Joe Stanford

Joe Stanford was the victim of Open Wounds (Case #76, or Case #20 of Pacific Bay).

Murder Details
During the grand finale of the American Civil War reenactment show, Joe Stanford, who was playing the role of Dexter, was unexpectedly shot by a cannonball on the stage, thus being killed instantly--prompting Frank Knight and the player to ship Joe's broken corpse to Roxie Sparks immediately. Roxie wasn't pleased when she had to spend three hours (as a part of the autopsy task) sewing Joe's body back together.

For the autopsy results, Roxie suggested that Joe was smashed by the cannonball like if he was a crash test dummy as per the cause of death, but not without catching wind of mint julep residue on Joe's wounds, suggesting that the killer drank mint julep before splashing the cannonball with the drink. Roxie was generous enough to find splintered wood on the victim's corpse--which turned to be a new clue to help the player with their murder investigation of Joe.

When Chief Marquez commanded Frank and the player to visit the battlefield before dawn, Frank and the player found a lighter and a wooden quadrant with white fibers. The player didn't hesitate to grab a sample of white fibers and shipped both the lighter and white fibers to Yann Toussaint for analysis. After careful analysis, Yann made clear of two things: the cotton the player pulled from the wooden quadrant suggested the cotton was unrefined and only came from a cotton flower and the lighter backfired when the killer used the lighter, causing soots to stain the lighter and the killer. This suggested that the killer wore a cotton flower and had a soot on their clothes.

Case Appearances

 * Open Wounds (Case #76, or Case #20 of Pacific Bay)