Jonah Karam

Jonah Karam was a suspect in the murder investigation of military attaché Adam Hassan in Murder by Proxy (Case #7 of World Edition).

Profile
Jonah is a 38-year-old ex-military soldier turned hired gun. He wears a blue shirt with a bulletproof vest over it and a blue scarf and dog tags around his neck. It is known that Jonah eats saffron and knows ancient Arabic.

Role in Case(s)
Jonah was first interrogated by the player and Jack Archer after they found his binoculars at the souk. An analysis from Elliot Clayton revealed that he was following the victim for some reason. Jonah said he followed Adam simply because he was paid to do so. However, he did not know who paid him to follow the victim, so he assumed his job was done.

An analysis from Marina Romanova on a notepad Jonah wrote on warranted another interrogation on him. Marina's results revealed several dangerous characteristics about Jonah, like how he is aggressive, impatient, expects privacy, and a volatile instability; the very later of which is seen primarily in serial killers. Jonah was not surprised at them finding his notebooks, as he already told the team he was to keep tabs on Adam. When told about the possibility of him being a serial killer, he said that was just crazy talk, but was known to kill a man or two due to being a sniper in the army. He added that he was not planning on sniping Adam, and saw he was getting involved with some rebel tribal leaders, but was not able to find out much beyond the notes he too.

Jonah was found to be innocent after Christy Mathis was incarcerated for Adam's murder, but Marina felt the need to speak with him again due to his psychological profile. However, she had difficulty trying to get the necessary info out of Jonah using indirect methods, so she had to be direct. When he was asked about why he was still in the Middle East, he simply said it was because he can eat, drink, and enjoy the architecture. Marina and the player thought him mentioning the architecture was a clue to the riad they investigated earlier, so they looked there. Some investigating and interrogating of other suspects later, he was spoken to again about his involvement with the rebel tribes. He revealed he was tracking someone named "The Sword", who the team found out was responsible for Chief Ripley's murder. He said it was all going well until The Bureau came along, and they fled into the desert. With that being their only lead, they gave pursuit and headed to the desert.

Case Appearances

 * Murder by Proxy (Case #7 of World Edition)