Felicia Steppingstone

Felicia Steppingstone was the victim of The Young and the Lifeless (Case #87, or Case #31 of Pacific Bay).

Profile
Felicia was an actress who moved to Ivywood to become famous like all actresses before her.

Murder Details
Felicia was found slashed to death and tied to the Ivywood sign as Frank Knight attempted to take a nap when the player found an anomaly from the get-go. When Holly Hopper harassed Frank and the player, she identified the slain actress as Felicia Steppingstone. The player didn't hesitate to ship the body to Roxie Sparks for autopsy but interrogated Holly since she trespassed the crime scene.

Roxie spent tedious hours of autopsy but panicked a bit during the process due to the wounds she saw on Felicia's body. The cause of death was wanton blood loss from the cuts Felicia sustained. Roxie can't help but notice the size of Felicia's cuts in which she stated the cuts matched the description of a razor, but Frank and the player had to find the matching razor to be sure of it.

The good news was that Roxie found some type of powder on Felicia's skin, namely from the surface of the wounds as only the killer would have left a trace of the powder on those wounds. Roxie did some clinical analysis in conjunction with the autopsy and found immunoglobins, beta-lactoglobulin, and bovine serum albumin--ingredients used in protein shakes. This suggested that the killer drank protein shakes.

When Chief Marquez ordered Frank and the player to return back to the Ivywood sign, the player found a razor with Felicia's blood on the blade, meaning that the razor blade was the murder weapon used to kill Felicia.

Killer and Motives
The killer was Tucker Smalls, who was her assistant.

Tucker attempted to persuade the police that he had nothing to do with Felicia's death, but when Frank informed him that evidence incriminated him as the killer, he snapped by telling the team to keep his beloved chihuahua out of the murder. The player shipped Tucker to trial so that Tucker could explain his reasons for the murder before Judge Dante.

Tucker told the court that Felicia ruined his life, and in spite of him working as the actress's assistant, she treated Tucker as if he was her slave. Tucker was forced to do errands and chores for the actress and sometimes he would get yelled at by Felicia if he did something wrong. Felicia promised Tucker that she would introduce Tucker to some of her agents so that he would be as famous as her, but Tucker saw her as a liar--to which all Felicia did was abuse him.

Judge Dante informed Tucker that he was arrested previously for cocaine possession albeit Frank was aghast to know that Tucker didn't mention narcotics during the murder investigation. According to Judge Dante, Tucker was pulled over the night before he offed Felicia for speeding with no driver's license in which street patrollers found narcotics in the car's trunk. The narcotics were Felicia's, in which Tucker was forced to grab a couple of cocaine packages for Felicia during transit, but the street patrollers assumed the narcotics to be Tucker's property, and because of this Tucker is faced with a criminal record that will prevent him from becoming a celebrity in his own right. Tucker wanted revenge, so he followed Felicia until he boxed her to the Ivywood Sign, and upon cornering Felicia, slashed her with razor blades and tied her to the sign to make the public aware of her monstrosity. Judge Dante made things clear that there is no excuse to murder, so he gives Tucker a 20-year jail sentence for the murder of Felicia Steppingstone.

Case Appearances

 * The Young and the Lifeless (Case #87, or Case #31 of Pacific Bay)