Vitaly Borodin

Vitaly Borodin (Rus: ) was the victim in Countdown to Murder (Case #18 of World Edition).

Profile
Vitaly was a Russian senator in charge of the Security and Defense Committee in the Federation Council. He had gray hair, and at the time of his death he was wearing a black suit with a red tie.

Murder Details
Vitaly was found in the COSMORUS launch control room with his throat cut and Russian words burned into his head. According to Angela Douglas, the words and his slashed throat were both caused by a laser. The word on the victim's head was the Russians adjective for "EVIL". Luckily, she managed to find traces of a mutton and noodle dish on the victim, which was Kazakhstan's national dish beshbarmak. This meant Vitaly's killer ate beshbarmak.

Later at the COSMORUS training room, the player and Jack Archer found a laser torch in a metal bin. The laser torch was sent off to Lars Douglas, and both he and Angela confirmed that it was the murder weapon. They also found the torch was modified to function as a laser cutter, proving they had intent to kill. For them to have modified it, the killer had to have knowledge in physics. This meant the killer knew physics.

Killer and Motives
The killer was revealed to be a COSMORUS cosmonaut named Yelena Tereshkova.

After Jack provided all the evidence in front of her, Yelena revealed that Natasha Romanova had told her to kill Borodin. If she did the job, then she would go to space. Natasha had told her that it was Borodin who blocked her applications to go to space as he was the head of the Security and Defense Committee. Just when Jack asked Yelena about the satellite, something she did not know about, the floor started to shake, signifying that something had launched from the control room.

When both were later sent to trial, Judge Adaku was ecstatic when he found out he was having a double trial, something he had not experienced since the old days. When he recognized Yelena as the killer of Vitaly Borodin, Yelena immediately exclaimed that Natasha tricked her into doing it. Natasha chimed in, saying that Yelena did not complete the mission, saying that she was supposed to launch the rocket as well. Now addressing Natasha, the judge took her words as a plea of guilty for launching a satellite that would hand control of the world to a criminal organization. Because Natasha betrayed the trust of the Bureau, the Russian people, and the entire world, she was given a 75-year sentence in a maximum security facility. Yelena, on the other hand, was given a 50-year sentence in prison.

Case Appearances

 * Countdown to Murder (Case #18 of World Edition)