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Patient Zero
CCDC1
Information
Season Criminal Case: Disease Control
Stage Transmission
Location(s) Burlington, USA
Case # 1
In-game Date 1st February 2020
Partner(s) Deng Guanyu (Chapters 1-3)

Abbas Shabbir (Under the Microscope)
Arjuna Misra (Under the Microsceope)

Progression
Preceded by Succeeded by
None Trigger Warning
Presidential campaign in chaos as campaign manager passes away after a mysterious illness! Will this cause just a minor blip in polling numbers or is this a harbinger of something more ominous?
—Case Teaser

Patient Zero is a case featured in Criminal Case: Disease Control as the first case of the game. It is the first case to take place in Transmission stage.

Plot[]

The player was welcomed in the squad by Chief Alexis Farley, a world-class epidemiologist. Before the player could be introduced to the rest of the team, Chief Farley briefed the player and Deng that US presidential candidate Ernie Samuels had reported a weird disease in his campaign manager, Faizan Shakoor and thus the duo went to Faizan's house to investigate his illness. However, they found Faizan dead when they reached his place.

Natalina confirmed that the campaign manager indeed died due to a previously undiscovered virus that attacked the victim's cardiac muscles and mimicked the action of a heart attack. Natalina said the possibility of murder could not be ignored in this case, therefore the team would be treating the case as a murder investigation until disproved otherwise.

During the investigation, the team learned that the campaign staff booked an Indian restaurant for a party and Faizan ate chicken curry there which infected him. The team also learned that Faizan was engaged with George Curtis and had beefed with intern Charlotte Berry and Candidate Ernie Samuels himself on how to run the campaign. The team also discovered the victim intended to sue Indian Chef Ishram Panday for negligent and unclean cooking. After quarantining Faizan's brother Rehman Shakoor as he was in contact with the victim, the team incriminated Ishram Panday as the chef who cooked the infected curry.

Ishram said that he was hired as the chef who cooked on the campaign night celebration. He cooked up the chicken curry that infected Faizan, but claimed to have no idea of the curry being contaminated. Panday claimed that all of the campaign staff including the presidential candidate ate from the infected curry. However, Panday said the restaurant had not yet served anyone else after the campaign event. After handing the chef to the authorities, the duo reported to the chief who was horrified at the possibility of all the campaign staff including the presidential candidate getting infected.

Chief Farley introduced the player to their other partner, Abbas, with whom the player went to talk to Ernie Samuels and tell him to quarantine himself and his staff. Ernie was concerned how he could avoid the public when the Iowa Caucuses were in two days, so he asked the player to check if the technological equipment he had in his campaign office worked well enough to allow Ernie a chance to campaign digitally. After the team confirmed Ernie could campaign virtually, the duo looked who Faizan was in contact with recently to quarantine them. After finding Faizan's journal and looking at his schedule, they determined everyone had been quarantined except for an activist Rosie Allen who was based in San Francisco.

Meanwhile, the team's microbiologist Arjuna wanted to talk to the player. Arjuna told the player that the virus had an incubation period of two days in Faizan but took only one day from the onset of symptoms to his death, likely making the virus highly lethal. The microbiologist also determined that the symptoms were mainly chest pain and fever, with a high blood pressure. Arjuna wanted the player to look for the actual agent of transmission. After analyzing chicken from the restaurant, Arjuna determined that the chicken was the carrier of the virus. The player and Arjuna talked to Ishrwar where he got his chicken, to which the chef said it was delivered to him by GoodChick poultry farm.

The team reported their findings to the chief when the team's consultant, Andres, told the team he could find nothing on the poultry farm that Ishwar mentioned; it is as if the farm never existed. The chief found the findings concerning, but decided the important thing to do right now was to ensure the virus does not spread, and ordered the team to go to San Francisco to quarantine Rosie Allen.

Summary[]

Victim[]

  • Faizan Shakoor (found mysteriously dead)

Murder Weapon[]

  • Virus

Killer[]

  • Ishwar Panday

Suspects[]

Ernie Samuels
Presidential Candidate
Height 6'0"
Age 78
Weight 176 lbs
Eyes Brown
Blood B+

Profile:

  • This suspect uses hand sanitizer.
  • This suspect has watched The Contagion.
  • This suspect drinks chai tea.
Charlotte Berry
Intern
Height 5'10"
Age 25
Weight 157 lbs
Eyes Blue
Blood O+

Profile:

  • This suspect uses hand sanitizer.
  • This suspect has watched The Contagion.
  • This suspect drinks chai tea.

Appearance:

  • This suspect wears red clothing.
George Curtis
Pollster
Height 6'0"
Age 39
Weight 156 lbs
Eyes Black
Blood B+

Profile:

  • This suspect uses hand sanitizer.
  • This suspect has watched The Contagion.

Appearance:

  • This suspect wears red clothing.
Ishwar Panday
Indian Chef
Height 6'0"
Age 56
Weight 186 lbs
Eyes Brown
Blood A+

Profile:

  • This suspect uses hand sanitizer.
  • This suspect has watched The Contagion.
  • The suspect drinks chai tea.

Appearance:

  • This suspect wears red clothing.
Rehman Shakoor
Victim's Brother
Height 5'8"
Age 39
Weight 146 lbs
Eyes Brown
Blood AB+

Profile:

  • This suspect drinks chai tea.

Quasi Suspects[]

Arjuna Misra
Microbiologist
Height 5'8"
Age 38
Weight 146 lbs
Eyes Brown
Blood O+

Killer's Profile[]

  • The killer uses hand sanitizer.
  • The killer has watched The Contagion.
  • The killer drinks chai tea.
  • The killer wears red clothing.
  • The killer is 6'0".

Crime Scenes[]

Victim's Lawn Lawn Statue Victim's Launch Bonus
Campaign Office Victim's Desk Campaign Office Bonus
Indian Restaurant Kitchen Indian Restaurant Bonus

Steps[]

Chapter 1[]

  • Investigate Victim's Lawn (Clues: Victim's Body, Faded Paper; New Suspect: Ernie Samuels; Victim Identified: Faizan Shakoor)
  • Autopsy the Victim's Body (18:00:00; Murder Weapon Confirmed: Virus; Attribute: The killer uses hand sanitizer)
  • Examine Faded Paper (Result: Sentence; Attribute: The killer has watched The Contagion)
  • Talk to Ernie Samuels about Faizan's death. (New Crime Scene: Campaign Office)
  • Investigate Campaign Office (Clues Broken Pieces, Locked Device)
  • Examine Broken Pieces (Result: Keychain)
  • Examine Keychain (Result: Charlotte's Name; New Suspect Charlotte Berry)
  • Talk to Charlotte Berry about the campaign manager's death.
  • Examine Locked Device (Result: Graphs; New Suspect: George Curtis)
  • Talk to George Curtis about Ernie's campaign.
  • Go to Chapter 2 (1 star)

Chapter 2[]

  • Investigate Indian Restaurant (Clues Broken Badge, Campaign Posters, Uneaten Curry)
  • Examine Broken Badge (Result: Argumentative Message; New Suspect: Ishwar Panday)
  • Talk to Ishar Panday about his argumentative message to the victim.
  • Examine Campaign Posters (Result: Victim's Notepad)
  • Talk to Ernie Samuels about the victim's dissatisfaction with the campaign.
  • Examine Uneaten Curry (Result: Curry Sample)
  • Analyze Curry Sample (12:00:00; Attribute: The killer drinks chai tea; New Crime Scene Unlocked: Lwn Statue)
  • Investigate Lawn Statue (Clues: Cup of Chai; Engagement Ring)
  • Examine Cup of Chai (Result: Saliva)
  • Examine Saliva (Result: Rehman's Saliva; New Suspect: Rehman Shakoor)
  • Inform Rehman about his brother's death.
  • Examine Engagement Ring (Result: Serial Number)
  • Analyse Serial Number (12:00:00)
  • Talk to George Curtis about his engagement with the victim.
  • Go to Chapter 3 (1 star)

Chapter 3[]

  • Put Rehman Shakoor in quarantine. (New Crime Scene Unlocked: Victim's Desk)
  • Investigate Victim's Desk (Clues: Files, Surveillance Camera)
  • Examine Files (Result: Faded Papers)
  • Examine Faded Papers (Result: Lawsuit Action)
  • Talk to Ishram about the victim's lawsuit action against him.
  • Examine Surveillance Camera (Result: Camera)
  • Analyze Camera (09:00:00)
  • Talk to Charlotte Berry about he missing footage.
  • Investigate Kitchen (Prerequisite: All tasks must be done before; Clues: Cooking Pot, Broken Pieces)
  • Examine Cooking Pot (Result: Residue)
  • Analyze Residue (09:00:00; Attribute: The killer wears red clothing)
  • Examine Broken Pieces (Result: Locked Device)
  • Examine Locked Device (Result: Bug)
  • Analyze Bug (15:00:00; Attribute: The killer is 6'0")
  • Take care of the killer now!
  • Go to Under the Microscope (1/5). (No stars)

Under the Microscope (1/5)[]

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  • Tell Ernie Samuels to quarantine himself and his staff. (Prerequisite: Available from the start of the chapter)
  • Investigate Campaign Office (Prerequisite: Talk to Ernie; Clue: Locked Safe)
  • Examine Locked Safe (Result: Technical Equipment)
  • Analyze Technical Equipment (09:00:00)
  • Tell Ernie his equipment works well. (Reward: I VOTED Badge)
  • Investigate Victim's Desk (Prerequisite: Talk to Ernie; Clue: Locked Book)
  • Examine Locked Book (Result: Faded Journal)
  • Examine Faded Journal (Result: Victim's Journal)
  • Talk to Arjuna about the virus. (Prerequisite: Available from the start of the chapter)
  • Investigate Indian Restaurant (Prerequisite: Talk to Arjuna; Clue: Cutting Table)
  • Examine Cutting Table (Result: Chicken Cubes)
  • Analyze Chicken Cubes (09:00:00)
  • Ask Ishwar Panday about where he gets his chicken.
  • Move on to a new crime! (No stars)
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