Russell Crane

Russell Crane was the victim in Break the News (Case #49 of Venusville).

Profile
Russell was a 28-year-old criminal psychologist. Russell had wavy medium blond hair and has green eyes. He wore a black tie underneath a striped dark green shirt with black suspenders which go around his shoulders and conneced to his brown leather belt. His shirt contained two pockets: the one on the left consists of a notepad as well as a blue pen, while the one on the right consisted of a pair of dark brown glasses. Besides that, Russell wore a golden watch on his right hand and a pair of black pants.

Murder Details
Russell was found stabbed in the back in CCN studio. Philip Perry said that he found ice tea stains on Russell's suspenders. Since he didn't had ice tea in his blood, Philip deduced that killer drinks ice tea.

Killer and motives
The killer was revealed to be a movie director Margaret Hatchman.

Upon admitting to the murder, Margaret said that she killed Russell because he tried to steal Rachel from her. When Amber asked her to explain who is Rachel, pissed Margaret explained that Rachel is a main actress in her movie and her biggest cash cow. However, Rachel started dating Russell even though Margaret didn't very liked him. Few days ago, Margaret overheard Russell talking with her cameraman, telling him that he will propose to Rachel and take her to LA for new and better life. Not wanting to lose her best actress, Margaret found a pair of scissors and stabbed Russell in the CCN studio few hours before his interview. In courtroom, Margaret tried to justify her actions by telling the judge that she protected Rachel's talent. Still, judge Grayson Pierre sentenced Margaret to 30 years in prison.