Little confused as to how to resolve cases. (Case 001 spoilers)

[Chris_Woods]

So, I got the case where someones phone was stolen. I questioned some folks which led to a suspect, then I harassed here and she acted suspicious. From that point, I searched her room and found the phone!

Woo! Case... solved? Unfortunatly, at that point I couldn't figure out what to do to resolve the case. I had the phone and knew who did it, but new cases just came in and Case 001 stayed tgere. I tried suspending the criminal, but that just made her unavailable while the case continued.

In this situation, how do I "close" that case?

[anatisi]

Pretty sure you need to give the guilty person detention, and if she still won't confess, you'll probably sadly have to expel her. It should have noted about that when you found the phone, like "You found the phone, but... How did it get here? You may now Expel, Detain and Suspend x"? Whenever that pops up, you usually have to detain them. :)

[Hanako]

Suspending a criminal CAN solve a case but it won't resolve until the suspension finishes.

Basically, suspending someone is sort of LIKE detaining them, except that you don't have to roll and it takes a week to be finished. At the end of the suspension, generally one of three things will happen:

1 - You suspended a guilty person and the suspension broke their will, so they apologise for whatever they did and the case closes
2 - You suspended an innocent or framed person, and the suspension makes them very upset, so they return and make a huge fuss and you lose karma
3 - You suspended a guilty person but the suspension did NOT break their will, so they return and the case continues. In which case you'll probably have to expel them.

Sometimes catching someone red-handed doesn't mean they'll actually stop what they were doing, so you may have to punish them. Other times they'll panic when they get caught and stop causing trouble, and then the case will eventually close on its own. It really varies; all you can do is follow the clues.


(It's not actually Case 001 spoilers - Every case is random, so your case 001 will be totally different from others. Even if it looks similar to someone else's, it might have a different resolution!)