In Vino Veritas

In Vino Veritas is a case featured in Criminal Case as the forty-seventh case of The Conspiracy (Season 5) and the two-hundred seventy-eighth case overall. It takes place in the Spring Fields district of Grimsborough.

Victim

 * Cora Bateman (found drowned in a barrel of wine)

Murder Weapon

 * Wine

Killer

 * Jacinta Linares

Killer's Profile

 * The killer works out.
 * The killer has been to Provence.
 * The killer.

Chapter 1

 * Investigate Villa Patio. (Clues: Tasting Cup, Victim's Body; New Suspect: Christian Bateman; Victim identified: Cora Bateman)
 * Demand answers from Christian Bateman. (Prerequisite: Villa Patio investigated)
 * Examine Tasting Cup. (New Suspect: Cedric Duchateau)
 * Talk to Cedric Duchateau about the murder. (Prerequisite: Duchateau decoded; New Crime Scene Unlocked: Living Room)
 * Investigate Living Room. (Prerequisite: Cedric interrogated; Clues: Fancy Box, Cheese Platter)
 * Examine Fancy Box. (Result: Cameros [Faded Inscription])
 * Examine Faded Inscription. (Result: Box Dedication; New Suspect: Jacinta Linares)
 * Talk to Jacinta Linares about her relationship to the victim. (Prerequisite: Box Dedication unraveled)
 * Examine Cheese Platter. (Result: Anonymous Letter)
 * Analyze Anonymous Letter. (03:00:00; Attribute: The killer has been to Provence)
 * Autopsy Victim's Body. (18:00:00; Murder Weapon registered: Wine; Attribute: The killer works out)
 * Go to Chapter 2. (1 star)

Chapter 2

 * Investigate Wine Cellar. (Available after unlocking Chapter 2; Clues: Orchid Gift, Doll, Crate of Wine Goblets)
 * Examine Orchid Gift. (Result: Gift Tag)
 * Analyze Gift Tag. (12:00:00; New Suspect: Savannah Blake)
 * Ask Savannah Blake how she knew the victim. (Prerequisite: Gift Tag analyzed)
 * Examine Doll. (Result: Orange Particles)
 * Examine Orange Articles. (Result: )
 * Examine Crate of Wine Goblets. (Result: Cigar Cutter; New Suspect: Eoin Cafferey)
 * Ask Eoin Cafferey what he's doing at the Bateman villa. (Prerequisite: Cigar Cutter found)
 * Go to Chapter 3.

Chapter 3

 * Take care of the killer now!
 * Go to Seeds of Destruction (5/6).

Seeds of Destruction (5/6)

 * Move on to a new crime!

Trivia

 * The case title comes from a Latin phrase, "in vino veritas" literally translating to "in wine, truth", which suggests a person under the influence of alcohol is more likely to speak their hidden thoughts and desires.