Franklin Caldwell

Franklin Cardwell was the football coach for the University football team The Grimsborough Quails. He was one of the suspects during the investigation into the death of Troy Takiguchi (one of his football players). Franklin was also the killer of Troy in Dead Man Running (Case 34).

Profile
Franklin is a 6 foot tall 56 year old African American man with black skin and brown, shifty eyes. He has no hair on his head but has the hint of a small moustache. Franklin wears a large headset with one headphone so he can hear the commentary and a microphone so he can shout encouragement. He sports two black lines on his face to show support for his team. Franklin wears a blue bowling shirt with white trim around the collar and shoulder lines. On the right side of the shirt, there is a green grass stain and the logo of the Grimsborough Quails: a quail looking out menacingly. Down his left side, the wire from the headphone trails down into the mic box. Franklin weighs 225 pounds and his blood type is A+. It is known that Franklin drinks sports drinks and eats spicy food.

Role in Case(s)
Franklin was called in by the team when his team's star quarterback, Troy Takiguchi, was murdered on the football pitch. Franklin recommended they speak to the quarterback understudy Chad Baker and the quarterback for the Quail's rival team the Armadillos, Thomas Boedeker. At the end of the case, it was found that Franklin had accidently killed Troy. He had tried to make Troy the ultimate player on the pitch as there were talent scouts in the audience and he wanted Troy to go well. He snuck into the infirmary where the nurse Karimah Breen worked and stole EPO which was a form of steroids. Troy had type 1 diabetes and was taking regular insulin. Franklin stole his medicine and mixed it in with the EPO. He gave Troy his insulin and he headed out onto the pitch. The mixture went wrong and gave Troy a heart attack. Troy's right arm grew to an unnatural size and he collapsed and died. Shocked at what he had done, Franklin broke into the infirmary once again and placed the EPO and Troy's insulin back in the store cupboard. This was intended to frame Karmiah as she was known to sell illegal drugs to students for money. The team arrested him and Judge Olivia Hall sentenced him to four years in prison and his teaching license revoked.

Sentence

 * Four years in prison and his teaching license revoked.

Case Appearances

 * Dead Man Running (Case #34)