There's a calamity on the main historical boulevard as a car crashes into a tearoom, and a man is brutally beaten to a pulp! Rev, put the medal to the metal, and catch the culprit!
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—Case Teaser
The Boy Who Cried Wolf is a case featured in Criminal Case, it appears as the twenty-first case in A World Forgotten and the two hundred and tenth overall. It takes place as the third case in the Angel Grove district of Ravenedge.
Following the discovery that a vigilante was attempting to stop a serial kidnapper, and using a golden rose as their calling card, the team started discussing how to investigate, before Tobias insisted that a man had called the precinct, believing that someone was trying to kill him. They soon hurried outside, before hearing a crash from nearby. There, they found the body of suspected serial kidnapper, vagabond Christopher Rickles, beaten to death with his car crashed into the tearoom, his face showing signs of suffocation. Draco soon confirmed the cause of death as suffocation, before the pair found reason to suspect recently released serial killer Howard Strong, market vendor Walter Hernandez, and Hope's fiancé Sebastian Havisham. As Charity requested a recap of the case from Lawrence, Amethyst revealed that Christopher was engaged.
Summary
Victim
Christopher Rickles (beaten to death before finally dying of suffocation)