Sammy Duncan

Sammy Duncan was the victim of the ninth case case in Pacific Bay, Death by Moonshine (Case #65, or Case #9 of Pacific Bay).

Profile
Sammy was a Bayou Bleu local who was flagged as being a street swindler per Betty-Lou Logan, owner of the Mad Cow bar of Bayou Bleu. Sammy wore a reddish wicker shirt with buttons, had brown hair that extended to the length of his shoulders, sported a brown stubble and green eyes.

Murder Details
Sammy's head was found chopped off from his body and was placed in display at Betty-Lou Logan's bar, The Mad Cow. Upon autopsy, Roxie deduced the head hacked off with a sharp blade while Sammy was alive although Frank Knight and the player required the murder weapon to be sure. The good news was that Roxie found traces of egg whites in the wound to alleviate the bleeding while placing the head as a trophy, which meant that the killer used eggs.

Later on, Frank and the player found Sammy's headless body during a second trip to the creepy forest, and Roxie was able to verify the body belonged to Sammy. Roxie found a strange symbol on the victim's skin in the form of a rectangular line in the middle--grounds for Roxie to consult Russell about the strange wound left in the body shortly after Sammy was beheaded. Russell recognized the strange mark and while Roxie determined that it was the killer who left the mark shortly after Sammy's death, Russell thus determined that the killer played dominoes.

Nearing the end of the case, the team made a second trip to the bar and found an axe with a sample of blood issued to Yann Toussaint for analysis. Yann determined that the blood collected from the axe contained Sammy's blood--confirming the axe to be used as the murder weapon while the second blood type belonged to the killer, in which through careful examination, Yann determined thus the killer's blood type was A-.

Killer and Motives
The killer was Joe Littlehat, a poacher involved with Sammy's moonshine distillery.

Sammy and Joe ran a moonshine distillery which is against federal law as alcoholic drinks were regulated even in Pacific Bay. Joe created the recipe for the moonshine and in turn expected Sammy's cooperation in accepting his help, personal respect, and a share of the profit resulting from the sale of moonshine. According to Joe, Sammy was a selfish person and according to Frank Knight, the moonshine partnership had excessive bumps due to a mutual disagreement between the two, so the team sent Joe to face trial for Sammy's murder.

Once in trial, the Honorable Dante was prepared to indict Joe for the murder of Sammy although the endangerment of Frank's pet turtle (Duke) was also on the list of charges much to the justice's disbelief as Joe admitted to endangering a pet turtle in hope to get a lesser sentence. Knowing that profits were the reason for the murder, Joe told the Honorable Dante that Sammy refused to share the profits in spite of him supplying the ingredients for the moonshine, erupting into hatred. Joe then took an axe, beheaded Sammy, used eggs to alleviate the bleeding, and pinned the head on the Mad Cow's trophy mount because Joe also hated moments when Betty-Lou Logan spat on his beer.

The final verdict was a 25-year jail sentence for Joe.

Case Appearances

 * Death by Moonshine (Case #65, or Case #9 of Pacific Bay)