Adora Mandelio

**Adora Mandelio** was a suspect in the murder investigations of two people in Ocean Shore, a quasi-suspect in two cases, and a suspect once again in the murder of Kagami Shou in Is This What You Call Love? (Case #12 of Zorro Island), as well as making a minor appearance in Born To Kill (Case #1 Of Zorro Island).

She was later murdered in Ships In The Night (Case #26 of Zorro Island).

## Adora Mandelio

### Relatives

Alita Mandelio  (Sister)
 Ellis Mandelio  (Child)

### Affiliation

Zorro Zebras Cheerleading Squad  (Formerly)
 Vixen Cafe  (Waitress; Formerly)

## Info

Adora has wavy blonde hair, which is pulled up into a bun. She has brown eyes and tan skin, as well as wearing hoop earrings. She wears red lipstick, and she wears a red crop top and black jeans as well as a navel piercing. She has a scar on her stomach from a school shooting when she was 11.

In her suspect appearance, it is known that she knows kung fu.

In her second appearance, she wears glowing bracelets around her hand, and it is known that she listens to DJ Choco and owns a Quinn motorcycle.

In her third suspect appearance, she wears a dog-themed animal hoodie, and it is known that she eats fried lotus, speaks Japanese and has seen *Murder Letters*.

In her quasi-suspect appearances, she reverts to her original attire.

## Events Of Zorro Island

### No Eye In Team

Adora was flagged as a suspect after Alita recognized her fan, which Rhea and the player found in the box that Eli was killed in. Adora confessed that she had picked up a job at the Vixen Café next door, and had been assigned to be a waitress to serve Eli at the game. When asked if she had been intimate with Eli, Adora brushed them off and said no.

Adora was spoken to again after Bonita decoded security footage of Adora yelling at the victim for being a 'sleazebag'. Adora shamefully confessed, stating that Eli had been flirting with every woman who had entered the box. Rhea then asked if Adora had killed Eli, and Adora yelled at Rhea to leave her alone, leading Axelle and Rosa to escort Adora out.

Adora was found to be innocent after Troy Price was found guilty of the murder.

### No Dying In The Club

Adora was flagged as a suspect after Bonita discovered a selfie of Adora with the victim at the party, prompting Axelle to ask her if she was friends with Megan. Adora confirmed, stating that Megan was her best friend, and she was broken that she was dead. She then told the pair that Megan had been arguing with someone before her death, prompting them to investigate the elevator again.

Adora was spoken to again by Rhea and the player (Alita wasn't allowed to speak to Adora) after finding traces of Lady Venom, the drug Megan was on, in Adora's drink. Adora confessed, stating that Megan had forced her to take it at the party to 'let loose' and 'set herself free' from the outside world. Adora had taken it, prompting Bonita and Alita to take Adora out of the room and to Alita's office.

Adora was found to be innocent when Sheldon Walters was found guilty of the murder. Adora was visited by Max and the player, and she told them that she had been mugged. The latter eventually found her bag, and confronted Ramon Vasquez about stealing the bag. Ramon apologised and left, before Max ascertained that his mother's weaponized fan wasn't in there, consulting Francesco for advice. Eventually discovering the fan on the dance floor, Max discovered blood on it, which Rosa confirmed as Axelle's, confirming that she had been kidnapped.

### Gunshots And Grenades

After solving Ellis Noivern's murder, Adora asked to speak to Rhea and the player regarding something Max had dropped while at the bombing site, that she had been looking for to give back to him. Upon searching at the bomb site, Adora, Rhea and the player would find a faded letter in Max's handwriting, which was later deciphered to be a coming out letter. Adora would then tell Alita, with help from the player, and the duo would then embrace Max happily and warmly.

### Is This What You Call Love?

Adora was spoken to once again as a suspect when her name tag was found in the Japanese store. Adora would admit that she had been working for Kagami to pay her rent and medical bills, before being shocked when Rhea and the player informed her of Kagami's death. Adora would become sad, saying that she couldn't believe she was being treated as a suspect again, imploring that Rhea and the player find who killed Kagami to prove her innocence, a remark which indirectly annoyed Alita.

Adora was spoken to again when a picture of her in a frisky outfit was found in the victim's studio. Adora would admit that she was told to dress in the outfit to garner a male audience for the business, causing Adora to yell at Kagami and call her a 'pimp' and a 'bitch', among other explicit terms. When asked if she killed Kagami, however, Adora would get angry and defensive, saying that Rhea should know that she isn't a murderer, before storming off.

Adora was ultimately found to be innocent when Dario Di Monte was found guilty of the murder, but requested help from the player in regards to helping her try and get Alita to forgive her. However, she makes her first mistake by buying Alita an alcoholic beverage, despite her past with alcoholism. Adora would apologise to Alita, before finding the profiler's locket at the festival promenade, returning it to Alita, whose reaction was defensive and rude, ushering the player and Adora out of her office mysteriously.

### Artless Deceit

After Natalie Milton-Trent's arrest, Adora showed up at the police station, having been missing for a significant amount of time, as she collapsed in front of Ellis and the player and was subsequently hospitalised. Ellis briefly left the player's side to tend to Adora, before rejoining them in the second chapter of the next case.

### Dead Smart

After the events of the previous case and following Yves Moreau's arrest, Adora rambled quite a lot, as she told Alita and the player that she had been at Wellgrove Asylum after meeting Zoe Leung there. Ignacio Rubio then suggested it explained why Adora was so out of it, as she had walked on foot from Ocean Shore to the Woodlands' northernmost point, near where Erica Harmer had been murdered. Adora eventually came to, saying that while she had visited Zoe in the institution, she had also ran into Dr. Alan Gilbert, but did not remember much of what happened.

### Boom

Following Kenny Rogers' arrest, Ronen Klein (Ellis's boyfriend) visited the station, saying that he had found that the Mandelio house had been completely ransacked, as further investigation by Jae-hyun Cho showed that Adora and Ellis had both been attacked with a bat, as neither were present on the premises. Bonita later traced Ellis's active phone to a shipyard in Oracle Point, as the detectives rushed there in the hopes of finding Ellis and Adora.

## Murder Details

Adora was found curled up in a ball in a shipping container, with a stab wound in her stomach. Rosa deduced that Adora died slowly, hardening the blow, as she went on to say that she found what looked to be macaroni cheese sauce on her wrist, after the killer had likely checked her pulse to ensure she was dead. Since Adora had been missing for about three days, they could quickly deduce that the killer had eaten macaroni cheese.

Later on, the dagger used to kill Adora was found in a trash can in the abandoned arcade, as Francesco confirmed that the knife was deep enough to have stabbed Adora and killed her, as Jae-hyun then came in and told them that he had isolated two different blood samples, belonging to Adora and the killer. Since the killer's blood wasn't enough for a full identity, Jae could tell the detectives that the killer was blood type A-.

## Relationship With Suspects

Kenny Rogers knew about Adora's kidnapping before it was even discovered, having installed a nanny cam in their house for a private security job months earlier and hacking it to spy on them, with Adora finding out about this and threatening to sue. Adora and Ellis worked with Dr. Julia Yang, a famous family therapist, who Adora accused of gouging them for money, as Julia became more concerned for Ellis's mental health, something which Adora constantly denied was a problem. Cruz Alvarez wanted access to Ellis since he was his father, as Adora had quickly filed for a restraining order against him, accusing him of doing something he definitely hadn't done. Adora wasn't overly approving of Ellis's relationship with Ronen Klein, as she confronted him over dinner, calling him a bad influence purely because of the clothing he wore, which upset Ronen and Ellis significantly. Police officer Lucas Ashley was asked by Alita to ensure Adora and Ellis were safe, as Lucas began guarding their house, which led to Adora reporting him for stalking her, confusing Lucas a lot and putting his job at risk.

## Killer And Motives

The killer turned out to be Cruz.

Upon being apprehended in prison (having previously attempted to shoot Javier), Cruz admitted to the murder, saying that he had been attempting to gain visitation rights so he could see Ellis, but had been blocked by Adora at every attempt, as he grew exhausted with her sabotage and decided to kidnap both Adora and Ellis, taking Ellis to his house while he stabbed Adora so she could never stop him from seeing his child again. Cruz admitted that what he did was wrong and that he would've tried something else in a heartbeat, as he begged the detectives to see Ellis one last time, to which they refused. Shocked by Cruz's morality, Judge Vargas sentenced Cruz to 11 years in prison for murder and kidnapping.