Aaliyah Banks

Aaliyah Banks was a Grimsborough University student and a regular spring breaker at a public beach. She had tanned skin, and medium length black hair. She commonly wore a white top with a black undershirt. She was murdered in the water on the public beach in Spring Break Massacre (Case #38).

Murder Details
Aaliyah was found out on the water at a public beach on a pool float. He hands and feet were dangling off the float and just in the water. There was blood all around the water and the body. A teenager who was spring breaking with her called Madison Springer was walking to the beach and found Aaliyah's body. She reported it to the police and the team rushed to the scene. There, they sent the body to Nathan for autopsy and also found a shoeprint in the sand and a pile of algae. They began speaking to some spring breakers who were at the beach with Aaliyah. They interviewed Madison, Chad Baker and Kurt Leary. The shoeprint was examined and was found to be made by flip-flops. In the pile of algae, they found a piranha which was revealed to be the murder weapon. After the autopsy, they found that Aaliyah had been knocked out and cut so that the blood went into the lake. The killer released the piranha into the water and they ravaged her skin where the blood was pouring. Examining the piranha, they discovered they had been stolen from the University's Biology Ampitheater. The team searched there and found a fish scooper which the killer must have used. They found a substance on it and analyzed it to be Chewing Gum. Afterwards, they spoke to the biology student in charge of the amphitheater: Michael Fletcher. After that, back at the station someone pulled a prank on David Jones, an officer of the law. Confronting Taylor Kirby, she told them that she had paraded the streets protesting against pollution in the lake with Aaliyah. The team returned to the biology class and searched the desks. They found a torn piece of paper which was put back together to be a competition she was in with Madison for Prom Queen. They also found a notebook which belonged to the victim and revealed that Michael had been threatening her. They searched a gas station where the killer had visited and found several fish scales. Analyzing them, they found that the piranha had bitten the killer. They soon discovered that Kurt Leary wanted to be a film-maker and had filmed the piranha eating the victim. He said he wanted to turn it into a movie and wanted Bruce Anderson to star in it. They searched the beach and found the camera. They put it back together and searched the pictures. They found one of the killer placing the victim and the piranha into the lake. For the last part of their investigation, they searched a vending machine at the gas station and found blood on the dialling pad. Analyzing the blood, it was revealed that the killer has green eyes. This led the team to their killer.

Killer and Motives
The killer was the eco-warrior and the prankster Taylor Kirby. She had wanted to stop the pollution into the lake, and Aaliyah had helped her. However, Aaliyah was only helping in the hopes to help her chances to win prom queen. When Aaliyah realized this wasn't working, she gave up helping. Taylor found out why she had been helping and was extremely angry. She broke into the biology ampitheater and stole the piranha. She confronted the victim and knocked her out. She placed her on a float and threw the piranha into the water. She put Aaliyah's hands and feet into the water and make her draw blood. The piranhas ravaged Aaliyah.

Case Appearances

 * Spring Break Massacre (Case #38)