Case 5 - Rise From the Ashes
Trial (Day 2) - Part 3
: You say she stabbed him again and again…
: But you couldn’t have witnessed that!
: Are you testing me…?
: Then I’ll test you!
: I’m afraid the moss is growing under our feet as we wait, Ms. Starr.
: …!?
: W-what do you mean?
: The autopsy report states that death was due to a loss of blood… from one stab wound.
: Ah hah! You’re right!
: Good show, Mr. Edgeworth!
: What a hunk!
: He’s my hero, really.
: (What about my objection? No one noticed?)
: Well, witness?
: Uh… oh, thanks.
: I always believed that no one could ever mistake ketchup for blood…
: But now, I realize that such mistakes are possible.
: So…
: You’re saying you mistook something… for blood?
: When she lifted her knife, I thought I saw blood at her breast…
: That’s why I thought she must have stabbed him at least twice.
: Then tell us what you saw that you thought was blood!
: Testify!
: …
: Her red muffler?
: Yes, like a scarf. The Chief Prosecutor always wears one around her neck.
: So she can be easily hanged at a moment’s notice, I suppose…
: (She’s right…)
: But wait…
: Isn’t it odd that you mistook that for splattered blood?
: …
: Well, people often mistake my beard…
: For a bib.
: (A judge with a bib. That’s why this place feels so much like kindergarten sometimes.)
: Actually…
: There was only one knife wound.
: …
: (Apparently, Ms. Starr isn’t entirely sure of her own testimony.)
: Mr. Wright!
: This is our chance!!!
: Chance for what, I wonder…?
And loop. This should be easy.
: Ms. Starr! I demand an explanation…
: The witness is clearly not suited for detective work.
: W-what!?
: The suspect was not wearing
: a scarf or muffler of any kind when she stabbed the victim.
: Only a true professional could be so clueless.
: I’m sure you’ll make a good lunchlady, have no fear.
: Hmm!
: Harsh words! But good!
: In the end, Mr. Edgeworth prevails!
: (What was my objection, chopped liver!?)
: B-but it was there, a scarf, no, not that, but something red! Really!
: Well now, where were we?
: The witness has given us an entertaining interlude, now back to business.
: Wh-what!?
: Very well, witness. Continue your testimony.
: You saw the crime, and apprehended the suspect…
: Tell us about that.
: …
: Very well.
: I do remember some things accurately, at least.
: (Ultimately, we couldn’t shake the most important part of her testimony.)
: The most important part…?
: The part where your sister stabs the victim! (This next testimony might just be the moment of truth!)
: You are quite determined about this scarf, aren’t you?
: I strike like a snake and bite like a cobra!
: That’s me. Angel Starr.
: That’s not a very good metaphor. First of all, a cobra is a kind of snake.
: Don’t bother me with details, unless you want to get bitten!
: N-no thanks!
: Note to self: Attorney Wright gets bitten by snake.
: The chief prosecutor tried to resist, but her efforts were in vain.
: She knocked my hands aside, kicked over an oil drum…
: O-oil drum? (Hard to imagine…)
: Oh, she’s beautiful, but deadly! A predator, this one! A leopard woman! Rowr!
: Very well, Mr. Wright. Your cross-examination, if you will.
: (That’s right…)
: She was obviously trying to hide herself.
: Quite a natural thing for a criminal to do!
: And what did you do then?
: You say “quickly”… were you close to the suspect?
: As I just said!
: I was only 30 feet away from her the whole time.
: That would make it about 30 feet from the car, yes.
: Is that correct, Ms. Starr?
: Y-yes, that’s right.
: I went over it, of course.
: Amazing! The Cough-up Queen, lunchlady athlete, indeed.
: It would have taken her a little time to climb over the fence.
: So she couldn’t have gotten to my sister THAT fast…
: (How come Ms. Skye didn’t get away?)
: She mentioned the muffler?
: What exactly did she say?
: If I remembered exactly, I would have told you in my testimony!
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: Anyway, all I heard her say was the word “muffler.”
: Just that one word?
: So… what you heard wasn’t the suspect talking to you, but to someone else?
: Yes. The chief prosecutor was talking on her phone!
: Yes, ultimately.
: Ultimately?
: My memory…
: It’s like a salmon, heading upstream, you see.
: N-no, the court doesn’t see, Ms. Starr.
: On the wall?
: Apparently, it was out of order.
: And so she used her cell phone?
: Hmm.
: Good witnessing, witness!
: (Good witnessing? What ever happened to good testifying?)
: You should of course add this to your testimony.
: The things I do to please this rookie defense attorney.
And the cell phone evidence is updated to note the call and the whole ‘muffler’ thing.
: Um… do you think you could restate your testimony for the court?
: Ah hah! I was going to ask the same thing!
: I’ll only say this one time, so listen close, Rookies.
: The chief prosecutor hung up her phone!
: And you
: saw her doing this?
: …?
: What is it, Mr. Wright?
: She “made to escape”…
: Can you be more specific?
: She brushed aside my hand and ran! It was a terrible sight to see, like a dollop of lard on a pate of foie gras!
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: She even kicked over an oil drum at me!
: A-an oil drum!?
: There was an oil drum lying on its side at the scene of the crime.
: But, it’s strange…
: Hmm? What’s that?
: If she wanted to escape…
: why didn’t she run the other way?
: Th-that’s right!
: It doesn’t make any sense that she would run from behind the partition to the oil drums!
: …
And loop.
: Excellent! More mysteries!
: I wish we could solve a few before finding more, though…
: (So Ms. Skye tried to run?)
: I’m sorry my sister is so suspicious, Mr. Wright…
: Not as sorry as I am.
: But she didn’t do it! You have to believe me!
So, can you spot a problem in this testimony?
Next time: Trying to solve a few mysteries.