Fields of Murder

Fields of Murder is a case featured in Criminal Case as the forty-third case of The Conspiracy (Season 5) and the two-hundred seventy-fourth case overall. It is the first one to take place in the Spring Fields district of Grimsborough.

Plot
Arriving in Spring Fields, the player and Gloria were informed by Chief Parker about a fire in a local cornfield, leading the detectives to go there and discover the body of deputy sheriff Gus McGuff with a large shotgun wound in his chest.

Soon after, a couple of volunteer firefighters requested the assistance of the detectives to protect a fertilizer barn, which led to Gloria being struck by a sandbag. Later after, Ramirez told them that Sheriff Roy Loukas had gotten into a fight with his daughter Mia Loukas over the fact that Roy couldn't investigate the murder due to being a suspect. However in the end, the detectives found enough clues to arrest corn farmer Cody Mays for the murder.

Victim

 * Gus McGuff (found shot dead in the burning field)

Murder Weapon

 * Shotgun

Killer

 * Cody Mays

Killer's Profile

 * The killer rides horses.
 * The killer chews nicotine gum.
 * The killer reads The Almanac.
 * The killer has a soot stain.
 * The killer wears a straw cowboy hat.

Chapter 1

 * Investigate Burning Field. (Clues: Shotgun Shells, Victim's Body; New Suspect: Cody Mays; Victim identified: Gus McGuff)
 * Ask Cody Mays about Deputy McGuff. (Prerequisite: Burning Field investigated; New Crime Scene Unlocked: Sheriff's Office)
 * Investigate Sheriff's Office. (Prerequisite: Cody interrogated; Clues: Locked Box, Award, Egg Carton)
 * Examine Locked Box. (Result:)
 * Examine Award. (Result:)
 * Examine Egg Carton. (Result:)
 * Examine Shotgun Shells. (Result:)
 * Analyze Blue Substance. (03:00:00; Attribute: The killer chews nicotine gum)
 * Autopsy Victim's Body. (18:00:00; Attribute: The killer rides horses)
 * Go to Chapter 2.

Chapter 2

 * Investigate Tractor Barn.


 * Investigate Sheriff's Desk.

Chapter 3

 * Investigate Corn Harvester. (Clues: Poison Box, Torn Photo, Locked Tablet)

Trivia

 * This is one of the only two cases in The Conspiracy thus far in which neither the victim nor the suspects make an appearance before or after the case, along with Cross My Heart.
 * This is one of only six such cases in the game thus far, along with the aforementioned case, Death by Crucifixion, Deadly Legacy, Shadow Nation and Lifeless in Seattle.