Treacherous Waters is a case featured in Criminal Case as the one-hundred and thirty-fifth case of the game. It is the twentieth case of the game's World Edition (Season 3) and also the second case to take place in South Asia.
Plot
Mumbai needed help from The Bureau because a devastating tsunami hit the city. Upon reaching the city, Jack Archer and the player were assigned to go to a flooded museum to save any people stranded there. There, they found a constable named Deepak Kumar shot in the chest.
After gathering enough evidence, Jack and the player managed to incriminate Amrita Kumar, the victim's sister, as the killer. Amrita initially denied killing her brother, whom she loved, but admitted the crime soon after. Amrita was alone in the museum and felt someone approaching her from behind. Thinking the person was a raider, she turned around and fired her gun without identifying the person (per her brother's advice on self-defense). She discovered too late that she had taken Deepak's life.
At the trial, Judge Nigel Adaku understood that the murder was an accident, but also stated Amrita tried to divert police attention. The judge issued a 7-year jail sentence for Amrita.
After the trial, Jonah Karam joined the player in assisting Chief Medhekar of the Mumbai Police Department. The chief said that Deepak was on trail of a mysterious criminal but died before being able to show the evidence. Jonah and the player found a box containing Deepak's evidence in the flooded street. They found out that he was investigating Guru Om Padmasana (who was added to the suspect list earlier). They also discovered that the guru was none other than Ezra Hope, a hippie the player met while working in Rhine Canyon with the Pacific Bay Police Department.
Padmasana said that he could not remember his past life in Pacific Bay in detail. He only remembered that he was stoned frequently and hung out with outlaws in the desert. One day, however, he saw a bright flashing light, which made him think of changing his life and go to India in search for peace.
The guru told Jonah and the player to visit the museum to "clear their spiritual karma". There, the two found a golden charm with a strange symbol, which Armand Dupont—upon analysis—said stood for forgiveness. Since they could not go arrest the guru for peddling old mythology, Jonah asked the player if he could give the amulet to Marina Romanova as a way of apologizing to her for what happened in the past. The player agreed.
Jonah explained to Marina that he had intentionally missed while aiming to shoot her back when she was a student in Moscow because he fell in love with her at first sight. Marina barely accepted Jonah's apologies, telling him that it would take more than the amulet to earn her friendship.
Ingrid Bjorn sent the player to Bangalore as the city was struggling with a newly unleashed deadly epidemic, and requested help from Lars and Angela Douglas.
Stats
Victim
- Deepak Kumar (police officer shot in the chest and left in the museum)
Murder Weapon
- Gun
Killer
- Amrita Kumar
Suspects
Killer's Profile
- The killer is right-handed.
- The killer has a criminal record.
- The killer quotes Gandhi.
- The killer wears green.
- The killer wears a nose ring.
Crime Scenes
Steps
Chapter 1
- Investigate Flooded Museum. (Clues: Victim’s Body, Victim’s Bag, Faded Receipt; New Suspect: Chief Medhekar)
- Notify Chief Medhekar about the death of Constable Kumar. (Prerequisite: Play Flooded Museum as a task)
- Examine Victim’s Bag. (Result: Victim’s Notebook)
- Analyze Victim’s Notebook. (03:00:00; Attribute: The killer has a criminal record)
- Examine Faded Receipt. (Result: Tuk-Tuk Receipt; New Crime Scene Unlocked: Waterfront Walk)
- Investigate Waterfront Walk. (Prerequisite: Tuk-Tuk Receipt unraveled; Clues: Locked CCTV, Torn Paper)
- Examine Locked CCTV. (Result: Driver’s Face)
- Examine Driver’s Face. (New Suspect: Sandeep Sadhra)
- Ask Sandeep Sadhra if he remembers driving the victim to the Museum. (Prerequisite: Driver’s Face identified)
- Examine Torn Paper. (Result: Newspaper Article; New Suspect: Charity Stern)
- Ask Charity Stern if she had any contact with the victim. (Prerequisite: Newspaper Article restored)
- Autopsy Victim's Body. (18:00:00; Attribute: The killer is right-handed)
- Go to Chapter 2. (No stars)
Chapter 2
- Interrogate the guru about his presence near the victim’s home. (Available after unlocking Chapter 2)
- Investigate Flooded Street. (Available after unlocking Chapter 2; Clues: Faded Brochure, Victim’s Keys)
- Examine Faded Brochure. (Result: Confession Message)
- Analyze Confession Message. (12:00:00; Attribute: The killer quotes Gandhi; New Crime Scene Unlocked: Wrecked Waterfront)
- Investigate Wrecked Waterfront. (Prerequisite: Confession Message analyzed; Clues: Speeding Ticket, Victim’s Cap)
- Examine Speeding Ticket. (Result: Reference Number)
- Analyze Reference Number. (12:00:00)
- Quiz Sandeep Sadhra about losing his driving licence. (Prerequisite: Reference Number analyzed)
- Examine Victim’s Cap. (Result: Blond Hair)
- Examine Blond Hair. (Result: Charity Stern’s DNA)
- Question Charity Stern about her hair on the victim’s hat. (Prerequisite: Charity Stern’s DNA identified)
- Examine Victim’s Keys. (Result: Unknown Substance)
- Analyze Unknown Substance. (06:00:00; New Suspect: Amrita Kumar)
- Question Amrita Kumar about her brother. (Prerequisite: Unknown Substance analyzed)
- Go to Chapter 3. (1 star)
Chapter 3
- Investigate Street Corner. (Available after unlocking Chapter 3; Clues: Lost Bag, Torn Flyer, Soaked Paper)
- Examine Lost Bag. (Result: Brush)
- Interrogate Amrita Kumar about her gun-cleaning brush. (Prerequisite: Brush found)
- Examine Torn Flyer. (Result: Spiritual Flyer)
- Analyze Spiritual Flyer. (09:00:00)
- Pressure the guru to reveal the truth about himself. (Prerequisite: Spiritual Flyer analyzed)
- Examine Soaked Paper. (Result: Disciplinary Report)
- Question Chief Medhekar about the disciplinary procedure against the victim. (Prerequisite: Disciplinary Report unraveled)
- Investigate Museum Entrance. (All tasks before must be done first; Clues: Plastic Box, Victim’s Handkerchief)
- Examine Plastic Box. (Result: Gun)
- Analyze Gun. (09:00:00; Murder Weapon registered: Gun; Attribute: The killer wears green)
- Examine Victim’s Handkerchief. (Result: Substance)
- Analyze Substance (15:00:00; Attribute: The killer wears a nose ring)
- Take care of the killer now!
- Go to A New Light 2 (No stars)
A New Light 2
- Investigate Waterfront Walk. (Available after unlocking A New Light; Clue: Torn Document)
- Examine Torn Document. (Result: Driving Licence)
- Give driving licence back to Sandeep. (Prerequisite: Driving Licence restored; Reward: [MALE] Indian Turban, [FEMALE] Indian Haircut)
- Ask Chief Medhekar what he needs help with. (Available after unlocking A New Light)
- Investigate Flooded Street. (Prerequisite: Talk to Chief Medhekar; Clue: Evidence Box)
- Examine Evidence Box. (Result: Faded Passport)
- Examine Faded Passport. (Result: Passport Details)
- Analyze Passport Details. (06:00:00)
- Quiz the guru about his old identity. (Prerequisite: Passport Details analyzed; Reward: Burger)
- Investigate Flooded Museum. (Prerequisite: Talk to Om Padmasana; Clue: Amulet)
- Examine Amulet. (Result: Amulet Symbol)
- Analyze Amulet Symbol. (06:00:00)
- Accompany Jonah to apologize to Marina. (Prerequisite: Amulet Symbol analyzed; Reward: 20,000 Coins)
- Move on to the next case! (1 star)
Trivia
- This case and The Parting Shot are the only two cases of World Edition in which the victim and the killer are relatives.
- While one task in A New Light required a star to talk to Marina Romanova, she was not accused of any wrongdoing during the murder investigation, and her showing up on the suspect list during A New Light should be considered incidental.