The Poisoned Truth

The Poisoned Truth (Case #54) is the fifty-fourth case of the game.

Case Background
The victim, Rosie Gatewood, was a famous history novelist who got killed by a blow dart to the neck just before she could reveal a deadly secret about "The Crimson Order" to the team. The killer was none other than Ashton Cooper, the heir of Cooper family.

Rosie was about to expose the Crimson Order as insidious manipulators and the secret society didn't want that to happen. They gave Ashton the order to kill Rosie so he could join them. For Ashton, the Crimson Order was proud of the city his family founded, as well as him. For this reason, Ashton felt it was necessary to be part of the Crimson Order and did what they ordered him to do.

At court, without any remorse, Ashton once again claimed that he committed the murder for the eternal glory of Grimsborough, and determinedly said to the Judge that putting him inside prison would change nothing as he could still act as a Crimson brother. After hearing enough, Judge Hall condemned Ashton to life imprisonment for the murder of Rosie Gatewood. Before being taken away, Ashton stated that the Crimson Order had a message for the player which said, "your days are numbered". But Officer Jones furiously countered that the Crimson Order did not scare his partner at all and that it was them who should be afraid instead.

At the finale of the case, Officer Ramirez hurriedly came in to the station to inform the team with the shocking news that Tess Goodwin was on the loose.

Victim

 * Rosie Gatewood (killer by a blow dart to the neck)VB54.jpg

Murder Weapon

 * Dart

Killer

 * Ashton Cooper

Killer's Profile

 * The killer knows about botany.
 * The killer collects "KILLER CARDS".
 * The practices fencing.
 * The wears a blue tie.
 * The wears purple glasses.

Trivia

 * This case, A Brave New World (Case #52) and Burying the Hatchet (Case #53) are the only cases in which we have to investigate a crime scene from the past.