Merv Waylon

Merv Waylon was the victim in Blood Diamond (Case #110, or Case #54 of Pacific Bay).

Profile
Merv was a local gun trader and con man. At the time of his death, he had been wearing a blue suit with tie and sunglasses.

Murder Details
Merv was found at a hotel pinned to the wall by knives. According to Roxie Sparks, before dying Merv was tortured in numerous ways. Because of all the torturing he endured, Roxie came to the conclusion that he wasn't tortured at the hotel, but she wasn't sure where. For her the cause of death was straightforward, Merv was perforated by 6 knives thrown from a distance. Two of them pinned him to the wall, and the last one struck his heart. Because of how well the knives were thrown, the team came to the conclusion that the killer properly knows how to throw knives.

Killer and Motives
The killer was revealed to be a con man posing as an Arabian prince, known as Sheikh Faisal.

Abdullah bin Faisal was pissed after Amy and the player gathered enough evidence to prove the faux Sheikh guilty of grand homicide due to him assuming he had diplomatic immunity from criminal prosecution in foreign soil. During the investigation, Hannah Choi found out that Faisal was also a con since he was a failed actor in Ivywood per her information audit. Amy took advantage of Hannah's exploit to make Faisal admit to grand homicide not to mention the assumption of the Sheikh con Faisal cherished throughout his life but eventually the driving reason for the murder was because of the diamonds he wanted.

The moment Papa Quansah landed in Paradise City, Faisal targeted him so that he could commence a gun smuggling operation for the Middle East--until Merv beat Faisal for the diamonds. Wanting the diamonds like it was something that's of high importance to him, Amy thought Faisal tortured Merv so that he would surrender the diamonds to him, but Merv was very protective of the diamonds Quansah promised. Faisal wanted everything that benefitted his Sheikh persona, but Amy felt that this would be of use in court, so the player shipped Faisal to face Judge Dante.

Judge Dante wanted to know as to why Faisal was innocent of the finger cutting that happened in the Mennagio Casino minutes before Merv's demise, but all Faisal wanted to know was where the diamonds were. Faisal placed a lot of hard work to ensure that his Sheikh persona benefitted him financially and physically much to the chagrin of Merv beating Faisal for the diamonds. Judge Dante has heard enough, so he sentenced the faux Sheikh to 30 years in jail.

Case Appearances

 * Blood Diamond (Case #110, or Case #54 of Pacific Bay)