Only Truth Remains

Only Truth Remains is a case featured in Criminal Case as the one-hundred twenty-ninth case of the game. It is the fourteenth case of the game's World Edition (Season 3) and also the second case to take place in Eurasia.

Plot
As the player had discovered previously that COSMORUS, the Russian space agency, had been compromised by SOMBRA, Chief Ripley made it a top priority to find out what kind of information SOMBRA had procured and why. According to Natasha Romanova, the head of the space agency, there had been suspicious activity in St. Petersburg. The activity seemed to be connected to the Lermontov Estate, which was owned by Russian billionaire Dmitri Lermontov.

Carmen Martinez met the player at the estate only to find a dead body belonging to a man named Mikhail Karamazov, a civil notary. After hours of investigating that included an activist and a séance, the killer was revealed to be, in fact, Dmitri Lermontov.

Dmitri was eager for Carmen and the player to reveal the evidence leading to him, but yet defied being the killer. As Carmen laid out the pieces of evidence that included his caviar and his green eyes, Dmitri told the truth about him killing Mikhail. Dmitri claimed that he killed the notary not for his estate, but rather, for honor – the honor of protecting Duchess Anastasia. Dmitri explained that he could not contain himself when he found out that Mikhail tried to blackmail the duchess into marrying the notary because he loved her.

While Dmitri claimed that Mikhail deserved that blow to the head and a lot more, Judge Adaku disagreed; the judge explained that while Mikhail was a paper-pusher that wielded the little power he had to ruin people’s lives, he did not deserve to be killed. As a result, Dmitri was sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Victim

 * Mikhail Karamazov (found with his skull crushed)

Murder Weapon

 * Brass Pestle

Killer

 * Dmitri Lermontov

Killer's Profile

 * The killer plays piano.
 * The killer has contact with a Borzoi.
 * The killer eats caviar.
 * The killer wears fox fur.
 * The killer has green eyes.