Killer Bay

Once Upon a Crime

"Once upon a time, there was a fearless Captain named Adalet. Every criminal in Pacific Bay feared her might..." Frank says as he was looking at the cover of a green book.

Adalet glanced over the monitor of her computer, "Frank, are you turning us into a fairy tale?"

"Sorry Adalet, it's just that today's a special day. Have you ever heard of The Glass Princess?" he held up the book for her to see, "it's a famous fairy tale for kids. It was my daughter's favourite book when she was little. Back then it was still easy to know her tastes..."

"I think I've heard of it before..." she hums.

"Anyway, the Mr. Sparkles studios are shooting a live-action adaptation of the book right here in Ivywood! They hired the young Jenny Galguera to star in the movie. And my daughter has always been a big fan of hers," he continues to explain, "as far as I remember, Jenny's been on TV since she was 4, and my daughter followed her all her life. Talk about a career! So I thought... If I can get an autograph from Jenny on her favourite book, maybe my daughter will speak to me again, you see?"

"I think that's a great idea, Frank," she smiled proudly at his heartfelt plan.

"Really Adalet? You think that's a brilliant idea?" he beamed with pride, "let's go to the movie set, then. And of course, they'll let us in! What's a police badge made for?"

"Pretty sure it's not for that, but you put me in a good mood so I don't feel like arguing..."

Later, on the movie set...

"Here we are, Adalet! We're on the set of The Glass Princess movie! Do you see Jenny anywhere?" Frank inquired as they walked around the movie set.

"No," Adalet answered as she looked around, "but something doesn't feel right... Where is everybody?"

"What do you mean, something's not right?" he questioned, he only got a shrug in reply, "well if you can't be any more specific, I'll just let you search the set for me then!"

While Frank wandered around the studio, Adalet and Hunter approached the main set for the Glass princess movie. The set was a cute bedroom, covered in pink and frills, it looked to have been taken right out of the storybook, but there was a gruesome sight in front of the mirror that tainted the lovely set. The body of a teenager in a yellow ball gown was slumped against the shattered mirror, glass shards sticking out of her body and blood dripping down from the wounds onto her gown and the floor.

Looking around the set, Adalet found some clues that the killer could have left behind. The first was yellow agenda that lay on the ground a couple of feet away from the body, and the second was a sheet music score that someone had taped on the mirror. As she was picking up the evidence, Frank rejoined her on the set.

Frank gasped in shock at the sight before him, "oh no Adalet, you found Jenny Galguera alright... but she's dead!"

"And it's clear that someone used this mirror to kill Jenny," Adalet responded, "the glass debris has cut into her face! We can rule out accident Frank, this is murder!"

"And this is how Jenny's life ends. Born an actress, star for a decade, and now she ends up in an autopsy room... And now she's dead, I'll never get that autograph for my daughter! She will never love me again!" he complained.

"Frank!" she scolded.

He gulped quickly falling into a salute, "erm you're right, I guess we should find who pushed Jenny against that mirror quick, Adalet. Well, at least it looks like you found Jenny's agenda! Let's have a look inside..."

Frank took the book from his partner and flipped through to the most recent entries, "Dress fittings, song rehearsal, shopping"... She had a busy schedule. The other page is faded, but if you can retrieve what's on it we could know where Jenny went before she died!"