Lashing Out

Lashing Out is a case featured in Criminal Case as the forty-second case of The Conspiracy (Season 5) and the two-hundred seventy-third case overall. It is the final case to take place in University district of Grimsborough.

Plot
After Mia Loukas told the team that they had found Kevin Charles's body in the forest on the university grounds, Jones and the player went to the clearing and found the professor tied up to two trees and whipped to death.

Later, Mia told them that she found the place where the members of Ad Astra had gathered, a nearby cave. Soon after, Lucius Roth cracked under pressure and gave his testimony about killing the professor. Finally, the team apprehended student president candidate Polly O'Brien for the professor's murder.

Victim

 * Kevin Charles (whipped to death in the forest)

Murder Weapon

 * Whip

Killer

 * Polly O'Brien

Killer's Profile

 * The killer knows knots.
 * The killer supports the Grimsborough Quails.
 * The killer eats ramen.
 * The killer is a female.
 * The killer wears light blue.

Chapter 1

 * Investigate Forest Clearing. (Clue: Victim's Body)
 * Investigate Professor's Office. (Clues: )
 * Autopsy Victim's Body. (18:00:00; Attribute: )
 * Go to Chapter 2.

Chapter 2

 * Investigate Ad Astra's Cave. (Clues: )
 * Go to Chapter 3.

Chapter 3

 * Take care of the killer now!
 * Go to Original Sin (6/6).

Original Sin (6/6)

 * Move on to a new crime (in Spring Fields)!

Trivia

 * The case title refers to the expression "lash out", meaning to suddenly attack someone physically or criticize someone angrily.
 * This case is released on a Wednesday instead of the usual Thursday due to holiday festivities.
 * This is one of the cases where all suspects have appeared previously.
 * All the suspects in this case were arrested.