The Team Led Astray/Transcript

Previously on Criminal Case...
Silvano: It’s just crazy how the mysterious organization behind the murders of the previous Aurelian Law Enforcement Agency had tied into Jax Morell’s devious motive!
Silvano: However his silence behind what he knows is playing with us. He wrote us a misleading note in his locket. We need to talk to him!
Victoria: <Name>, Silvano, I got some bad news…
Silvano: God, what is it now?
Victoria: I just received a call. It would appear that someone attacked the prison and the guards found Mr Morell dead in his cell!
Silvano: WHAT?! Come on <Name>, we better get to the prison immediately! I’ll drive!

Now, on the way to the prison…
Silvano: I can’t believe it, <Name>! Jax deliberately asked us to find his “lost” locket and left us a note saying that he had misled us!
Silvano: And now he let himself get murdered, at the cost of other lives…
Silvano: You know, you’re right. No time to talk, just stomp the pedal!

At the ruined prison…
Silvano: Good god, a wall was blown up in the prison!
Silvano: You’re right, we can't worry about the prison, we need to collect the body and find any clues!

Chapter 1 - Edge of the Knife

Investigate Prison Cells.
Silvano: You gotta be kidding me! Mr Morell was stabbed in the heart!
Silvano: Plus that spray painted message on the wall says that he should’ve exposed himself! Is that the potential motive for his murder?
Silvano: No trace of a blade in the body, we’ll have to send this to Dominic to figure out how Jax died.
Silvano: It’s just so annoying! Almost every lead we’ve discovered in the district just leads to dead ends!
Silvano: Sorry <Name>, you’re right, I can’t let this murder cloud my hopes. Did you find anything else?
Silvano: Some broken pieces? Well I’ll let you grab the glue and restore it.
Silvano: And the victim’s pillow is here too, torn open and stained with blood. Maybe there’s a clue the victim or the killer dropped in, have a look then.
Silvano: Someone killed our dead end, we just got to make sure the killer reaches their dead end!

Examine Broken Pieces.
Silvano: Is that an ALEA badge, <Name>?
Silvano: And the picture in this badge proves that this badge belonged to Chief Aleiso!
Silvano: Hang on a second… If the ALEA and PANDORA were the only ones who knew about Jax’s connections with the police department, does that mean the spray paint message and the murder was done by one of the team?
Silvano: T-that’s impossible, but we should talk to Chief Aleiso now!

Talk to Florence Aleiso about Jax’s death.
Silvano: Chief Aleiso, we have bad news to report. The murder of Jax Morell and the evidence found at the prison points to one of us being behind this!
Florence: Good god, how is this possible?
Silvano: Well, whoever killed Jax was certainly a member of the police! We can’t trust anyone here!
Florence: Very well, as my last order, I will have the headquarters locked down. No one will be able to leave except for you two.
Florence: I’ll be stepping down till you find Jax’s killer but tread lightly as the killer could be anyone...
Silvano: We know, Florence. <Name> and I have been through so many homicides together. We know the drill, so we’ll be investigating the headquarters!

Investigate ALEA Headquarters.
Silvano: It’s kinda weird that the headquarters is now being treated as our crime scene while it’s been locked down. Anyway, did you find anything?
Silvano: You found a piece of faded paper? Let’s pull out the dusting kit and recover that information.
Silvano: If you think the lost and found will be helpful, you should crack the lock first!
Silvano: The headquarters is locked down but the killer is still wandering the halls! Let’s find them!

Examine Faded Paper.
Silvano: Is that the transport order for Jax from the courthouse to the prison?
Silvano: And the driver of the truck… is Vito?!
Silvano: Why did Vito not tell us about this? Maybe we should ask him about Jax’s actions on his transport to prison!

Ask Vito Panzica about taking the victim to the prison.
Silvano: Vito, how come did you not tell us that you transported Jax Morell to prison?
Vito: I didn’t think of telling you guys about it. I was busy locking things down with Chief Aleiso when she ordered the headquarters lockdown.
Silvano: Can you still tell us about the victim’s last trip outside of the prison?
Vito: Certainly, Jax was quiet, not wanting to say anything to me. He was like that till we got to the prison, when he he tried to escape, but I kept him in line.
Vito: It’s just disappointing how our efforts has led us here…
Silvano: Well, all we can do is let time unravel itself, Vito. Please don’t leave headquarters.

Examine Locked Box.
Silvano: Good work on unlocking that lost and found box, <Name>.
Silvano: Let’s have a little rummage through its contents!

Examine Lost and Found Contents.
Silvano: What did you find in the lost and found, <Name>?
Silvano: Hey, you’re right! This necklace belonged to Jax!
Silvano: Let’s give this to Callum so he can examine the victim’s necklace.

Analyze Necklace.
Callum: Did you say it was the victim’s necklace, <Name>?
Silvano: Yeah, what did you find?
Callum: That’s not possible… can it?
Silvano: What are you talking about, Cal? Tell us!
Callum: I found Lydia’s fingerprints on the victim’s necklace!
Silvano: What?!
Callum: It’s just so confusing…
Silvano: I’m sure she had a good reason, Callum!
Silvano: And we’ll go find Lydia and make her explain why she had the victim’s possessions.

Ask Lydia Striker why she had the victim’s necklace.
Silvano: Lydia, we need to talk about Jax.
Lydia: Oh no, you found his necklace, didn’t you?
Silvano: Yeah, we did! Can you explain why in the world you had the victim’s necklace?
Lydia: Look, let me explain, <Name>.
Lydia: I knew that Jax was a bad person after he committed murder but I went to see him earlier to attempt to get the truth out of him!
Lydia: You guys may think this is strange, but I know that.
Silvano: What I’m appalled is that you didn’t think of telling us!
Lydia: I’m not sorry for confronting him, but I should’ve come forward earlier. I’m sorry, <Name>.
Silvano: Well, do us a favour and stay here at headquarters until we find Jax’s killer.

Examine Torn Pillow.
Silvano: What did you find, <Name>? A bloodstained piece of paper?
Silvano: “I’ve killed your lead. He was a mere pawn in my game. It’s up to you to make the next move!”
Silvano: That’s an interesting message, from the killer!
Silvano: Let’s get this message to Victoria and see if she can crack the message!

Analyze Killer’s Message.
Victoria: Well this message was certainly from your killer as the message and blood of the victim points out, <Name>!
Silvano: That means the threat was from the killer! Did you find anything in the message?
Victoria: And the meaning behind this message took a bit of time to think over…
Victoria: But I figured it out! The message makes references to the game, chess!
Victoria: Like they refer Jax as their pawn of the game, and killing him off.
Victoria: And their encouragement to make the next move tells us that they’re expecting you to catch them!
Silvano: How infuriating, <Name>! They killed our only lead and then gave us this… message to taunt us!
Victoria: Despite the taunting, it proves that your killer’s well knowledged in chess, <Name>.
Silvano: Their knowledge in chess will be our checkmate to outroot the traitor among us!

Autopsy Victim’s Body.
Silvano: Hey Dom, what did you find on Jax’s body?
Dominic: Well, as you two ascertained, Jax was stabbed in the heart.
Dominic: Although the murder weapon was nowhere to be seen from outside his body, I found a splintered blade inside the victim’s heart where his aorta was punctured!
Silvano: So you found half of the murder weapon?
Dominic: Precisely, Silvano. You’ll have to find the weapon’s hilt to complete the weapon. And the substance the blade was made from points to an obsidian knife.
Dominic: Also, I found out that the victim was stabbed, with the killer behind him pulling his head back via his hair.
Dominic: And I found traces of caffeine, sugar and water in his hair, all from an ordinary coffee!
Dominic: As the victim has never had coffee in his life, it indicates your killer is the one who drinks coffee!
Silvano: Well I hope the killer will have troubles sleeping as soon they lose their caffeine fix!

Back at the headquarters’ offices…
Silvano: Well, this is a tough day for the Agency!
Silvano: Convict Jax Morell was assassinated, and the proof points to one of us!
Silvano: But who can we trust in this agency now that we know one of us is a murderer?
Silvano: We know that the headquarters was shut down thanks to Chief Aleiso.
Silvano: And we know that Lydia confronted him before the murder and that Vito was the one who drove him from the courthouse to the prison!
Silvano: But I dunno where else we can go…
Victoria: Silvano, <Name>! You got a audio message from the prison that was left in the voicemail for a few hours!
Silvano: Really? Well, let’s play the voicemail!
Jax: I know that by the time you receive this, <Name>, that I will be dead.
Silvano: Wait, this is a voicemail from the victim?!