Wilfred Turnscrew

Wilfred Turnscrew was the victim in Anatomy of a Murder (Case #24).

Profile
Wilfred was a famous crime writer, who had a brother named Stanley Turnscrew, the tour guide of Grimsborough. One of Wilfred's most famous books were "The Death of Rosie Woolf".

Murder Details
When the team were hanging out in the local museum, they suddenly noticed a Neanderthal man, who looked real and was inside a leopard print holding a spike towards the air. After a while, they realized that it really a human being and that it was a famous crime writer named Wilfred Turnscrew so they then send it to the lab for autopsy and closed the museum for crime investigation.

After the victim's body was autopsied, Nathan said that Wilfred was first beaten up badly and as a result, he fell unconsious. Nathan further said that Wilfred was taxidermised while he was alive. Judging by the fine threading used on the victim, Nathan discovered that the killer was clearly gifted at sewing.

After having a close look at the museum's exhibit display, the team found a skinning knife. Then, they recovered the serial number of the knife and gave it to Alex for tracing the owner. After completing the trace, Alex told the the team that it belonged to James Savage, a hunter. He also said that Grace had checked the knife and had found faint traces of blood on it. The blood belonged to the victim, which meant that the skinning knife was the murder weapon.

Killer and Motives
The killer was the curator of the local Grimsborough museum, Cornelia Trent. Since the people were more interested in Wilfred's books, they had stopped coming to the museum. Without visitors, Cornelia had to sell museum badges for money and to keep the museum alive. At last, she couldn't take it anymore, and after watching Wilfred get beaten up by James Savage, Cornelia took the opportunity and killed the writer with a skinning knife, then taxidermised him, and put him on display to get everyone's attention back to the museum.

Case Appearances

 * Anatomy of a Murder (Case #24)