Sacrificial lamb correct culprit ?

[cryo24]

Who did you accuse ? I can't decide who is guilty based on the evidence.

[Zaris]

I went for the master because:
- he had the keys like everyone
- he could easily push the letter to Verner while he was drugged to avoid problems
- victim wanted to leave him and even taunted him in the letter
- he had soap rests on his fingers because of washing out the blood stains
- he was an ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and wanted to blame Santos immediately and in his will he only gave him rubbish and also let the guests mistreat Matissia
- he wanted Patrio? for himself with expensive gifts but he wanted to leave and take his donations
- he had access to the ritual book and Matissias bag was on the backroom open for everyone with a key

The other 2 had way less evidence:
- Matissia only used light voodoo like charms and didn't went for the kill and revive ritual, she wasn't total mental
- Patrio? didn't wanted to leave Matissia (contradiction in the deduction screen)
- Stansa? had only blood on his shoes but he also found the corpse and zero reason to kill Patrio

[wyndhambarnhill]

I JUST finished this case.
I went with the host, Kurt Manchios. Be sure to cross-examine everyone with the "Letter to Fabio" evidence; helps paint the picture. Seems like a perfect setup. He wrote the theme of the party to tailor it as a cover-up for the killing, then planted his occult book on Matista, and slipped the letter into Vogel's pocket to also provide other suspects. He's also a right c*nt to his majordomo and nephew. So yea, typical dirtbag.

[cryo24]

Manchios was my first guess too, but im torn between him and matissia, she had a strong motive since Patrio said in the letter that he's leaving her behind in the Manchios' mansion, and her having the book with the love ritual described was a big red flag (that was not planted by Kurt iirc, when you talk with her about it she doesn't seems surprised).

The majordo is 100% innocent in my opinon, he had a motive but nothing point to him having occult knowledge, if his goal was to frame his uncle it was a terrible job and why would Patrio talk to him in private in the smoke lounge.

[RRevy]

Majordomus would rather kill his uncle, if he would like to kill anyone at all. But he saw the oportunity to get rid of him after he found the body. So he ran to the police.

About the girl Matista - In my opinon riutals & stuff were rather her way of dealing with the past & present. I doubt she would like to kill somebody who had lived through horrors just like hers, and with her. She might have beed scared of him leaving her, but stabbing him with a knife (even in "ritual") could also make him gone from her life, so that makes no sense. She prefered softer ocultistic solutions, such as curses and spells.

Apart from everything that is mentioned as an evidence in the notebook, I doubt a woman could drag an adult unconcious man on this ritual altar. Also, only the housemaster Manchios had this black outfit on him, earlier taken from the hanger with a wet hands after just washing them. And he just did a little bit too much trying to accuse two different people.

[GekooktEi]

Originally posted by reevee:

Apart from everything that is mentioned as an evidence in the notebook, I doubt a woman could drag an adult unconcious man on this ritual altar. Also, only the housemaster Manchios had this black outfit on him, earlier taken from the hanger with a wet hands after just washing them. And he just did a little bit too much trying to accuse two different people.

Oh wow, amazing catch about the wet handprint, I totally forgot about that!

I also went with Manchios. I was taken a bit off guard when the girl said that he never heart Fabio and only made lovey-dovey gestures, but then I realised that the letter mentioned a previous outrage.

This was one of the nicer cases in terms of multiple points to consider. Nice ending to the game!

[iStalker]

I also picked Manchios, that is because I believe the murder was in heat of the moment, considering the weapon of choice and closing the room after the attack, which would mean the killer isn't Matista, because if she were to kill (and the resurrect...) Fabio, it would be premeditated. Plus the killer wore a robe, which Matista wouldn't, especially if killing spontanously. Regarding Santos, that blood on his shoe was really bothering me, especially since there was no blood on the floor in the main room, so he must've entered the smoking room. However had he been the killer and had his shoe bloodied, there would be traces, just like on the hands - but careful reexamining of the scene shows there were no bloody shoeprints left. Plus Santos would also kill with premeditation, and while he, wanting to frame Manchios, could have framed it as spontanous killing with the bottle and the robe (he also wouldn't be wearing it on the party - he would have a suit, like other servants), the key thing still remains, and also that shoeprint. That leaves Manchios - the only man who wore the robe constantly and would kill Fabio in the heat of moment, not with premeditation. Fabio even mentioned he has violent outbursts in his letter. So I am 99% sure the killer is Manchios.