Elephant in the Room

"While we try to forget the tensions during a visit to the zoo, we find a body trampled by a stampede of elephants! Will you catch the killer? Or as an elephant tusk will you fail in your purpose?"

- Case Teaser

Elephant in the Room is a case featured in Criminal Case as the thirty-second of the game. It is the second that takes place at Historical Cresthill in New Cresthill.

Plot
After receiving the invitation of archaeologist Edvard Hereward to see a new archaeological discovery in the zoo, the entire team decided to relax from the new guidelines implemented by Major Calvert. However, before they reached the excavation site, Xavier felt that the ground was shaking as if something big was approaching, which turned out to be an elephant stampede. Getting safe, the team reached the meeting point with Edvard, only to find him trampled by the same stampede with his limbs tied. Priscilla confirmed that Edvard had been trampled by the full stampede, but that his limbs had been for a good time thanks to the presence of some burns on his wrists caused by friction between his skin and the ropes. They questioned zookeeper and former accountant Sage Black, whom the player met when they helped him to avoid being involved in Frederic Spades' scheme in Gamble Summit, high school student and Mona's son Maxwell Romanazzi and, social media influencer and Edvard's son Mitchell Hereward. Soon after, Abaddon came reporting that someone had tried to steal the bones from the excavation!

Victim

 * Edvard Hereward (found trampled by an elephant stampede)

Murder Weapon

 * Elephant Stampede

Killer

 * Not yet incarcerated

Suspects

 * Sage Black
 * Zookeeper

Profile:
 * Maxwell Romanazzi
 * High School Student

Profile:
 * Mitchell Hereward
 * Victim's Son

Profile:

Quasi-Suspects
TBA

Killer's Profile

 * The killer has knowledge about elephants
 * The killer eats peanut butter
 * The killer's profile is still unknown
 * The killer's profile is still unknown
 * The killer's profile is still unknown

Chapter 1

 * Investigate Excavation Site. (Clues: Victim's Body, Book of Knots, Torn Cloth)
 * Examine Torn Cloth. (Result: Zookeeper Vest)
 * Examine Zookeeper Vest. (Result: Zookeeper Name Tag; New Suspect: Sage Black)
 * Ask Sage Black what happened at the zoo to unleash a stampede
 * Investigate Elephant Habitat. (Clues: Habitat Lock, Locked Photo Frame)
 * Examine Habitat Lock. (Result: Fingerprints)
 * Examine Fingerprints. (Result: Maxwell's Fingerprints; New Suspect: Maxwell Romanazzi)
 * Question Maxwell about leaving his fingerprints on the habitat lock.
 * Examine Locked Photo Frame. (Result: Baby Picture)
 * Examine Baby Photo. (Result: Mitchell's Baby Photo; New Suspect: Mitchell Hereward)
 * Inform Mitchell Hereward about his father's death.
 * Examine Book of Knots. (Result: Sticky Substance)
 * Analyze Sticky Substance. (10:00:00; Attribute: The killer eats peanut butter)
 * Autopsy Victim's Body. (18:00:00; Attribute: The killer has knowledge about elephants)
 * Move on to Chapter 2! (No stars)