Franklin Caldwell

Franklin Caldwell was the coach of the Major League football team, The Grimsborough Quails. In Dead Man Running (Case #34), Franklin was one of the suspects during the investigation of the murder of Troy Takiguchi (one of his football players). He was in fact the killer of Troy.

Profile
Franklin is a 56 year old and 6 feet tall African American man with black skin and brown, shifty eyes. He has no hair on his head but has the hint of a small moustache. In Dead Man Running, Franklin wears a large headset with one headphone so he can hear the commentary, and a microphone so that he can shout encouragement. He sports two thick black lines on his face to show support for his team. He also wears a blue bowling shirt with white trim around the collar and shoulder lines. On the right side of the shirt, there is a green grass stain and under it, is the logo of the Grimsborough Quails: a quail looking out menacingly. Down his left side, the wire from the headphone trails down into the mic box. Franklin weighs 225 pounds and his blood type is A+. It is known that he drinks sports drinks and eats spicy food.

Role in Case(s)
Franklin was called in by the team when his team's star quarterback, Troy Takiguchi, was murdered on the football pitch.

At the end of the case, it was discovered that Franklin had accidently killed Troy. He had tried to make Troy the ultimate player on the pitch as there were talent scouts in the audience and he wanted the victim to go well. He snuck into the infirmary where the nurse, Karimah Breen worked, and stole EPO which was a form of steroids. Troy had type 1 diabetes and was taking regular insulin. Franklin stole his medicine and mixed it in with the EPO. He gave Troy his insulin and he headed out onto the pitch. The mixture went wrong and gave Troy a heart attack. Troy's right arm grew to an unnatural size and he collapsed and died. Shocked at what he had done, Franklin broke into the infirmary once again and placed the EPO and Troy's insulin back in the store cupboard. This was intended to frame Karmiah as she was known to sell illegal drugs to students for money. The team arrested him and Judge Olivia Hall sentenced him to four years in prison and his teaching license revoked.

Case Appearances

 * Dead Man Running (Case #34)