Carmen Martinez

Carmen Martinez is an elite force detective of the Bureau. Carmen is one of the two personnel assigned to be the player's partner in Season 3 of Criminal Case.

Profile
Hailing from Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Carmen is a 40-year-old elite force detective. Before working in the Bureau, she was an investigative journalist wherein she won a Pulitzer Prize. She has black wavy hair at shoulder-length and black eyes. She wears a brown jacket with silver plating and two zip pockets. She also dons a leather choker (which she leaves opened), a gold earring, and a camera around her neck. She is shown to be fearless and thorough, but she is known to not trust anything and/or question what she hears at times. She has a sister who likes Bollywood films.

Meeting Carmen
Chief Ripley informed the player that they will be teaming up with Carmen in France while Jack patrols England for the time being. Ripley had to caution the player that Carmen is tough and untrusting, but should be given a chance. Carmen admitted to the player that she prefers to work alone, but she would be willing to make an exception at the behest of the Bureau.

Bad Medicine
In the middle of Donna Sandover's murder investigation, an aftershock hit the Bureau’s headquarters, causing a drawer to fall and hit Carmen in the head, prompting Ingrid and the player to take her to an improvised hospital in the Lotus Temple. Jack joined the player to continue the investigation and replace Carmen, despite the latter pleading to rejoin.

Later, when Jack and the player were talking about their findings about the investigation, Ingrid informed the team that the lack of medicine caused the patients in the Lotus Temple to grow impatient and start a riot. Carmen, now recovered, calmed things down and rejoined the player to solve Donna's murder.

Gameplay
The player may choose Carmen to join the investigation of each crime scene (in any World Edition case she teams up with the player) and provide hint bonuses. She is available as a 1-hint, level-10 partner.

Trivia

 * Carmen is one of the characters who animate (or move) during at least one cutscene in the game.

Case Appearances
As one of the main characters and one of the two partners assigned for the player's career in the Bureau, Carmen either appears or is mentioned in almost every case of the World Edition-to-date.