Akiko Tanaka

Akiko Tanaka was one of the suspects during the investigation of the death of Jerry Bigwall in Blood and Glory (Case #42).

Profile
Akiko is a 32 year old woman who has short-black hair and brown eyes. She wears a pink lipstick and a white chef coat, similar to Valentine Montgomery. On the left side of her coat, there's a memorial poppy. Akiko weighs 122 lbs and her blood type is O-.

Role in Case(s)
Akiko was a cake baker specializing in designer cakes.

Akiko was brought into the investigation when the team found a designer cake flyer matching the description of a cake with razor blades that killed Jerry. She said she didn't like Jerry because he didn't respect her cake. The team asked her if she put the razor blades in the cake. She then answered that she would never destroy her career to murder a person who never respected her cake.

Akiko was interrogated a second time when the team conducted a DNA test which exposed Akiko as Jerry's child, which she kept it secret from the police. She told the team that it was never proven if Jerry was her dad or not. Akiko told the team that her mom used to work in a hotel as a maid, and Jerry wooed her mom that he would take care of her. When Akiko's mom found out she was pregnant with her, Jerry called her mom a liar, and abstained to see Akiko's mom again. Akiko watched her mother struggle to raise her on her own, and never wed since Jerry's deceit. Akiko's mom died 5 years prior to this case, and she would make Jerry admit the truth Akiko's mother wanted to hear. When she saw Jerry's dead body, the hatred was unjust and she wanted to view Jerry as nothing but a stranger.

Akiko was proven innocent when Mitchell Westville was arrested for the murder of Jerry Bigwall.

Case Appearances

 * Blood and Glory (Case #42)