Breaking News

Breaking News is a case featured in Criminal Case as the fifty-fourth case of The Conspiracy (Season 5) and the two-hundred eighty-fifth case overall. It is the final case to take place in the Airport district of Grimsborough.

Plot
After Cathy informed the team that Ad Astra conspirator Louis Leroux had been found murdered in his jail cell, Gloria and the player found Louis, burned and his limbs blasted off.

Later, Warden Mallory Banks informed them of a riot caused by the prisoners who had found out about Louis's murder.

Victim

 * Louis Leroux (killed by an explosion in his prison cell)

Murder Weapon

 * Exploding Light Bulb

Killer

 * Shweta Noorani

Killer's Profile

 * The killer knows chemistry.
 * The killer works out.
 * The killer uses Duck soap.
 * The killer is over 40.
 * The killer.

Chapter 1

 * Investigate Leroux's Cell. (Clues: Bottle of Nitroglycerin, Victim's Body; New Suspect: Mallory Banks; Victim identified: Louis Leroux)
 * Question Warden Banks about the murder. (Prerequisite: Leroux's Cell investigated; New Crime Scene Unlocked: Prison Bathroom)
 * Investigate Prison Bathroom. (Prerequisite: Mallory interrogated; Clues: Shaving Cream Pot, Laundry Cart)
 * Examine Shaving Cream Pot. (New Suspect: Willie Redfern)
 * Ask Willie Redfern about sharing a cell with Leroux. (Prerequisite: W Redfern decoded)
 * Examine Laundry Cart. (Result: Escape Plan)
 * Examine Escape Plan. (Result: Polly O'Brien's Writing; New Suspect: Polly O'Brien)
 * Confront Polly O'Brien about her plan to escape with Leroux. (Prerequisite: Polly O'Brien's Writing identified)
 * Examine Bottle of Nitroglycerin. (Result: Brown Powder)
 * Analyze Brown Powder. (03:00:00; Attribute: The killer works out)
 * Autopsy Victim's Body. (18:00:00; Murder Weapon Found: Exploding Light Bulb; Attribute: The killer knows chemistry)
 * Go to Chapter 2.

Chapter 2

 * Investigate Prison Yard. (Clues: Broken Pieces, Trash Can)
 * Examine Trash Can. (Result: Metal File)
 * Analyze Metal File. (12:00:00; Attribute: The killer uses Duck soap; New Crime Scene: Showers)
 * Investigate Showers. (Clues: Cracked Watch, Locked Box, Faded Drawing)
 * Examine Locked Box. (Result: Box Unlocked)
 * Analyze Box of Mushrooms. (12:00:00)
 * Go to Chapter 3.

Chapter 3

 * Take care of the killer now!
 * Go to To the Stars (6/6).

To the Stars (6/6)

 * Move on to a new crime (in Newmark)!

Trivia

 * The case title comes from the phrase "breaking news," which is used to describe newly received information about an event that is currently occurring or developing.
 * This is one of the cases where all suspects have appeared previously.
 * Duck Soap is a parody of Dove Soap.