Grace Delaney


 * "Grace" redirects here. For the professional gambler, see Grace O'Brien. For the photographer, see Grace Goude.

...And because I know every minute counts, I went straight for the kill...

Grace Delaney is the forensics expert for Season 1 of Criminal Case.

Appearance
At 32 years of age, Grace is the director of the Forensics Laboratory of the Grimsborough Police Department. She has light green eyes, auburn hair, and dark red lipstick on her lips. She also wears a black necklace with a brown ring in the middle. Grace usually wears a pink blouse with a laced end underneath a white lab coat. On the left side of the coat, there is logo which reads "GPD" (Grimsborough Police Department). Other than that, she wears an earth brown office skirt.

Notable Events of Criminal Case
Grace was introduced in Corpse in a Garden.

In Good Cop Dead Cop, Grace adopted a puppy which had been abused and misstreated by Angel Martinez. She felt sorry for it, so she kept it as her pet and named it Newton, which comes from the name of the famous scientist, Isaac Newton.

Grace appeared outside of the lab for the first time during the Additional Investigation of The Ghost of Grimsborough. She was hanging out with her fiancé, Luke Harris, in Desmond Galloway's Antique Shop. The two met with David Jones and the player when they arrived to check up on Desmond. Luke asked for the team's help to find and put together an oil lamp of Desmond's which he had accidentally broken. The team then found it and pieced it back together, and then gave it back to Desmond, much to Grace and Luke's appreciation to the team.

In Dog Eat Dog, Grace participated in the Dog Pageant with Newton.

Grace is shown to be very protective of Luke during the events of At the End of the Rope, in which Jones and the player talk with Luke two times during the investigation of Lisa Edwards' death, angering her. After Penelope Rivera was tried for murder and willful deception, Jones had the need to check up on Luke to make sure he was still in Grace's good side.

In The Devil's Playground, Grace agreed with Chief King to dress herself as an Amish woman to tend for Isaac Hersberger, in order to avoid offending the Amish population during the investigation. In Grace's absence from the Forensics, the Coroner, Nathan Pandit, filled-in for Grace during the investigation.

Grace is shown to be compassionate of children as showcased in An Elementary Murder, when she tendered for Sarah Mills in the rooms of the Grimsborough PD. Upon completing Sarah's leg of the Additional Investigation, Grace admitted that she was asthmatic when she was a child (she had frequent breath shortages), but in college she learned how to cure asthma so that it would not bother her during the events of the game.

Grace was the player's sidekick in Good Girls Don't Die since Jones was busy with the complaints by the citizens of Maple Heights and the case was too serious for him.

At the climax of There Will Be Blood, the player accepted a position in the Pacific Bay Police Department, but not before Cathy King and the Grimsborough PD threw a farewell party for the player. Grace took some time to tell the player that she would never forget the day little Newton was brought to her lab, and to conclude, thanked the player for it as Newton grew up to the best dog she has ever had.

Personal Life
Grace is engaged to Luke Harris, a Cinema History teacher at Grimsborough University, as mentioned above.

Analyses
As the Forensic Expert of the Grimsborough Police Department, Grace has the responsibility of taking care of all the necessary physical analyses, and to inform the team of such results after a certain amount of time or a speed-up process using Criminal Case Cash. Her task-wait rates will vary depending on the difficulty of the task, but they all cost 1 Criminal Case Cash per 30 minutes.

Below is the list of analyses Grace performs throughout the course of the game:

Case #2: Corpse in a Garden  Case #3: The Grim Butcher  Case #4: The Dockyard Killer Case #5: A Russian Case  Case #7: Death by Crucifixion  Case #8: Beautiful No More Case #10: Under the Knife  Case #11: Into the Vipers' Nest  Case #12: Blood on the Trading Floor Case #13: Bomb Alert on Grimsborough Case #14: Fashion Victim  Case #15: Family Blood  Case #16: The Kiss of Death Case #17: The Last Supper Case #18: In the Dead of Night Case #19: Innocence Lost Case #20: A Deadly Game Case #21: The Secret Experiments Case #22: To Die or Not to Die Case #23: The Final Journey  Case #24: Anatomy of a Murder ​Case #25: Ghost of Grimsborough Case #26: The Summoning Case #27: The Lake's Bride Case #28: The Haunting of Elm Manor Case #29: No Smoke Without Fire Case #30: The Wollcrafts' Creature Case #31: Dog Eat Dog ​Case #32: Murder on Campus Case #33: Killing Me Softly Case #34: Dead Man Running Case #35: At the End of the Rope Case #37: The Reaper and the Geek Case #38: Spring Break Massacre Case #39: Marked for Death  Case #40: An Elementary Murder Case #41: The Rorschach Reaper Case #42: Blood and Glory  Case #43: Troubled Waters  Case #44: The Scent of Death  Case #45: A Shot of Beauty  Case #46: Drive, Swing, Die  Case #47: One Wedding and a Funeral  Case #49: All the King's Horses Case #50: Snakes on the Stage Case #51: It All Ends Here Case #52: A Brave New World  Case #53: Burying the Hatchet Case #54: The Poisoned Truth  Case #55: Ashes to Ashes Case #56: There Will Be Blood
 * Tooth (00:02:00)
 * Fingerprints (03:00:00)
 * Bag of Powder (00:02:00)
 * DNA (00:30:00)
 * Blood (03:00:00)
 * Heart (06:00:00)
 * Blood (03:00:00)
 * Blood (00:30:00)
 * Soil Sample (06:00:00)
 * Blood (06:00:00)
 * Pills (03:00:00)
 * Strand of Hair (03:00:00)
 * Blood Sample (03:00:00)
 * Blood Residues (06:00:00)
 * Food Sample (03:00:00)
 * Overalls (06:00:00)
 * Gloves (03:00:00)
 * Blood (03:00:00)
 * Gemstone (03:00:00)
 * Substance (00:30:00)
 * Blood (06:00:00)
 * Empty Vial (00:30:00)
 * Substance (03:00:00)
 * Unknown Substance (03:00:00)
 * Scissors (03:00:00)
 * Oil-stained Rag (06:00:00)
 * Blood Sample (03:00:00)
 * Soil Sample (00:30:00)
 * Smashed Bottle (06:00:00)
 * Jewel (03:00:00)
 * Unknown Substance (06:00:00)
 * Zodiac Pendant (06:00:00)
 * Bloody Hair (06:00:00)
 * Blood Sample (03:00:00)
 * Blood (06:00:00)
 * Blood Type (06:00:00)
 * Unknown Substance (03:00:00)
 * Blood (06:00:00)
 * Blood (06:00:00)
 * Hair (06:00:00)
 * Strange Pellets (03:00:00)
 * Pipe (03:00:00)
 * Blood (06:00:00)
 * Green Liquid (06:00:00)
 * Vomit (06:00:00)
 * Doggy Bag (06:00:00)
 * Pink Substance (06:00:00)
 * Wine Sample (03:00:00)
 * Molecule (03:00:00)
 * Blood (03:00:00)
 * DNA (06:00:00)
 * Powder Specks (06:00:00)
 * Molecule (00:30:00)
 * Piece of Thread (06:00:00)
 * Hair (06:00:00)
 * Finger #3 (06:00:00)
 * Glass (03:00:00)
 * Pills (03:00:00)
 * Skull (00:30:00)
 * Blue Substance (03:00:00)
 * Human Nail (06:00:00)
 * Syringe (06:00:00)
 * Handkerchief Fibers (06:00:00)
 * Hairs (06:00:00)
 * Substance (00:30:00)
 * Knife (06:00:00)
 * Fibers (06:00:00)
 * Powder (06:00:00)
 * Saliva (03:00:00)
 * DNA (00:30:00)
 * Pollen (06:00:00)
 * Fibers (06:00:00)
 * Sewing Needle (06:00:00)
 * Blue Residue (03:00:00)
 * Slime (Threat Letter) (00:30:00)
 * Slime (Letter of Threats) (06:00:00)
 * Glass Object (06:00:00)
 * Necronomicon (06:00:00)
 * Blood (00:30:00)
 * Bloody Knife (06:00:00)
 * Pendant (00:30:00)
 * Vial (00:30:00)
 * Saliva (06:00:00)
 * Blood Sample (03:00:00)
 * DNA (00:30:00)
 * Glove (06:00:00)
 * Suit (06:00:00)
 * Skin Cells (06:00:00)
 * Mites (03:00:00)
 * Blood Sample (06:00:00)
 * Powder Sample (03:00:00)
 * Matchbox (00:30:00)
 * Blood Sample (Knife) (03:00:00)
 * Blood Sample (Glass Shards) (06:00:00)
 * Various Fibers (06:00:00)
 * Kibbles (03:00:00)
 * Anonymous Letter (06:00:00)
 * Blood (06:00:00)
 * Unknown Sample (12:00:00)
 * Icing Sample (03:00:00)
 * Ants (12:00:00)
 * Funnel (12:00:00)
 * Trinket (12:00:00)
 * Grease (12:00:00)
 * DNA (03:00:00)
 * Greasy Substance (12:00:00)
 * Fibers (12:00:00)
 * Pill Bottle (12:00:00)
 * Blue Liquid (06:00:00)
 * Brown Substance (06:00:00)
 * Red Substance (12:00:00)
 * Substance (03:00:00)
 * Powder (12:00:00)
 * Blood (12:00:00)
 * Hair (12:00:00)
 * Red Substance (06:00:00)
 * Pink Substance (03:00:00)
 * Fish Scales (12:00:00)
 * Blood (12:00:00)
 * Nails (03:00:00)
 * Black Substance (12:00:00)
 * Wig (06:00:00)
 * Fibers (00:15:00)
 * Blood (12:00:00)
 * Hair (12:00:00)
 * Bullet (12:00:00)
 * Blood (12:00:00)
 * Test Tube (12:00:00)
 * Unknown Substance (00:15:00)
 * Fibers (12:00:00)
 * Unknown Fabric (12:00:00)
 * Liquid Sample (12:00:00)
 * Dead Bee (06:00:00)
 * Red Substance (12:00:00)
 * Soil Sample (15:00:00)
 * Unidentified Pills (01:00:00)
 * Drops (03:00:00)
 * WeBuy Receipt (06:00:00)
 * Hair Pile (12:00:00)
 * Pills (06:00:00)
 * Red Substance (03:00:00)
 * Pink Substance (06:00:00)
 * Saliva (12:00:00)
 * Fibers (12:00:00)
 * Unknown Substance (03:00:00)
 * Unknown Liquid (06:00:00)
 * Fabric Sample (12:00:00)
 * Unknown Substance (06:00:00)
 * Horseshoe (03:00:00)
 * Golden Dust (06:00:00)
 * Fiber (12:00:00)
 * Vote Red Badge (12:00:00)
 * Tea (06:00:00)
 * Brown Substance (12:00:00)
 * Saliva (12:00:00)
 * Black Powder (06:00:00)
 * Blood Sample (12:00:00)
 * Molecule (12:00:00)
 * Knife (12:00:00)
 * Crimson Order Robe (00:10:00)
 * Unknown Substance (12:00:00)
 * Fibers (12:00:00)
 * Saliva Sample (03:00:00)
 * Blood Sample (06:00:00)
 * Glass Bead Fragments (12:00:00)
 * Skin Cell Sample (12:00:00)
 * Blood Sample (03:00:00)
 * Hair (15:00:00)
 * Blue Fabric (12:00:00)
 * Bones (00:05:00)
 * Black Hair (06:00:00)
 * Skin Cells (15:00:00)
 * Blood (09:00:00)
 * Matchsticks (15:00:00)
 * Blood (03:00:00)
 * White Sample (06:00:00)
 * Illustration (09:00:00)
 * Bloody Hair (09:00:00)
 * Slab (15:00:00)

Gameplay
As of 11 February 2015, the player may choose Grace to join the investigation of each crime scene (in any Grimsborough case) and provide hint bonuses. She is available as a 5-hint partner. (Note that this feature is only available on the mobile version of the game.)

Trivia

 * Grace is the only female member of the Grimsborough Police Department.
 * In Good Cop Dead Cop, Grace did not analyze anything, but she did appear after Alex Turner analyzed Newton's tattoo number.
 * Nathan also took care of all the physical analyses in Grace's absence during the events of The Devil's Playground and Good Girls Don't Die.

Case Appearances
As one of the main characters and the head of the Forensics Laboratory of the Grimsborough PD, Grace appears in every single case of Grimsborough, except in The Death of Rosa Wolf (Case #1 of Grimsborough) and Burned to the Bone (Case #9 of Grimsborough), where she neither analyzed anything nor made an appearance.