Zoe Kusama

Zoe Kusama (Jpn: 草間ゾエ) appeared as a quasi-suspect in The Art of Murder (Case #12 of The Conspiracy), prior to which she was mentioned in four other cases.

Profile
Zoe is a 37-year-old social worker of Japanese-American heritage. She has mid-length, wavy black hair and sports silver hoop earrings. She wears a green jacket over a yellow shirt and a white vest. In her quasi-suspect appearance, her face, hair, and clothes are disheveled and dirty.

Stonewalled
After Guadalupe del Prado was arrested for Stella Ziarati's murder, Louis Leroux approached Gloria and the player, stating that his friend, Zoe, had gone missing some months prior, last seen August 19. He said that he had traced Zoe's phone to Cooper Park. Gloria and the player then took the case.

Gloria and the player found Zoe's phone in Cooper Park. According to Cathy, all the data on the phone had been wiped, but had Jones's fingerprints all over it. The two talked to Jones, who said that he was put on Zoe's case, but the trail had turned cold after he found Zoe's phone in the library. After a while, Gloria and the player went to the library.

In the library, they found a poem entitled "The 19th of August", the day Zoe had disappeared. Finding out that it was written by Omar Al Hadawi, they talked to him. Omar said that he had seen a car with tinted, black windows stop in front of her, and that she had gone inside and since then vanished.

After they chased the lead, Jones got angry, saying that everyone was doubting his detective skills.

Trivia

 * Zoe is one of the characters (aside from the victims) to have appeared as a clue in a crime scene.

Case appearances

 * Stonewalled (Case #8 of The Conspiracy; mentioned)
 * Shooting Star (Case #9 of The Conspiracy; video appearance)
 * The Bloom of Doom (Case #10 of The Conspiracy; mentioned)
 * Hot Mess (Case #11 of The Conspiracy; mentioned)
 * The Art of Murder (Case #12 of The Conspiracy)