Hamza Boussefi

Hamza Boussefi was the victim in Killing Spring (Case #9 of World Edition).

Profile
Hamza was the leader of the protest movement attempting to overthrow Sultan Mahmoud. At the time of his death, he was wearing a tan coat and a blue scarf around his head.

Murder Details
Hamza was found in an oasis with a bullet wound in his head. An autopsy from Angela Douglas confirmed that he was killed by a gunshot wound to the back of the head, most likely from a service rifle. She also managed to find traces of couscous on the victim's carotid artery on his neck. She believed it meant the killer check Hamza's pulse, leaving grains behind. This meant that Hamza's killer ate couscous.

Killer and Motives
The killer was revealed to be an American journalist named Thomas Cox.

Carmen lambasted Thomas for killing Hamza, despite the journalist denying the evidence at first. When he confessed to killing the protest leader, Thomas also claimed that it was an accident. He had invited the victim for an interview about the protest movement and how far he would go to overthrowing the Sultan. During the interview, Hamza showed the journalist the rifle, which the latter took to get a feel for it; however, Thomas lost the feel when he accidentally discharged the rifle. The journalist took Hamza’s death as an advantage and had framed the Sultan in his news story. Carmen was disgusted that Thomas had used Hamza’s death for his own purposes, and she shipped him to trial.

Thomas pleaded guilty before Judge Adaku, but claimed to get “a killer story” out of it. The judge was shocked when the journalist turned it into a news story. However, he did believe that the murder was not premeditated and sentenced the journalist to 10 years in prison.

Case Appearances

 * Killing Spring (Case #9 of World Edition)