Vice Grip

Plot

The player is welcomed by Detective Winston upon their arrival to the Federal Bureau of Crime. A few minutes later they were being shown around the district of Easthaven when they suddenly discover the body of Dane Parker with his head bashed in and his hands crushed by vices. Winston immediately conducted a murder investigation.

At the bureau, the player is introduced to Chief Medical Examiner Cornelius Clark, who concluded that the cause of death was not the blunt force trauma, but the crushing of his hands. He then went on to add that the killer is right handed.

A short time later, the victim's half-sister, Deb Hunt was listed as a suspect in the murder. She protested that while her and her half-brother did fight a lot, she would never hurt him like that.

Meanwhile, the player meets both the Tech Expert Neal O'Gallagher who found a threatening text message sent to the victim by a certain Vernon Reid, saying that he would hurt the victim because of his frequent fights with Deb, considering Vernon was dating Deb, and the Forensics Analysist Kaylee Gonzalez who concluded the killer had AB blood.

Later, Neal contacted the team to let them know that he and Field Expert Lindsey Emerson had found two more clues and two more suspects, the killer wears a hoodie and their favorite colour is purple, and the suspects are Portugese immigrant Gustav Ittianjo and artist Luna Bridge. Gustav said he had never heard of the victim, while Luna claimed to have had a stillborn child with the victim.

Ten minutes later, the final suspect, businessman Tobey Bean was interrogated because he was the victim's best friend. He claimed that he had no idea that Dane was murdered, as Dane was a frequent traveller and he thought maybe he had gone "trotting the globe" once again. Eventually, the player and Winston found enough evidence to arrest Vernon for the murder.

Vernon initally denied murdering Dane but soon admitted to the murder. He confessed that he knew Dane was very rich and he was severely jealous of Dane's travels. So he pretended to sign a will saying he was the beneficiary of Dane's will instead of Deb, and killed Dane to hopefully get that money. Judge Chamberlain sentenced him to 40 years in jail.