Gunnar Burns

Gunnar Burns was a suspect in the murder investigation of Grimsborough University freshman Cindy McMinn in Final Cut (Case #37 of The Conspiracy) and the killer of an athlete Stephanie Griff in Game, Set, Murder (Case #40 of The Conspiracy).

Profile
Gunnar is the 50-year-old chief of the landscaping crew at Grimsborough University. He has messy gray hair, sideburns, a beard, and a mustache, as well as eye bags and wrinkles. Gunnar is seen wearing a gray t-shirt under a green jumpsuit with orange accents and two chest pockets. It is known that Gunnar eats chili.

In his second appearance, it is revealed that he uses heat cream, believes in astrology and orders from Kangaroo.

Final Cut
Gunnar became a suspect after Gloria and the player found his university badge at the island which the film crew used as a movie set. After Gunnar said that he did not know Cindy, the team asked him why his badge ended up at the movie set. Answering about this, Gunnar explained that he might have lost it when he went to the island to clear his head.

Later, after beat cop Mia Loukas reported the team of a fight between him and a university student, Toby Hansen. The team quickly headed to the university entrance, where they found Gunnar threatened Toby with a pair of hedge clippers for damage to campus property. The team then arrested Gunnar for attempted criminal assault.

After Gunnar was taken into custody, the team (per Rita) found out that he had cleaned the chainsaw which Cindy's killer used to kill her by professional-grade cleaning products. When being asked about why he cleaned the murder weapon, Gunnar told that he did not know about it as he thought that the blood on the chainsaw was chili. In the end of the conversation, Gunnar denied killing Cindy.

Later, the team found out that Gunnar was innocent for the murder as they discovered the killer of Cindy was Toby Hansen. However, for his attempted assault on Toby earlier, Gunnar still remained in custody.

Trivia

 * Gunnar is a reference to Gunnar Hansen, an American actor and author.
 * Additionally, his name is also a parody of the aforementioned person, along with Marilyn Burns, an American actress.

Case appearances

 * Final Cut (Case #37 of The Conspiracy)
 * Game, Set, Murder (Case #40 of The Conspiracy)