Chantelle Byrne

Chantelle Byrne was the killer of Layla Sandovel in A Thousand Scars (Case #40 of Grimsdale).

A Thousand Scars
After Mia and Hamilton investigated the library, Chantelle came to greet them, where Mia freaked out when seeing her burns and Chantelle acted shocked upon seeing the murder weapon. Chantelle was questioned about the victim, where whilst the conversation she revealed that the leader of the bookworms’ club is Estelle Montserrat.

Bruno came to Mia and Hamilton to tell them that the university sent them a message telling them that Chantelle is attempting suicide. Mia and Hamilton stopped her and spoke to her, where she revealed that the victim and her friends bullied her over her disfigurement. In the end, Chantelle was the killer of Layla Sandovel.

Mia asked Chantelle whether she killed Layla over the bullying, where Chantelle snapped revealing that it was the victim who was the cause of her disfigurement. Chantelle revealed that 5 years ago, Hamida invited Layla, Cindy, Marisol and others to a sleepover party. During the party, Layla and Cindy found a box of fire works and started messing around with them, where Layla accidentally sent one directly to the shed of Chantelle’s house where her dad kept a huge pile of fertilizer at. This set up a large explosion that killer Chantelle’s parents. Chantelle survived the explosion, but was left disfigured. 5 years later at university, she overheard Layla telling Hamida how she thinks she may have caused Chantelle’s disfigurement and telling her the whole story. Angered, Chantelle made a plan to kill her and was hoping that she’d frame it at Cindy. Judith sentenced her to 10 years in prison.

Case appearances

 * A Thousand Scars (Case #40 of Grimsdale).