William Castletown

**William Castletown** (1956-2040) was a suspect in the murder investigations of beachgoer Harley King in Critical Hit (Case #2 of Crimes of the States) and hiker Roland Pratt in Leap of Faith (Case #3 of Crimes of the States), before being murdered in Two Shells of Pain (Case #5 of Crimes of the States).

## Description

William was an 84-year-old wealthy aristocrat. William wore a white shirt with a black and red coat along with possum fur on his right shoulder. In Critical Hit, it is known that William ate steak and drove a BMW. In Leap of Faith, it is known that William knew how to tie knots, played polo, and ate cinnamon buns.

## Events of Crimes of the States

### Critical Hit

William was first interrogated after Alice and the player found his possom fur on the late beachgoer Harley King's front yard. When the duo asked William about this, he said that he often took walks around "lower class" neighbourhoods in order to get some exercise. He said he had no idea as to who Harley was but that he's certain the team can solve her murder.

William was interrogated again after Alice and the player found out William had a lawsuit against Harley. When the duo asked him about said lawsuit, he said that it was the most ridiculous thing. He said that he was walking in Harley's yard only to step on dog poop, which made his shoe stink. He said that the smell was so bad that he was immediately forced to file a lawsuit and was baffled when the court didn't even bother to look through it. Alice and the player realized that William was incredibly out of touch and decided to play along.

William was found to be innocent after the team arrested bar owner Jack Thaft for Harley's murder.

### Leap of Faith

William was later interrogated after James and the player found his belongings at the hiking camp near where hiker Roland Pratt was murdered. Alice warned James about how out of touch William was and told him to tread carefully, and James listened. When the duo finally got around to interrogating William again, he was ranting about having to sleep in a tent instead of a regular bed and mentioned how barbaric it was. James rolled his eyes and asked the player about Roland, and William said he heard about his murder and that it's tragic, before leaving.

William was interrogated again after James and the player caught him leaving on his helipad. When the duo asked William about this, he shrugged and said that now that the hiking trail was closed off due to a murder, he has no reason to be in the area and wanted to go back to his regular bed and his castle. William bid the duo farewell. However, James had enough and decided to place him in custody until the murder was solved in order to keep him from leaving. William tried paying the duo in order to let him out, but James angrily refused and told him he was delusional.

William was released from custody and was found to be innocent after the team arrested hiker CEO Roger Weis for Roland's murder.

### Murder Details

William was found in his castle living room with his head blown off. Elias said that this definitely came from a caliber pistol as nothing else could've caused that much damage to William's skull. Elias also mentioned that he found traces of the juice that comes from peppers on William's coat. Since William never ate peppers, Elias deduced that the killer must've wiped the pepper juice on their hands off on the victim's coat.

### Relationship with Suspects

William said that academy teacher Julia Trine was incompetent due to her age and should be fired, which confused Julia since the two had never even met before. William wanted to build a castle on the beach that surfer Al-Zahmir Wilson always surfed on, causing him to insult William and call him out of touch. William lectured sketcher Conner Ferrell on getting a real job, which didn't sit well with him. William also criticized notary Elliot Ponzi and called him incompetent after he refused to say a forged document William made about his beach castle was valid. William asked upholsterer Lily Armstrong for multiple couches made up of bear fur that she didn't have, which infuriated him.

### Killer and Motives

The killer turned out to be Conner.

Upon admitting to the murder, Conner admitted that he was paid by an old friend to get rid of William, who was working with shady people on a secret project that could do irreversible damage if it succeeded. Conner said he didn't know anything his friend was talking about, but that the money they paid him was more than enough to get him to do the job.

Conner was sentenced to life imprisonment for William's murder.

### Post Mortem

After sheriff Henry Atomic was arrested for the murder of student Peter Malkinson, it was revealed that he paid Conner to kill William because he was working with shady people in order to help with an experiment. William had enough money to invest in said experiment. In order to stop this from happening, Henry paid Conner to do the dirty work for him.

## Case Appearances

* Critical Hit (Case #2 of Crimes of the States)
* Leap of Faith (Case #3 of Crimes of the States)
* Two Shells of Pain (Case #5 of Crimes of the States)
* Double Punishment (Case #10 of Crimes of the States; mentioned)
* Post Mortem (Case #12 of Crimes of the States; on a clue)
* Mission Failed (Case #15 of Crimes of the States; mentioned)

## Trivia

* William was a suspect in two cases.
* William appeared in one district in Crimes of the States.
* William appeared in one season.

## Gallery

William, as he appeared in Critical Hit (Case #2 of Crimes of the States), Leap of Faith (Case #3 of Crimes of the States), and Two Shells of Pain (Case #5 of Crimes of the States).William's body.Conner Ferrell.pngConner Ferrell, William's killer.