims of Laurence embezzling funds from her charity. Stephanie and the player then discovered that Anabel and Carl were vanished from hospital to nowhere unknown. And that Bertha Thompson, Anabel and Carl's half-sister, was the Thompson family's inheritor.

Afterwards, they successfully persuaded her to return the money. After all the events, the Bureau take their flight to Montreal, Quebec, to talk to President Klump before the president's speech and get some concrete answers out of The Pride, only for Taraji to report that Daniel Klump had been assassinated and everyone were panic.

## Suspects

**Bruce Denver**
New Cult Follower
 **Blood** | O-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect uses lubricant.
* The suspect listens to Kismet the Rapper.
* The suspect drinks Caffe Americano.
* The suspect wears emerald necklace.

**Nazario Sanchez**
Colombian Ambassador
 **Blood** | O+

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect uses lubricant.
* The suspect listens to Kismet the Rapper.

**Monique Rochefort**
Waitress
 **Blood** | O+

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect wears emerald necklace.
* The suspect has blue eyes.

**Margaret Silberstein**
Beth's Aunt
 **Blood** | B-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect uses lubricant.
* The suspect listens to Kismet the Rapper.
* The suspect drinks Caffe Americano.
* The suspect wears emerald necklace.
* The suspect has blue eyes.

**Gabriel Muhlfeld**
Stephanie's Boyfriend
 **Blood** | A-

**Suspect's Profile**

* The suspect uses lubricant.
* The suspect listens to Kismet the Rapper.
* The suspect drinks Caffe Americano.
* The suspect has blue eyes.

## Quasi-suspect(s)

**Dave Palamo**
Judge
 **Blood** | AB+

**Cuthbert Spenceley**
Prisoner
 **Blood** | A-

**Bertha Thompson**
Anabel and Carl's Sister
 **Blood** | A+

## Killer's Profile

* The killer uses lubricant.
* The killer listens to Kismet the Rapper.
* The killer drinks Caffe Americano.
* The killer wears emerald necklace.
* The killer has blue eyes.