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[rickvoid]

Something I wasn't clear on before, six of the shots in the daughter went through the father. Thought I would mention that before moving on to answer your questions, which will come shortly.

Well that rules out a small detail of the killer not using JHP rounds.

Plus we know for certain that murders two and three were elaborately staged. He waited till the father saw his daughter, then popped out and blasted both.

[Grakelin]

If the rounds had been hollow point, your forensic analyst never would have figured out they were silenced, the bullets would be even more terribly deformed than they were because of the impact alone. We're looking at standard ammunition here.

The three hour call turns out to be an incoming call from James Stallington's mother, on July 23, 2010. Probably the last time she ever spoke with her son. Martha Stallington lives in Minnesota.

You examine Smith's hands. No hair or skin like you had been hoping for, but his hands are notably covered in his own blood. The coroner points out something interesting to you while you're here, as well. Whoever shot him did so from underneath the victim. With the weapon at such close range (so close, in fact, that it must have been touching or close to touching the victim's chest when it was fired), this can only mean the killer was being held down by the victim.

[Neyvn]

I will be adding the Spoilers that I posted on Page 2 at the bottom of all my posts...
Atm, I believe that the first two cases can be put on hold, we have a 'warm' body before us, so best tap the resources here...

Data//
Mr Smith was a trained Security guard, possessed a Taser and put up a struggle. Right sleeve torn...
5 Bullets discovered at scene, 3 were attached to the body.
Blood leading to the door outside belonged to the Victim.

Examine Taser - Was it used, does it have any 'skin' still attached to it, last I checked Tasers' burn the skin of the target, it could be possible for a small transfer to be moved from the target to the electrodes. Is its battery even down, it could show it was used...

Examine Bullets - 5 Bullets discovered, yet there are only 3 wounds on the body, does that mean that there was 2 misses and only 3 hits? Locate the points of impacts these possible misses were at and pin point the trajectory that they were fired from, where did they hit, were the other 3 shots through and through?

Examine Body - Last I checked a body that is bleeding heavily, or one that has completely stopped pumping blood after death, leaves 'Bruising' from pressure of attempting to walk (if still living by bleeding heavily) or from being moved by someone. Was the body moved after death or did Mr Smith move towards the door, also where exactly was he found. What is the Time of Death? Did he die from bleeding out, or was it the bullet that killed him?

Examine Call In - How was the police called to the site, was the alarm set off by Mr Smith himself or was his body discovered by a coworker. Did Mr Smith get time to report anything, considering the time of arrival being 8am, it could be assumed that it was a Co Worker, Found something like 7am or so...

Collecting information and putting it together...

Spoiler: Murder 1 - James Stellington (click to show/hide)

Saturday, July 31, 2010
7:36 PM

Location: San Delgado Plaza Mall - Abandoned Building, marked for demolition within the next year

Victim: James Stallington, 26 years old. Masters in Business Administration, worked for Garkelfill Financial here in San Delgado.

Cause of Death: Gunshot wounds. One in left shoulder, two in head

Data//
Found located next to a fountain in the old, abandoned mall.
Death possibly between 1pm and 3pm Friday, July 30th.
Car found located outside of Building, broken into.
Briefcase with approximately US$20 000 located in rear seat of car. Untouched by anyone other then Mr Stallington.
Cellphone not located on body, later discovered at Office.
Shell Casings missing, possibly collected by the murderer.

Stallington discovered to be embezzling funds from Garkelfill Financial - Employer
Stallington left work early, security footage shows him leaving the Garkelfill Financial building at exactly 12:36 PM on Friday, July 30, 2010
Money was removed from his Own Account at an undefined time.

Spoiler: Murder 2 - Charlie Harmon/Eliza Harmon (click to show/hide)

Friday, August 20, 2010
8:30 PM

Location: 62 Newman Lane, Southwestern District of San Delgado

Victim: Charlie Harmon, 38 years old. Owner of Harmon Convenience, about 10 blocks away. Eliza Harmon, 14 years old, Charlie Harmon's daughter.

Cause of Death: Gunshot wounds. 15 wounds in Charlie's body, seven in Eliza's.


Data//
Mr Harmon and Miss Eliza was located inside her bedroom.
Mr Harmon was shot from behind on entering his daughters room.
Miss Eliza was tied and blindfolded within her room.
Gunshot wounds. 15 wounds in Charlie's body, seven in Eliza's.
911 Call one hour before discovery of the bodys, placing the call at 7:30pm
MP5 located outside Daughters Room in Hallway, shellcassings from the weapon located within room. Possible fired from the Bedrooms doorway.
Fingerprints located on MP5 belonged to Mr Harmon.
Miss Eliza was discovered to be unharmed before her death.
Six shots fired at Mr Harmon were discovered inside Miss Eliza...

Spoiler: Murder 3 - Warren Smith (click to show/hide)

Saturday, September 24, 2010
8:00 AM

Location: Hammerfield Industries Warehouse

Victim: Warren Smith, 22 years old. Security Guard with Milligan Security.

Cause of Death: Three gunshot wounds to the chest, extremely close range. With a silenced 9mm pistol.

Data//
Mr Smith was a trained Security guard, possessed a Taser and put up a struggle. Right sleeve torn...
5 Bullets discovered at scene, 3 were attached to the body.
Blood leading to the door outside belonged to the Victim.
Killer shot Mr Smith from below, meaning that the Killer was being held down by the victim.

[Grakelin]

I'm going to answer some of these questions with a rough sketch. Please wait one moment.

Spoiler: The Crime Scene (click to show/hide)

The green 'x's are the bullet impacts, the dotted lines are trajectory. The shots were fired from behind some of the crates on one of the shelfs (which are represented by rectangles). It should be obvious where the body is. The blood trail leads outside, but after a few steps outside is no longer visible. It is also not quite as big as the image makes it out to be. Only a few drops every few feet, as if somebody was dripping rather than dragging. It should be noted that the warehouse is much bigger than this (this is just a corner section), but no evidence was found anywhere else.

The guard's body has not been dragged or moved around. He appears to have been rolled from his front onto his back, though nothing of his has been taken.

His radio seems to have malfunctioned, probably explaining why he didn't call for help.

His body was found by the warehouse staff when they came in to start work at 6:30 AM. Time of death is set at approximately 1:15 AM.

The taser has not been discharged.

[Neyvn]

Right then...

Data//
Mr Smith was a trained Security guard, possessed a Taser (Unused) and put up a struggle. Right sleeve torn...
5 Bullets discovered at scene, 3 were attached to the body.
Blood leading to the door outside belonged to the Victim. Victim unmoved, Blood determined to be drops from Killer's body while attempting to flee the scene.
Killer shot Mr Smith from below, meaning that the Killer was being held down by the victim. Killer was then forced to push the body off of himself, Leading to the blood pooling onto the Killers body.
His body was found by the warehouse staff when they came in to start work at 6:30 AM. Time of death is set at approximately 1:15 AM.

Spoiler: The Crime Scene (click to show/hide)

The green 'x's are the bullet impacts, the dotted lines are trajectory. The shots were fired from behind some of the crates on one of the shelfs (which are represented by rectangles). It should be obvious where the body is (Big Red slouch with an X under it). The blood trail leads outside, but after a few steps outside is no longer visible. It is also not quite as big as the image makes it out to be. Only a few drops every few feet, as if somebody was dripping rather than dragging. It should be noted that the warehouse is much bigger than this (this is just a corner section), but no evidence was found anywhere else.

Right then, cause I am bored and have nothing else to do, lets do a bit more detective work...

Examine Possible Papertrail - Background check the warehouse owners background, see if they have anything to do with the other two cases, did they supply goods to Harmon Convenience store owned by the second victim, did they do their finances with Garkelfill Financial, was Mr Stellington the man working on their finances if they did, and was it them that he was embezzling funds from.

Theory - Suspect was inside warehouse doing something, Mr Smith discovered him as he was passing through the next aisle over, startling the suspect, suspect fires two shots at Mr Smith who could have tackled the shooter over the crates. They fight, struggle and Mr Smith finally pins down the Suspect near the exit. Receiving Three shots at pointblank range for his work... Smith was killed for doing his job and was not a target...

Collecting information and putting it together...

Spoiler: Murder 1 - James Stellington (click to show/hide)

Saturday, July 31, 2010
7:36 PM

Location: San Delgado Plaza Mall - Abandoned Building, marked for demolition within the next year

Victim: James Stallington, 26 years old. Masters in Business Administration, worked for Garkelfill Financial here in San Delgado.

Cause of Death: Gunshot wounds. One in left shoulder, two in head

Data//
Found located next to a fountain in the old, abandoned mall.
Death possibly between 1pm and 3pm Friday, July 30th.
Car found located outside of Building, broken into.
Briefcase with approximately US$20 000 located in rear seat of car. Untouched by anyone other then Mr Stallington.
Cellphone not located on body, later discovered at Office.
Shell Casings missing, possibly collected by the murderer.

Stallington discovered to be embezzling funds from Garkelfill Financial - Employer
Stallington left work early, security footage shows him leaving the Garkelfill Financial building at exactly 12:36 PM on Friday, July 30, 2010
Money was removed from his Own Account at an undefined time.

Spoiler: Murder 2 - Charlie Harmon/Eliza Harmon (click to show/hide)

Friday, August 20, 2010
8:30 PM

Location: 62 Newman Lane, Southwestern District of San Delgado

Victim: Charlie Harmon, 38 years old. Owner of Harmon Convenience, about 10 blocks away. Eliza Harmon, 14 years old, Charlie Harmon's daughter.

Cause of Death: Gunshot wounds. 15 wounds in Charlie's body, seven in Eliza's.


Data//
Mr Harmon and Miss Eliza was located inside her bedroom.
Mr Harmon was shot from behind on entering his daughters room.
Miss Eliza was tied and blindfolded within her room.
Gunshot wounds. 15 wounds in Charlie's body, seven in Eliza's.
911 Call one hour before discovery of the bodys, placing the call at 7:30pm
MP5 located outside Daughters Room in Hallway, shellcassings from the weapon located within room. Possible fired from the Bedrooms doorway.
Fingerprints located on MP5 belonged to Mr Harmon.
Miss Eliza was discovered to be unharmed before her death.
Six shots fired at Mr Harmon were discovered inside Miss Eliza...

Spoiler: Murder 3 - Warren Smith (click to show/hide)

Saturday, September 24, 2010
8:00 AM

Location: Hammerfield Industries Warehouse

Victim: Warren Smith, 22 years old. Security Guard with Milligan Security.

Cause of Death: Three gunshot wounds to the chest, extremely close range. With a silenced 9mm pistol.

Data//
Mr Smith was a trained Security guard, possessed a Taser (Unused) and put up a struggle. Right sleeve torn...
5 Bullets discovered at scene, 3 were attached to the body.
Blood leading to the door outside belonged to the Victim. Victim unmoved, Blood determined to be drops from Killer's body while attempting to flee the scene.
Killer shot Mr Smith from below, meaning that the Killer was being held down by the victim. Killer was then forced to push the body off of himself, Leading to the blood pooling onto the Killers body.
His body was found by the warehouse staff when they came in to start work at 6:30 AM. Time of death is set at approximately 1:15 AM.

The CRIME SCENE

The green 'x's are the bullet impacts, the dotted lines are trajectory. The shots were fired from behind some of the crates on one of the shelfs (which are represented by rectangles). It should be obvious where the body is (Big Red slouch with an X under it). The blood trail leads outside, but after a few steps outside is no longer visible. It is also not quite as big as the image makes it out to be. Only a few drops every few feet, as if somebody was dripping rather than dragging. It should be noted that the warehouse is much bigger than this (this is just a corner section), but no evidence was found anywhere else.

[Quarr]

As far as I can tell, there's no connection between the murders. No clear pattern yet. A moderately successful 26 year old with embezzlement charges, an almost-40 mom and pop business owner, a 22 year old security guard.

The first victim was lured into a trap set by our killer. Likely blackmailed (you don't leave your cell phone at your work unless you're explicitly told to do so) but we can't know for sure.

The second victim was armed. Here's what I'm guessing: the killer wasn't expecting him to have an SMG but when he 'beat' him anyway, when he 'won', he found the thrill exciting. He liked going against someone who was armed better than himself. In the excitement, he lets off a few extra shots, he's loose on the trigger. He picks up the SMG and shoots it around the house, then carefully places it back down and flees the scene.

The fourth murder was committed in an attempt to recapture the feeling he experienced during the second. He shot at the security guard, let him know he was being attacked, missing on purpose. He lured the guard into a close-combat encounter where he shot him dead. The victim's blood leaked onto his clothes and dripped off as he made his escape.

Our perp wants to feel threatened. He wants to be in dangerous situations and get himself out of them. I think he pictures himself as an action hero or movie protagonist.

[rickvoid]

As far as I can tell, there's no connection between the murders. No clear pattern yet. A moderately successful 26 year old with embezzlement charges, an almost-40 mom and pop business owner, a 22 year old security guard.

The first victim was lured into a trap set by our killer. Likely blackmailed (you don't leave your cell phone at your work unless you're explicitly told to do so) but we can't know for sure.

The second victim was armed. Here's what I'm guessing: the killer wasn't expecting him to have an SMG but when he 'beat' him anyway, when he 'won', he found the thrill exciting. He liked going against someone who was armed better than himself. In the excitement, he lets off a few extra shots, he's loose on the trigger. He picks up the SMG and shoots it around the house, then carefully places it back down and flees the scene.

The fourth murder was committed in an attempt to recapture the feeling he experienced during the second. He shot at the security guard, let him know he was being attacked, missing on purpose. He lured the guard into a close-combat encounter where he shot him dead. The victim's blood leaked onto his clothes and dripped off as he made his escape.

Our perp wants to feel threatened. He wants to be in dangerous situations and get himself out of them. I think he pictures himself as an action hero or movie protagonist.

A decent assessment.

From there we can assume that he'll be moving on to bigger, more elaborate crimes.

My brain doesn't want to work right now (I could barely type this sentence), but he might try something like holding up a gas station. Or another home invasion. I don't know.

Examine Possible Papertrail - Background check the warehouse owners background, see if they have anything to do with the other two cases, did they supply goods to Harmon Convenience store owned by the second victim, did they do their finances with Garkelfill Financial, was Mr Stellington the man working on their finances if they did, and was it them that he was embezzling funds from.

This is good. Do this.

[Flintus10]

While the lads in the FBI fiddle work on gathering the connections I will question the CEO  Lukas Garkelfill  to see if there are any specific details exactly what the first victim was up to prior to his death and if blackmail was indeed a possibility. Then I will look into getting a warrant to search James's house to see if he has a home computer.

[rickvoid]

Oh god.

The killer... he got Grakelin.

So much blood...

What are we gonna do?

[Phantom]

Oh god.

The killer... he got Grakelin.

So much blood...

What are we gonna do?

Don't worry, Grakelin's got a backup.

[rickvoid]

Oh god.

The killer... he got Grakelin.

So much blood...

What are we gonna do?

Don't worry, Grakelin's got a backup.

I was just kidding. It's barely been a day. 

[Phantom]

That's because the Robot Grakelin only has a small recharge time and it hasn't been very long since Mr. Grakel Ins death.

[Grakelin]

Hammerfield Industries and James Stallington apparently had nothing to do with each other. You don't find any such connections in the paper trail. Additionally, you fail to get a warrant to search Stallington's house because it has already been cleared out by his landlord. His laptop is in the possession of the corporate crimes unit, and they have already thoroughly investigated it. No links to Hammerfield there, either, they assure you.

Hammerfield did indeed supply goods to Harmon Convenience. The corner store, now being run by Charlie Harmon's uncle, Ralph Harmon, is right on the route of one of Hammerfield's salesmen. The store's stock of chickpeas is from Hammerfield. Hammerfield Chickpeas: Only the best Chickpeas in your mouth.

No relation between Harmon Convenience and Garkelfill Financial, not even through Harmon's banking. It might not have been much to go on, though. Lots of people are doing their finances through Garkelfill, even the Police Captain.



You arrive at Lucas Garkelfill's office. He is a man standing about 5'11, with brown hair and a beard. His suit is crisp and dark, and he greets you warmly. He offers you a drink, and tells you that he was getting ready to turn Stallington in to the police within a week after his death, but was gathering a bit more evidence first. Stallington embezzled over a hundred thousand dollars from Garkelfill Financial's funds. On the day in question, he can't remember anything odd about Stallington's behaviour, except that he abruptly left at around noon, just after the mail crew came through with their daily deliveries and just before Garkelfill was going to break for lunch. Garkelfill was excited because he had just received a box of fine cigars from a client in Japan. He would offer you one, but they have all been expended in the past two months.

"Is there anything else you need, Detective?" Lucas asks. "I really must be getting back to work."

[Flintus10]

Ask If can check out the guys workstation/office and see if I can get supervised access to his computer at work. Provided he has either

[Neyvn]

If I was there, I would be asking from where Stallington had collected his coin from the most. What companies he handled the most and when it was noted that the coin began to be siphoned... I would also be checking to see if the remaining Coin that was embezzled from Garkelfill Financial is still sitting in Stallington's account.... 20k is accounted for...