Grace Miller

**Grace Miller** (1960-) was a suspect in the murder investigation of her childhood friend, lifeguard Chris Marcus in Dead On Duty (Case #23 of Secrets Of Maxwell) and was a quasi-suspect in An Important Poisoning (Case #25 of Secrets Of Maxwell), before killing homeless man Michael Kamir in Lifeless (Case #28 of Secrets Of Maxwell).

## Description

Grace was a 35-year-old cook as well as the childhood friend of the late Chris Marcus. In Dead On Duty, it is known that Grace eats nachos and uses body lotion. In Lifeless, it is known that Grace has read *The World of Wizards*, eats bagels, smokes cigarettes, and wears earrings.

## Events of Secrets Of Maxwell

### Dead On Duty

Grace was first spoken to after Sgt. Judith Hoffman and the player found a book of hers in lifeguard Chris Marcus' lifeguard stand where he was murdered. After Judith and the player interrogated Grace, she told us that she was Chris' childhood friend and that they've always been incredibly close. We told her the news about Chris' murder and she panicked.

Grace was spoken to again after Judith and the player heard a call she left to Chris on his phone, where she said, "Steal another plate of food and you're done for!" When we asked Grace about this, she told us that she's one of the best cooks in the city of Maxwell and that ever since the city has had a huge rise in the number of homeless people, she has been constantly cooking food for them since she couldn't bare to see them starve. She said that Chris was greedy, however, and constantly stole the food she used to help the homeless. Grace finally caught Chris in the act and told him that he'll tell everyone that he's been stealing food if he doesn't stop.

Grace was found to be innocent after the team incarcerated news reporter Dominica Saturday for Chris' murder.

After arresting Dominica, we went back to offer our help to Grace so we could see if she needed any more supplies to help her feed the homeless, and she told us that she needed more bread, so we rushed to a nearby bakery which was ran by baker Guy Maretti. After Guy told us about stories of him being a gang leader back in Italy, we rushed back to Grace with the bread and she thanked us for it, saying that it would help her and the homeless out a lot.

### An Important Poisoning

After arresting businessman Amar Tarik for his business partner Patrick Wheelmaker's murder, we talked to Grace after being told by business employee Mike Harry that the homeless population in Maxwell is dying. We asked Grace about this, and she started to cry, before saying that the homeless population has gotten so out of control that she hasn't been able to feed anyone and that's why she thinks they're dying.

We later found out that the homeless were being poisoned after autopsying a body, and we decided to pay Grace another visit after this. Grace said that she has many sous chefs and that one of them is likely poisoning the homeless. She said that poisoning them using her food is disgusting and that she'll try to get to the bottom of it as fast as possible.

### The Secret Ingredient

After solving yet another case, we were told by Judith that Grace recently called the police, saying that a homeless man was found beaten to death in a back alleyway near the place she was cooking for the homeless.

### Lifeless

Grace was first interrogated after Judith and the player found a bagel of hers at the building where homeless man Michael Kamir was beaten to death. We interrogated Grace about this, and she told us that Michael was one of her frequent customers and she must have dropped the bagel while she was on her way to get more supplies from Guy's bakery. We told Grace about Michael dying, and she acted shocked. She told us that she will do anything in her power to try and help find Michael's killer and bring him justice.

Grace was spoken to again after the team found Grace's cigarette pack in Michael's pocket during the time of his murder. We asked Grace about this, and she told us that she was taking a smoke break before Michael ran and grabbed her cigarette pack, before putting it in his own pocket and scurrying off. Grace told us that she was willing to forgive Michael for it but still thought it was wrong of him to do.

In the end, it was revealed that Grace was Michael's killer. Upon admitting to the murder, Grace said that the increasing homeless population in Maxwell was a problem so when the town nominated her to cook for them she came up with a plan: poison most of the homeless people to scare the remaining ones away and get rid of them once and for all. However, after stealing her cigarettes, Michael saw a bottle of cyanide sticking out of Grace's pocket and he pieced everything together. Grace then grabbed a nearby baseball bat that was near and started bashing Michael until he died.

Judge Kenneth sentenced Grace to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

After Grace was arrested, we decided to talk to her and convinced her that if she told us where the poison was she would get a lower sentence. However, after she told us where the poison was, we told Grace the truth. We told her that her sentence would not be lowered and that we just used that to get her to tell us where the poison was. Grace then screamed as we left her cell, leaving her to rot in prison for the rest of her life.

## Case Appearances

* Dead On Duty (Case #23 of Secrets Of Maxwell)
* An Important Poisoning (Case #25 of Secrets Of Maxwell)
* The Secret Ingredient (Case #27 of Secrets Of Maxwell; mentioned)
* Lifeless (Case #28 of Secrets Of Maxwell)

## Trivia

* Grace was a suspect in two cases.
* Grace appeared in two districts in Secrets Of Maxwell.
* Grace appeared in one season.

## Gallery

Grace, as she appeared in Dead On Duty (Case #23 of Secrets Of Maxwell), An Important Poisoning (Case #25 of Secrets Of Maxwell), and Lifeless (Case #28 of Secrets Of Maxwell).