Joe Turner

Joe Turner was a Science Fiction (Sci-Fi) fan who regularly attented the Grimsborough sci-fi fantasy festivals. He had neck length wavy brown hair and wore red glasses. He wore a red Star Trek t-shirt with an upside down triangle and a black collar. He was found impaled on a Ripper Jade statue at one of the Sci-Fi Festivals in The Reaper and the Geek (Case #37).

Murder Details
Joe was found impaled on a statue at the festival. His body had been pushed from the upper platforms of the festival and his chest was ripped through by the blade in the Ripper Jade statue. His body was seen by all of the visitors to the festival until the police were called by Kevin Parker who was at the festival. The police came and removed Joe's body and handed it to the coroner Nathan Pandit. He told the team that Joe had been pushed from a great height and died immediately when the spike pierced his heart. He also told them that Joe had grabbed a badge from the killer as he fell and it was recovered to be a Visitor's pass badge. At the crime scene, they also found a torn poster which the team put back together to be of Captain Simple who was a comic book superhero and the enemy of Ripper Jade who was the statue Joe was killed on. Analyzing the poster, they found a substance which turned out to be prosthetic glue which cos-players use to glue on ears and extra parts of their costume. Investigating a diner, they found an article about Joe and they spoke to the diner's waitress who was at the festival Irma Anderson. She told them that she had saw him at the diner a few times. Looking closely at the festival stands, the team found a figurine with a strange powder on it. Grace analyzed the powder and told them that it was make-up. This meant that the killer wore make-up. After further investigation, they found out that the killer had A- minus blood which they found at the Diner Tables and that they found hair on a note which confirmed that the killer wore a green wig.

Killer and Motives
The killer was the organiser and curator of the Sci-Fi Festival Peri Foreman. Peri had been the organiser of several festivals where Joe had been present and his behaviour had been bad. Peri took him to the upper staging and told him that he must behave in this festival so not to embarass her. Joe started laughing, saying that he wouldn't do what she said. Peri slapped Joe and the two broke into a fight. Joe grabbed Peri and attempted to shove her off the landing, but at the last minute, Peri got the better of Joe and he accidently fell of the landing. As he fell, he grabbed her badge off and plunged into the spike at the Ripper Jade statue. Peri was terrified of what she did, and was going to call the police and turn herself in. However, she didn't want her festival to be closed so early. So she agreed that she would turn herself in after the festival. However, Kevin Parker called the police and put an end to that plan. After all the investigation was finished, sci-fi fan and frend of Peri's Alex Turner went to arrest her and put her on trial.

Sentence

 * Ten years

Case Appearances

 * The Reaper and the Geek (Case #37)