Joe Littlehat

Joe Littlehat was the killer of a Bayou Bleu street swindler named Sammy Duncan in Death by Moonshine (Case #65, or Case #9 of Pacific Bay).

Profile
Joe was a 37-year old poacher who hunted alligators for sport, and according to Hannah Choi, does it illegally given Joe doesn't hold an alligator license. Joe wore a beige hunter hat (with a stain), had brown hairs and brown eyes, had tanned skin with blemishes on his face with a brown stubble. Joe also wears an earring on his left ear, and is often seen carrying a hunting rifle. Joe wears a dark-brown hunting vest on top of his stained blue buttoned shirt and wears a tooth necklace on his neck. Joe sustained a skin rash (eczema) on his neck area, and is known to have consumed moonshine, used eggs, and played dominoes.

Role in Case(s)
Joe was a Bayou Bleu poacher who hunted for sport, but was involved with a clandestine moonshine operation at the time of the case.

Joe found himself in the red when Hannah analyzed the alligator trap found at the victim's boat belonging to Joe Littlehat, prompting the team to talk to him since Hannah also confirmed that Joe doesn't have a license to hunt alligators.

Frank Knight warned Joe not to pose a danger to his pet turtle "Duke" at the start of the conversation, but attempted to find out the truth by asking Joe what was the alligator trap doing at Sammy's boat. Joe can't remember or recall an event since he sobered from his last glass of moonshine--an illicit whiskey Sammy made as an alternative to The Mad Cow bar. Joe may be broke, but knows his ingredients very well and goes far by telling Frank not to have his turtle cross a wrong path as Joe has a lot of traps set throughout the swamps. Frank was irate when he heard Joe's warning to his turtle but the player told Frank to concentrate on the murder investigation instead.

Joe was approached by the team a second time after both him and Padre Rafael were caught pointing guns at each other and both were instructed by Frank to put their guns down and permit the player a second look at Sammy's Boat followed by a chit-chat with both, in which Joe accused Padre of cheating in a game of dominoes.

Right after the domino piece was forensically dusted, the team opted to talk to Joe a second time about the domino piece and claimed that Rafael cheated and attempted to create a negative experience for him. Frank made it clear that a domino player killed Sammy but Joe countered that he had more important matters in mind than dominoes--the moonshine business in which Joe claimed that his moonshine was a hit in the district. Joe told the team he supplied the ingredients for the acclaimed moonshine and even told Frank to try the moonshine, although Frank takes drinking differently--in the city and not in Bayou Bleu. The claim, though, was countered when Joe was incriminated as the killer when all evidence pointed against him.

Joe and Sammy ran a moonshine distillery which is against federal law as alcoholic drinks were regulated even in Pacific Bay. Joe created the recipe for the moonshine and in turn expected Sammy's cooperation in accepting his help, personal respect, and a share of the profit resulting from the sale of moonshine. According to Joe, Sammy was a selfish person and according to Frank Knight, the moonshine partnership had excessive bumps due to a mutual disagreement between the two, so the team sent Joe to face trial for Sammy's murder.

Once in trial, the Honorable Dante was prepared to indict Joe for the murder of Sammy although the endangerment of Frank's pet turtle (Duke) was also on the list of charges much to the justice's disbelief as Joe admitted to endangering a pet turtle in hope to get a lesser sentence. Knowing that profits were the reason for the murder, Joe told the Honorable Dante that Sammy refused to share the profits in spite of him supplying the ingredients for the moonshine, erupting into hatred. Joe then took an axe, beheaded Sammy, used eggs to alleviate the bleeding, and pinned the head on the Mad Cow's trophy mount because Joe also hated moments when Betty-Lou Logan spat on his beer.

The final verdict was a 25-year jail sentence for Joe.

Case Appearances

 * Death by Moonshine (Case #65, or Case #9 of Pacific Bay)