Downward-Facing Dead

Downward-Facing Dead is a case in Criminal Case that will be featured as the seventeenth case of The Conspiracy (Season 5) and the two-hundred forty-eighth case overall. It is set to take place in The Greens district of Grimsborough.

Victim

 * Scott Morris  (drowned in yoga studio)

Murder Weapon

 * Drowning

Killer

 * Max Gaynes

Killer's Profile

 * The killer reads the Bhagavad Gita.
 * The killer is right-handed.
 * The killer drinks chai tea.
 * The killer is bald.
 * The killer wears prayer beads.

Chapter 1

 * Investigate Yoga Studio. (Clues: Faded Plaque, Torn Cloth, Victim's Body)
 * Examine Faded Plaque. (Result: Studio Founder; New Suspect: Guruji)
 * Ash Guruji about the victim. (Prerequisite: Studio Founder unraveled; New Crime Scene Unlocked: Zen Garden; Victim identified: Scott Morris)
 * Investigate Zen Garden. (Prerequisite: Guruji interrogated; Clues: Victim's Bag, Locked Tablet)
 * Examine Victim's Bag. (Result: Loyalty Card; New Suspect: Lyle Bass)
 * Question Lyle Bass about the victim having his card. (Prerequisite: Loyalty Card found)
 * Examine Locked Tablet. (Result: Unlocked Tablet [Unknown Man])
 * Examine Unknown Man. (New Suspect: Max Gaynes)
 * Interrogate Max Gaynes about his relationship with the victim. (Prerequisite: Max Gaynes identified)
 * Examine Torn Cloth. (Result: Banner [Banner Message])
 * Analyze Banner Message. (03:00:00; Attribute: The killer reads the Bhagavad Gita)
 * Autopsy Victim's Body. (18:00:00; Murder Weapon registered: Drowning; Attribute: The killer is right-handed)
 * Go to Chapter 2. (1 star)

Chapter 2

 * Investigate Boot Camp. (Available after unlocking Chapter 2; Clues: Crate, Purple Cloth, Torn Paper)
 * Examine Crate. (Result: Tank Top; New Suspect: Captain Clementine)
 * Ask Cap'n Clem if she saw anything suspicious. (Prerequisite: Tank Top found)
 * Examine Purple Cloth. (Result: Dry Bits)
 * Analyze Dry Bits. (12:00:00; Attribute: The killer drinks chai tea; New Crime Scene Unlocked: Garden Pool)
 * Investigate Garden Pool. (Prerequisite: Dry Bits analyzed; Clues: Locked Notebook, Smashed Award)
 * Examine Locked Notebook. (Result: Open Notebook)
 * Analyze Open Notebook. (12:00:00)
 * Ask Guruji to explain his unflattering notes on the victim. (Prerequisite: Open Notebook analyzed; Profile updated: Guruji reads the Bhagavad Gita and drinks chai tea)
 * Examine Smashed Award. (Result: White Substance)
 * Examine White Substance. (Result: Tattoo Cream)
 * Interrogate Max about breaking the victim's award. (Prerequisite: Tattoo Cream identified under microscope; Profile updated: Max reads the Bhagavad Gita and drinks chai tea)
 * Examine Torn Paper. (Result: Exercise Sheet; New Suspect: Rozetta Pierre)
 * Talk to Rozetta Pierre. (Prerequisite: Exercise Sheet restored; Profile updated: Rozetta reads the Bhagavad Gita)
 * Profiles updated: Guruji is right-handed, Max is right-handed
 * Go to Chapter 3. (1 star)

Trivia

 * The case title is a pun based on the yoga position "downward-facing dog".
 * This case is the only case in The Conspiracy thus far in which the murder weapon is an action.
 * This case, The Lake's Bride, What Dies Beneath, Kicking the Bucket and The Witching Hour have the same murder weapon (drowning).