Corpse in a Garden (Chapter 1)

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Chief Samuel King(serious): <Rank> <Name>, a man called Dave Simmonsclaims he saw body parts in a junkyard garden. 

Chief King (demanding): Go investigate and solve this case as fast as you can! 

Investigate Junkyard Garden.
Dave Simmons: My name is Dave Simmons. I called the police as soon as I saw the hand in the garden.

Jones(in thought): You did well! Stick around... <Rank> <Name> and I will have a look inside, see if we can find the rest of the body.

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  Investigate Dirty Bathroom

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Investigate Dirty Bathroom.
Jones (giving praise): Splendid work, <Rank>! That's obviously the second part of our victim. We need to send his body to the lab for autopsy.

Jones (in thought): According to his ID, our victim's name was  Ned Dillard, and he was a mortgage broker.

Jones (thinking): We should take a better look at his clothes, and the bottle of flammable liquid you found next to the bathtub.

Jones (giving praise): Oh, and this saw is undoubtedly our murder weapon! Well done <Name>, we've already made good progress on this case!

Autopsy Victim's Body.

Nathan: Nice to see you again, <Name>! I'll go straight to business: the hand you found in the garden matches the body you found in the bathtub.

Nathan: Apart from that, I've only got one certainty: only a man, of a very strong build, would have been able to get rid of that body by cutting it with a saw.

Jones (excitedly): I'm dying to ask you how a woman would have disposed of the body, but we've got no time. Our killer is a man, which is all that matters! Thanks Nathan

  Examine Flammable Liquid.
Jones (giving praise): The sale of flammable chemicals is under strict tracking laws. Now that we've got the complete bar code, we can determine where this bottle was purchased. Let's see...

Jones (surprised): ...It's from a mini-market nearby! I know the owner of that place, his name is Joe Stern. Let's go talk to him, <Name>!

Talk to Joe Stern.
Joe: Yes, this bottle comes from my shop, so what?
Jones: Listen Joe, we need to know who bought this bottle. They've committed a murder!
Joe: Look, buddy, you don't seriously think I keep track of my customers, do you? Dozens of people come here every day!
Jones (annoyed): Is that so? Well then, <Rank> <Name> will have a look at your shop. Just in case there are other things you don't keep track of!

Investigate Mini-market.
Jones (giving advice): You'll soon find that suspicious things always end up in the trash, <Name>... Let's have a look at this trash bag!

Examine Trash bag.
Jones (praising): Jackpot! This receipt you found in the trash is a goldmine, <Name>!
Jones: Look, it records the purchase of a bottle of flammable liquid...
Jones (shocked): The purchase of a saw, just like the one you found in the bathroom...
Jones: And even better: the receipt also shows that bandages have been purchased by the same person!
Jones (proud): The killer obviously didn't get those for our victim, you're right. Which means we're looking for someone wearing a bandage!

Examine Victim's Clothes.
Jones (giving praise): Good job searching the victim's clothes, <Rank> <Name>! I'm sure this gold tooth will help us move forward.

Jones: We'd better send it to the lab for analysis.

Analyze Tooth.

Grace: Nice to meet you, <Rank> <Name>! I'm Grace. I'm the head of this lab, and I take care of all the forensics analyses.

Grace: Such as that tooth you found in the victim's clothes. As it turns out, it matches the bite marks on the bottle you found in the same place!
Grace (contemplating): The killer must have tried to open the cap with their teeth, and lost this tooth in the process!
Jones: Either that's a really strong cap or our killer's got lousy teeth! In any case, <Rank> <Name>, let's go look for someone with a missing tooth!
Jones (pleased): Hey, you're right, <Name>! Dave Simmons was missing a tooth! This witness is now a suspect, thanks to you!

  Talk to Dave Simmons.
Dave: I lost my tooth when I was young. I have nothing else to say about this sordid affair, except that I was there to sell the house. That's how I found the hand.
Jones: If you were there to sell it, I trust you know who this house belongs to?
Dave: Of course! This property belongs to Mr. Marconi and has been derelict for years now. He'd be much better off without it.

Jones: Did you say Marconi?!
Jones: <Rank> <Name>, this is getting big. I think we'd better report to Chief King.

Chief King: You're telling me Tony Marconi is somehow involved in this murder investigation?
Chief King: <Rank> <Name>, Tony Marconi is a gangster involved in all sorts of shady businesses. We haven't been able to pin anything on him so far...
Chief King (pleased): But if Marconi's got something to do with this murder, this could be our chance to put him behind bars! Go talk to him straight away!

Talk to Tony Marconi.
Jones (curiously): <Rank> <Name> is asking you if you have heard of a man called Ned Dillard.
Tony: Ned Dillard? Never heard of him. Is that all? I'm a very busy man, you know.
Jones: I'd watch my tone if I were you. Ned's corpse was found into one of your properties...
Tony: Tragic for sure, but unless you've got proof I was there, I don't see how it concerns me. Now if you'll excuse me, I really have no time for such trivial matters.

Jones: Alright, <Name>, we've made headway on our investigation into Ned Dillard's murder, but we still have a lot of questions to answer.
Jones: At least thanks to you we now know that Ned's killer is missing a tooth, and that he's wearing a bandage!
Jones: And we also know that Tony Marconi, the most crooked man in all of Grimsborough is somehow involved in this. But we'll need to find proof if we want to pin this on him!

Jones: I agree, it's high time we reported back to Chief King with what you've discovered!

To Be Continued in the Next Chapter...

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