Margaret Hatchman

Margaret Hatchman was the victim in Deadly Legacy (Case #92, or Case #36 of Pacific Bay).

Profile
Margaret was the forefront of motion picture directors who are female per Amy Young, who often look up to since the director pool are dominated by males in Ivywood.

Margaret had a child at the time of her death with her husband, Philip Hatchman.

Murder Details
Margaret was found in the set of Legacy (taking place in the age of Rome), tied unto a stone pillar by a shackle and viciously slaughtered to death, in which Amy was quick enough to declare it as murder. Amy can't help but notice the stomach and head wounds in which the player was quick enough to ship the corpse to Roxie Sparks for autopsy.

Roxie was shocked on the vicious wounds Margaret's body had during her task, but since Amy mentioned "lion", she made things clear that the lion was the murder weapon used to kill Margaret, but the team had to find the wild animal as a vehicle to arrest the killer. The wounds Amy noticed during the team's visit to the set of Legacy came from a lion given the tooth marks and feline hairs Roxie found during the autopsy. Amy was dumbfounded after Roxie stated the cause of death, but Roxie stated that human foul play was also involved in addition to the lion bites given that Margaret was tied down with shackles, declaring the murder to be a premeditated one. Roxie continued her discussion by stating that Margaret was knocked down unconscious by a hard object before being locked to a stone pillar with shackles. Just as the team found themselves in a hopeless state, Roxie saw purple stains around the shackles and doing lab analysis herself, it came from red wine, in which Roxie couldn't find any trace on Margaret's system, so the killer was the one who drank wine.

Following the autopsy, Russell Crane told Amy and the player that the lion was at the symphony room, in which Amy took time to don heavy armor to protect herself from the lion. Amy and the player succeeded in capturing the lion, in which it took Yann Toussaint's forensic intervention to register the animal as the murder weapon. Moreso, Amy and the player found a Roman Parma (a circular shield), in which the player found pink substance and shipped it to Yann for analysis, in which he made it clear that the killer used bath salts during baths.

Killer and Motives
The killer was an actor and a Utopian named Tobias Frankenberger.

Tobias followed Margaret to Ashley's Salon chronically after finding out that he was to be killed of in Legacy's first scene, a feat he didn't like since he was promised a leading role as being killed on the first scene was considered a minor role. One day in the set of Legacy, Tobias throttled Margaret with a Roman Parma (a circular shield) in disgust of having played a minor role, tied her to a stone pillar, used his golden brooch to pick the lock to the lion cage open, alas released the lion to do the dirty work for him. Tobias was scared of lions, but he ran to the symphony room where he ran to the emergency exit to flee the lion's reach, admitting that he planned the premeditated murder perfectly. Prior to the murder, Tobias wrote a death threat to Margaret in Latin, but Russell Crane's psychological help only tipped the odds to Amy and the player, in which the player had enough and shipped Tobias to trial.

All Judge Dante knew about Tobias was that he played a couple of grumpy elder roles and hailed him as a "grandpa of the silver screen", but Tobias wanted to be known as a star in his own right. Tobias admitted that he hasn't landed any major roles and hoped that his role in Legacy to be something major, in which he would last for the duration of the film. Tobias believed that he had the right to be remembered as a star as his work in the silver screen was a legacy to remember, something Margaret was not in agreement in. Judge Dante issued a 20-year jail sentence for Tobias of premeditated homicide not to mention that he would not be allowed to attend the Ivywood Film Awards. Amy felt that the player would have a legacy to carry on even if they choose to leave Pacific Bay for a new city to patrol.

Case Appearances

 * Deadly Legacy (Case #92, or Case #36 of Pacific Bay)