Olly Oliver

Olly Oliver was a popular musician and the lead singer of a band named Lone Roses, which included three members: Olly, the singer; Riley Davies, the drummer; and Bart Williams, a police informant. In Killing Me Softly (Case #33), Olly was murdered and found stuffed into a drum.

Murder Details
One night, the team went to see Jones' favourite band, Lone Roses sing on stage in the Grimsborough Concert Hall. Later in the hall, after the performance ended, the team saw Ramirez, who informed them that there was something wrong with the drumkit. The team quickly went there and found Olly's body in there with a sardonic grin on his face. Upon autopsy, they discovered that Olly had been poisoned with rat poison, specifically a poison known as strychnine, which used to make the upper body muscles contract violently, twisting the victim's mouth into a ghoulish grin. The autopsy also revealed that Olly had died within five minutes of respiratory failure and that his killer definitely had access to rat poison since the strychnine in the victim's blood matched the type used in pest control products.

Killer and Motives
The killer was a girl named Mary Lou Hong who was Lone Roses' groupie and a big fan of Olly. Olly had promised Mary that he would leave the Lone Roses and form a duo with her. Mary had also written a few songs for the duo band. However, Olly was decieving her. He had stolen her songs and performed them on stage with the Lone Roses and never gave Mary credit for writing them. Mary had found out about this and decided that she had to do something. She poisoned the victim and stuffed him inside the drumkit of the Lone Roses.

Case Appearances

 * Killing Me Softly (Case #33)