Breaking Chains

"A Better Life" is a case appearing in the seventh season instalment of Criminal Case, Justice Department. It is the thirty-eighth case of the entire season and the second case of the Town Of Wisterias District.

Plot
Upon establishing the fact that the prison breakout of crazy scientist Julian Ackroyd was a joint effort by unknown accomplices, the detectives sought to identify these conspirators in order to stop Ackroyd and his ominous plans. Gavin Van Ness and the Acropolis Scroll allies with the police regarding the criminal activities of the supposedly disbanded criminal gang called El Fantasma, keeping track of their actions through domestic affairs.

Chapter 1
From the last case, the Acropolis Justice Defence Force are seeking help from the district's social work community. Lt. Wong and the player goes to the office of Eve Winslow, the social worker who is associated with the rehabilitation of ex-El Fantasma leader, Chico Gallegos. However, they find Eve dead, crushed under a fallen bookshelf. There they also find a broken picture frame and a torn cheque. While investigating, the detectives were encountered by Chico, listing him down as a suspect.

Chico was spoken to by Lt. Wong and the player, he claimed that he arrived for his daily check-up with Eve regarding his social skills therapy. He expressed that Eve was helping him and some of his friends to reform to fit in society as decent people rather than criminals, progressively changing his life.

The broken picture frame contained a man hugging the victim with her wedding gown. The man was revealed to be Eve's husband, Adam Winslow. The player and Lt. Wong bring the bad news to Adam about his wife's death. Adam, while weeping, stated that they had just recovered from a fight regarding finances and was looking forward into setting their relationship straight again. While in the Winslow couple's home, the detectives decided to search through their home, where they find a package that contained a silver watch that came with a faded inscription tag.

The inscription tag revealed that the watch came from her fellow social worker, Sean Ashcroft. The detectives interrogate Sean regarding Eve's murder and stated that Eve was a 'miracle worker', not only did she help her clients go through hard times, but also her co-workers. The watch he sent was supposed to be a thank you gift for helping him go through his divorce.

After recovering the damaged cheque, police technician Elliot Rothman analysed the cheque and its involved bank accounts. He came to the conclusion that the killer was paying the victim $25,000 from an anonymous offshore bank account from the Cayman Islands and Eve tore up the cheque, meaning that the victim's refusal to accept the killer's payment caused the murderer to commit his deed. Therefore, it can be determined that the killer visited the Cayman Islands to officially set up the account.

Dr. Graham Fraser, the coroner, finishes the autopsy and came up with the result that Eve was instantly killed with blunt force trauma to the head. The bruises caused the shelf's collapse was actually post mortem and the murder weapon to be sought for is a round, metallic object. Since Eve struggled with her killer, the culprit left behind traces of prune juice on the victim's clothes (with Dr. Fraser confirming that Eve did not have prune juice in her system.

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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Additional Investigation – Experimental Control 2/6
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Victim

 * Eve Winslow (found under a collapsed bookshelf)

Murder Weapon

 * Not Yet Identified

Killer

 * Not Yet Identified

Suspects

 * Chico Gallegos – Ex-El Fantasma Leader
 * Adam Winslow – Victim's Husband
 * Sean Ashcroft – Victim's Workmate
 * Franco Castello – Workshop Owner
 * Judith Van Ness – Former Senator

Quasi-Suspects

 * Gavin Van Ness – Acropolis Scroll CEO
 * Elliot Rothman – Police Technician

Killer's Profile

 * The killer has been to The Cayman Islands
 * The killer drinks prune juice
 * The killer plays Primero
 * The killer wear checkers
 * The killer wear sunglasses

Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Experimental Control (2/6)
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