Layla Sandovel

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

Profile
Layla was a 19 year old university student, that had green eyes and blonde hair with pastel green highlights tied in a half bun. At the time of her death she wore pastel green eyeshadow and pastel pink lipstick and donned a pastel green dress under a transparent t-shirt which she wore a pastel pink jacket over along a matching handbag.

Murder details
Mia and Hamilton went to campus so they can help Cindy in her prom preparations but were surprised by her approaching them, to inform them that a girl has been murdered. When they arrived to the crime scene, they saw a girl tied up with scars all over her body. Cindy identified the girl as Layla Sandovel

Killer and motives
The killer was Chantelle Byrne. 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).