Jude Browning

**Jude Browning** (2007-2043) was a suspect in the murder investigation of police officer Eloise Wood in There Once Was A Cop (Case #19 of Stories Uncaged), journalist Arthur Rockefeller in A Groundbreaking Story (Case #23 of Stories Uncaged), M16 agent Yazid Shams in Kill The Messenger! (Case #24 of Stories Uncaged), businessman Mateo Mcdaniel in No Deal, Just Kill (Case #27 of Stories Uncaged), and model Salma Morales in They Mean No Business (Case #44 of Stories Uncaged) before getting murdered in Over And Out (Case #46 of Stories Uncaged).

## Description

Jude was a 35-year-old MI9 agent. In There Once Was A Cop, it is known that Jude eats olives, wears perfume, and plays *UNO*. In A Groundbreaking Story, it is known that Jude eats burgers, chews gum, and rides horses. In Kill The Messenger!, it is known that Jude drinks lemonade and sweats excessively. In No Deal, Just Kill, it is known that Jude rides helicopters and is right-handed. In They Mean No Business, it is known that Jude eats beef jerky and owns a dog.

## Events of Stories Uncaged

### There Once Was A Cop

Jude was first interrogated after detective Giles Davis and the player found his MI9 badge at the parking lot where police officer Eloise Wood was murdered. When we returned Jude's badge back to him, he thanked us and said that his boss Tycen would've lost it if he figured out he misplaced his badge. We then asked Jude if he knew Eloise, and he said that he saw her around but never really knew her. We told him that she was recently murdered and he said he isn't surprised, as the crime rate in Emerald City rises every day.

Jude was interrogated again after the team found a note from him to Eloise, saying that she should release a prisoner from her custody immediately and hand them over to him. When we asked Jude about this, he claimed that Eloise arrested a wanted fugitive that the MI9 has been tracking down for several months now and that she arrested the prisoner instead of handing them over to the MI9, which infuriated Jude and lost a lot of his creditability with Tycen.

Jude was found to be innocent after the team incarcerated taxi driver Stanley Burns for Eloise's murder.

### A Groundbreaking Story

Jude became a suspect for the second time after we found his fingerprints on Arthur's broken stopwatch. Jude admitted he touched the stopwatch because he was simply investigating, and the item happens to be in his path. He said he is currently sent by the M19 to check on the news station for possible Saviors hiding there. When we told him that the stopwatch owner, Arthur Rockefeller, has been killed, Jude said he didn't know who he is, but believed he may be killed by a Savior.

Jude was questioned again after his notebook with Arthur's timeline has been discovered. Jude confessed to tracking Arthur down, believing he or the news station he is working for may be hiding something. To prove his claims, he showed us pictures of masks hidden in the news storage, and he believed these are the masks every Savior member wore.

Jude was found to be innocent after the team incarcerated secret agent Jason Bond for Arthur's murder.

### Kill The Messenger!

Jude became a suspect for the third time after a microchip belonging to the M19 is found near the Savior HQ. Jude assured that he has nothing to do with the Saviors, before explaining he is currently trying to dissolve the group from the inside by infiltrating their base, although it was unsuccessful now. When informed about Yazid's murder, Jude said good riddance as he genuinely believed Yazid is a Savior.

Jude was under hot waters once a newspaper clipping from the UAE is found featuring Yazid's relatives trying to sue the M19 for slander. Jude sweats, before confessing he had Yazid's relatives under pressure when he and his fellow agents interrogated them for days, even using physical force, to find Yazid's location. Jude regretted involving a child during the interrogation, but he said it was worth it since now he knew where he was.

Jude was found to be innocent after the team incarcerated secret agent Jason Bond once again for Yazid's murder.

### No Deal, Just Kill

Jude became a suspect for the fourth time after an M19 issued GPS is found in the auction room. Jude said he had no business in the auction room, saying he was only here just to have fun and a break from work. He said he brought the GPS just for safety, just in case something happened. When told about Mateo's murder, Jude said he did meet Mateo once, saying he was a good man, and he'll miss him despite only meeting him like an hour ago.

Jude was questioned again due to an old photograph of Jude being bullied by the victim when they were in college days. Jude was angry at Mateo for making his life hell without any reason, for example, Mateo would call Jude funny names or physically beat him with his goons until Jude had a hard time walking. Jude was so angry that he determined to be stronger by becoming a secret agent, so he trained martial arts all by himself until he was physically fit, before graduating and choosing a career as an M19 agent, hoping to face Mateo once again for revenge.

Jude was found to be innocent after the team incarcerated Mateo's brother, social worker Tristan Mcdaniel for his murder.

### They Mean No Business

Jude became a suspect for the fifth time after Lillian successfully traced the owner behind the unknown device in the car dealership, which belongs to Jude. Jude told us the device was a transmitter that collects sound waves and transmits them to the M19. Jude needed this to capture a Savior, which he suspects was frequent of the dealership. When told about Salma's murder, Jude said he suspected her too, but dropped it because she seems unlikely to be a criminal.

Jude was questioned again after he planted a tracker on Salma's watch. Jude said his instincts were right, as Salma is true, his target. When asked for more details, Jude confidently said Salma may be the Savior he's looking for. We noticed a little sweat on his face, before rebuking him a little, thinking he may be lying. Finally, Jude admitted he isn't certain whether his claims are true or not, as he did this out of paranoia and just wanted to get it over with.

Jude was found to be innocent for the fifth time after the team incarcerated stock trader Leonardo Dicapricorn for Salma's murder.

## Murder details

Jude was discovered with his head chopped off. During the autopsy, Sullivan remembered a scene in a certain crime-solving game looking similar to this but worse, before confirming Jude's cause of death to be instantaneous from the beheading, although he isn't sure about the broken neck bones that isn't consistent with a slice. Based on the depth and smoothness of the slice, Sullivan determined that it may be done by a blade like a katana. Sullivan also found traces of a sweet, yet sticky fruit in Jude's jacket, and Sullivan said it was a jackfruit, an exotic fruit commonly grown in Asian countries. Since Jude hasn't eaten any food recently, it means the killer eats the delicacy.

## Relationships with suspects

Jude had been investigating MirrorTech for a while on suspicions of a mole being inside the company, but M19 head Tycen Joyner did not approve Jude's investigation as there's not enough evidence, but Jude did not listen and went there anyways to conduct his own sleuthing. Once Jude is in the MirrorTech office, Jude forcefully pinned and handcuffed sales manager Bankston Bates because of a minor gesture Bankston made, whom Jude recognized as a Savior sign. Robot Artemis was angry at Jude for mistreating her during interrogation because she was a robot. Jude had infiltrated marketing director Leanna Perrick's office, went through her computer files without permission, and then tried to arrest her for a "suspicious activity" he saw there, but Leanna fought back by spraying him with pepper spray, having enough of mistreatment on her life. Informant Spencer Fleming had overheard Jude talking to a strange individual on his phone, muttering code names that were unfamiliar to him.

## Killer and motives

The killer turned out to be Tycen.

Tycen says Jude was a dirty traitor. He came to MirrorTech's office to do something bad for the Saviors. He doesn't know what, but he knows there's something going on there that isn't good for us. He only wanted to arrest Jude, but he attacked Tycen with a katana. They struggled and when Tycen got hold of the katana, he just struck down on Jude's head with it without thinking.

## Case Appearances

* There Once Was A Cop (Case #19 of Stories Uncaged)
* A Groundbreaking Story (Case #23 of Stories Uncaged
* Kill The Messenger! (Case #24 of Stories Uncaged)
* No Deal, Just Kill (Case #27 of Stories Uncaged)
* They Mean No Business (Case #44 of Stories Uncaged)
* Over And Out (Case #46 of Stories Uncaged)

## Trivia

* Jude appeared in six differrent cases.
* Jude appeared in three districts in Stories Uncaged.
* Jude appeared in one season.

## Gallery

Jude, as he appeared in There Once Was A Cop (Case #19 of Stories Uncaged), A Groundbreaking Story (Case #23 of Stories Uncaged, Kill The Messenger! (Case #24 of Stories Uncaged), No Deal, Just Kill (Case #27 of Stories Uncaged), and They Mean No Business (Case #44 of Stories Uncaged).Jude's body.Tycen Joyner, Jude's killer.