Corpse in a Garden/Transcript

Chapter 1
Samuel King:  , a man called Dave Simmons claims he saw body parts in a junkyard garden.

Samuel King: Go investigate and solve this case as fast as you can!

Investigate Junkyard Garden

Dave Simmons: My name is Dave Simmons. I called the police as soon as I saw the hand in the garden.

Jones: You did well! Stay around...   and I will have a look inside, see if we can find the rest of the body.

Investigate Dirty Bathroom

Jones: Splendid work, ! That's obviously the second part of our victim. We need to send his body to the lab for autopsy.

Jones: According to his ID, his name was Ned Dillard, and he was a mortgage broker.

Jones: We should take a better look at his clothes, and the bottle of flammable liquid you found next to the bathtub.

Jones: Finally, this saw is our murder weapon. Well done , we've really made progress on this case!

Autopsy the victim's body

Nathan: Nice to see you again, ! I'll go straight to business: the hand you found in the garden matches the body you found in the bathtub.

Nathan: Apart from that, I've only got one certainty: only a man is strong enough to get rid of a body by cutting it with a saw.

Jones: I'm dying to ask you how a woman would have disposed of the body, but we've got no time. Our killer is a man, which is all that matters! Thanks, Nathan!

Examine Flammable Liquid

Jones: The sale of such chemicals is under strict tracking laws. Now that we've got the complete bar code, we can determine where this bottle was purchased.

Jones: ...it's from a mini-market nearby! And I know the owner of that place, his name is Joe Stern. Let's go talk to him!

Talk to Joe Stern

Joe Stern: Yes, this bottle comes from my shop, so what?

Jones: We need to know who bought it. They've committed a murder.

Joe: Look, buddy, you don't seriously think I keep track of my customers, do you? Dozens of people come here everyday!

Jones: Is that so? Well then,   will have a look at your shop. Just in case there are other things you don't keep track of!

Investigate Mini-market

Jones: You'll soon find that suspicious things always end up in the trash, ... Let's have a look at this trash bag!

Examine Trash bag

Jones: Jackpot! This receipt you found is a goldmine! Look, it records the purchase of a bottle of flammable liquid...

Jones: The purchase of a saw, just like the one we found in the bathroom...

Jones: And even better: the receipt also shows that bandages have been purchased by the same person!

Jones: The killer obviously didn't get those for our victim. Which means we're looking for someone wearing a bandage!

Examine Victim's Clothes

Jones: Good job searching the victim's clothes,  ! I'm sure this gold tooth will help us move forward.

Jones: We'd better send it to the lab for analysis.

Analyze Tooth

Grace: Nice to meet you,  ! I'm Grace. I'm the head of this lab and I take care of all the physical analyses.

Grace: Such as that tooth you found out in the victim's clothes. As it turns out, it matches the bite marks on the bottle you found in the same place!

Grace: The killer must have tried to open the cap with their teeth, and lost this tooth in the process!

Jones: Either that's a really strong cap or our killer's got lousy teeth! In any case,   let's go look for someone with a missing tooth!

Jones: Actually, you're right! Dave Simmons was missing a tooth! This witness is now a suspect, thanks to you!

Talk to Dave Simmons

Dave: I lost a tooth when I was young. I have nothing else to say about this case, except that I was there to sell the house.

Jones: Since you were here to sell the house, I trust you know who it belongs to?

Dave: Of course! This property belongs to Mr Marconi and has been derelict for years now. He'd be much better off without it.

Jones: Did you say Marconi? <Rank> <Name>, if you agree, I think we have to report it to Chief King.

Samuel King: Listen to me, <Name>: Tony Marconi is a gangster involved in all sorts of shady business. We haven't been able to pin anything on him so far...

Samuel King: This case might be our chance to know more about him!

Talk to Tony Marconi

Jones: <Rank> <Name> is asking you if you have heard of a man called Ned Dillard.

Tony Marconi: I don't think so. Is that all? I'm a very busy man, you know.

Jones: I'd watch my tone if I were you. It's his corpse we found in a house that belongs to you.

Tony: You know what? I think you should just have a little chat with my lawyer about it. I really have no time for such trivial matters.

Chapter 2
Samuel King: So, <Rank> <Name>! How is the Ned Dillard case going? Have you found something to incriminate Marconi?

Jones: Unfortunately, chief, we've got next to nothing against him.

Samuel King: Oh. That IS unfortunate. Oh well, you know what to do!

Jones: Um... yes...?

Samuel King: The only thing you CAN do! Go back to those crime scenes and find something to push this case forward!

Investigate Dirty Bathroom

Jones: How did this immaculate tie clip end up in such a dirty bathroom?

Jones: You're right, <Name>! We should have a closer look at this!

Examine Tie clip

Jones: You're proving to be a natural at lifting fingerprints, <Name>! That tie clip didn't stand a chance!

Jones: What do you say we get these prints to Grace, see what she can come up with?

Analyze Fingerprints

Investigate Junkyard Garden

Jones: Nicely spotted, <Rank>! Such a tidy pile of leaves in such a derelict garden... this must be hiding something!

Examine Pile of leaves

Jones: Bingo! A business card belonging to Ned Dillard! Nice catch, <Rank> <Name>!

Jones: And look at the back of the card! "Call Maria", and there's a phone number! The rain got to it though. Do you think you could decipher it?

Examine Phone Number

Jones: Superb work, <Name>! Let's give this number phone to Alex, our tech guy. He will probably find its owner in our database.

Analyze Phone Number

Alex: Hi, <Rank> <Name>, I'm Alex! But you can call me the Digital God if you want to.

Jones: Yeah, I'm sure <Name> will do that... Alex is in charge of all the technical staff, and yes, he IS good, although maybe not THAT good.

Alex: Spoilsport. Anyway, the owner of this phone number you found is Maria Sanchez. She's a housemaid.

Jones: Duly noted, thanks Alex! <Name>, what do you say we go have a chat with this Maria Sanchez?

Talk Maria Sanchez

Maria Sanchez: Ned Dillard's dead? Ha! So there is some justice, after all!

Jones: Is that so? Why did the victim have your phone number, Ms Sanchez?

Maria: Because I'm his maid. Or rather, I was. The b*stard fired me two days ago!

Jones: And now Ned's in bits and pieces, you're the picture of health, and your termination gives you a very good motive for murder...

Maria: Think what you will. But if I were you, I'd go have a little chat with Dennis Brown. He's a bodyguard, and he'd just offered his services to Mr Dillard!

Talk to Dennis Brown

Jones: Mr Dennis Brown. Maria Sanchez told us you offered your bodyguard services to Ned Dillard shortly before his death. Is that true?

Dennis Brown: Sure. Ned Dillard was a crook. He sold a lot of sh*t to a lot of people. The guy obviously needed protection!

Jones: I see you're missing a tooth. Did you lose it on the job?

Dennis: Uh, yeah. It's a rough job, sometimes you get on the wrong end of the fight.

Dennis: Look, about Ned... I didn't kill him. But I've got a list of people who might have: all the people who got their houses taken because of him!

Dennis: I didn't think I'd need that list no more, since the guy's dead, so I tore it up. You can probably still put it back together, though.

Examine Torn List

Jones: Good job putting that list back together, <Name>! I can't believe Dennis Brown gave it to us like that!

Jones: Hey, but that's Joe Stern's name on the list! Which means Ned Dillard duped him, too!

Jones: <Name>, what do you say we go back to Joe's mini-market? I think some thorough shelf-searching is in order!

Investigate Market Shelves

Before investigating

Jones: Why didn't you tell us your property got seized because of Ned Dillard?!

Joe: And so what? I'm not the only one that b*stard got to!

Jones: Maybe, but it still makes you a suspect! Step aside, we need to have another look at your shop.

After investigating

Jones: Mr Stern, we'll be taking your surveillance camera for analysis.

Joe: First the trash, now the camera... You really don't have anything better to do?

Jones: If I were you I'd just shut up, Joe. <Name>, let's go see what Alex can make on the recordings on this camera!