Blood in the Water

"Antiques collector found brutally tortured in a flooded cistern! Can you stop the killer before more water stains red?"

- Case Teaser

Blood in the Water is the eighth case in Fluxford. It takes place in the cryptic and ominous district of Hellraised Hollow.

Plot
The Player and Mallory go into the cistern, now dried thanks to the fire department. They do find the body: the body of antiques collector Alberto Launders, brutally tortured. Evidence shows that the killer murdered him in his antiques shop and dumped the body there. In the first chapter, three people were flagged as a suspect: city architect Jack Tra De Zini, the victim's son Lucas Launders, and elite agent Stacey Calloway. It is also discovered that the killer is physically fit and eats cajun shrimp. At the end of the first chapter, there was a breaking news segment where the location of the cult Faith hangs around has been discovered.

Victim

 * Alberto Launders (found strangled, stabbed and drowned at the cistern)

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Killer's Profile

 * The killer is physically fit.
 * The killer eats cajun shrimp.
 * This killer's profile has not been discovered yet.
 * This killer's profile has not been discovered yet.
 * This killer's profile has not been discovered yet.

Chapter 1

 * Investigate Cistern. (Clues: Victim's Body, Soaked Blueprints, Bloody Rope) (Victim Revealed: Alberto Launders)
 * Examine Soaked Blueprints. (New Suspect: Jack Tra De Zini)
 * Ask Jack if he knew the victim. (New Crime Scene: Antiques Shop)
 * Examine Bloody Rope. (Result: Brown Sauce)
 * Investigate Antiques Shop. (Clues: Photo Frame, Handgun)
 * Examine Photo Frame. (New Suspect: Lucas Launders)
 * Alert Lucas about his father's death.
 * Examine Handgun. (Result: Handgun ID)
 * Analyze Handgun ID. (00:30:00) (New Suspect: Stacey Calloway)
 * Ask Stacey why her gun was on the crime scene.
 * Analyze Victim's Body. (18:00:00) (Result: The killer is physically fit.)
 * Analyze Brown Sauce. (Result: The killer eats cajun shrimp.)
 * Move on to chapter 2 now! (1 star)