The Kiss of Death

Read also: The Kiss of Death Dialogues

The Kiss of Death (Case #16) is the sixteenth case of the game and the fifth in the Financial Center......................................... ..... ........

Case Backgroung:
The victim was Emma Ternon, who worked as an informant for Rachel Priest, but also worked as an upscale escort for Rozalina Davidov. Reason why Ternon worked two jobs was to help Priest infiltrate Greene Holdings by working as a call girl, even at the expense of poor treatment as a call girl. Ternon was supposed to meet Priest at Walton Square, but was pushed out of a tower building window and fell to her death.

The killer was a plastic surgeon named Roger Dence, who pushed Emma to her death because he performed ​​a bad plastic surgery on her, which the victim didn't like and threatened Roger that she would denounce him.

Victim

 * Emma Ternon (pushed out of a tower building window)

Murder Weapon

 * Defenestration

Killer:

 * Roger Dence

Killer's Profile

 * The killer eats sushi.
 * The killer uses lip balm.
 * The killer uses anti-aging cream.
 * The killer is 52 years old.
 * The killer wears a lab coat.



Steps
Chapter 1:


 * Investigate Square's Entrance. (Clues: Victim's Body, Blank Sticky Notes, Tablet Computer, Victim's ID)
 * Autopsy the Victim's Body. (18:00:00)
 * Examine Blank Sticky Notes. (Result: Meeting with Rachel Priest)
 * Quiz Rachel about the victim.
 * Investigate Newsroom. (Clue: Pile of Folders)
 * Examine Pile of Folders. (Result: Emma's Files)
 * Confront Rachel about her files on Emma.
 * Examine Tablet Computer. (Result: Unlocked Tablet Computer)
 * Ask Rozalina about the Victim.
 * Go to Chapter 2. (1 star)

Chapter 2:


 * Ask Richard about hiring Emma's services.
 * Investigate Casino's Top Floor. (Clue: Torn Photograph)
 * Examine Torn Photograph. (Result: Photograph)
 * Question the crazy old lady.
 * Analyze Photograph. (03:00:00)
 * Ask Roger about his row with Emma.
 * Investigate Rachel Priest's Desk. (Clues: Broken Hard Drive, Necklace)
 * Examine Broken Hard Drive. (Result: Hard Drive)
 * Analyze Hard Drive. (06:00:00)
 * Question Rozalina about enslaving Emma.
 * Examine Necklace. (Result: Unknown Molecules)
 * Examine Unknown Molecules. (Result: Anti-aging Cream)
 * Go to Chapter 3. (1 star)

Chapter 3:


 * Quiz Josie about the casino.
 * Investigate Casino Games. (Clue: Diamond Ring)
 * Examine Diamond Ring. (Result: Diamond Serial Number)
 * Analyze Diamond Serial Number. (00:30:00)
 * Talk to Richard about proposing to Emma.
 * Investigate Square Steps. (Clues: Glass Shard, Broken Dictaphone)
 * Examine Glass Shard. (Result: Blood)
 * Analyze Blood. (06:00:00)
 * Examine Broken Dictaphone. (Result: Emma's Dictaphone)
 * Find out why Roger was threatening Emma.
 * Examine Broken Memory Chip. (Result: Memory Chip)
 * Analyze Memory Chip. (06:00:00)
 * Arrest the killer.
 * Go to Additional Investigation. (No stars)

Additional Investigation:


 * Talk to Richard Dobbs about the drug-accusations.
 * Investigate Square's Entrance. (Clue: Red Box)
 * Examine Red Box. (Result: Cocaine Kit)
 * Examine Cocaine Box. (Result: Fingerprints)
 * Analyze Fingerprints. (03:00:00)
 * Talk to Richard Dobbs about his drug-accusations. (Reward: 100 XP)
 * See how Rachel Priest is doing.
 * Investigate Newsroom. (Clue: Notebook)
 * Examine Notebook. (Result: Emma's Clients' List)
 * Give the phonebook to Rachel Priest. (Reward: Burger)
 * See what the problem is with Josie Picket.
 * Investigate Casino Games. (Clue: Magician's Suitcase)
 * Examine Magician's Suitcase. (Result: Fortune Card)
 * Examine Fortune Card. (Result: Josie's Fortune Card)
 * Give her Tarot Card to Josie Picket. (Reward: Lucky Jacket, Lucky Hat)
 * Investigate Next Case. (1 star)

Trivia

 * This case and Innocence Lost (Case #19) are the only two cases in which two of the suspects are arrested.
 * Curiously, the two suspects (Richard Dobbs and Susan Peck) didn't commit the murder but got arrested for the same thing: drug use.
 * This case is one of the many cases in which Chief Samuel King doesn't make an appearance in the beginning.
 * This case, The Lake's Bride, and The Reaper and the Geek are the only cases which murder weapon is an action (in this case, the victim was defenestrated)
 * This is one of the many cases that doesn't require stars to go to Additional Investigation.
 * This case's witnesses are David Jones and the player.