Roger Strout

Roger Strout was one of the suspects during the investigation of the murder of a scuba diver named Valerie Green in What Dies Beneath (Case #59, or Case #3 of Pacific Bay).

Profile
Roger Strout was a 39-year old man sporting a tan, shaved black hair, medium stubble, and green eyes. Roger wore a blue-black scuba diving suit but given his profession, carries a waterproof underwater camera with him. Roger obviously is very good in scuba diving, but is also known to drink champagne as well.

Role in Case(s)
Roger was a professional underwater photographer and scuba diver.

The first time the team talked to Roger was after the team restored a broken underwater camera at the scene of the murder (Underwater Coral). After Amy observed the pictures inside the underwater camera, she was able to identify the photographer as Roger Strout, as such prompted the team to interrogate Roger about Valerie's murder for the first time. Roger didn't want to cooperate since he felt betrayed by Valerie's lack of trust by breaking a major area of trust--Valerie allowed the partygoers to the place where the corals were at, and because of what Valerie did, Roger's career would be endangered. The team thought that would be a good motive for wanting Valerie dead, but not enough evidence to prove Roger guilty.

The second time Roger was brought to the investigation was when Mike Herbert claimed that Roger was lying to the team about trust issues Roger had with Valerie, but Roger felt that killing people just to save a beloved career didn't fit to his interests. Roger also disclosed that Valerie lived in Pacific Bay all her life, but wanted to leave, and suggested her that she dons the life of a partygoer, which caused trust issues when Valerie was known to have started flirting with Mighty Pete. While it may seem Roger was irate about Valerie's betrayal, he was kind enough to give the team Valerie's toolbox to help catch the killer. Eventually, with the help of the toolbox Roger gave them, the team arrested Mighty Pete for the murder of Valerie Green.

The final time the team talked to Roger was when Yann Toussaint found a rare shrimp species in the depths of Ocean Shore's exotic waters, and as Yann's daughter (Lily) placed it back in the sea, it "touched" Roger by accident. Roger was shocked that the team managed to find rare species in the waters, and cordially thanks the team, specifically Yann, for saving his career.

Case Appearances

 * What Dies Beneath (Case #59, or Case #3 of Pacific Bay)