Traffic Desk II
A Marriage Made in Heaven

Traffic Desk II -- A Marriage Made in Heaven

-- Special Notes for this Case --
Newspaper #3--  Lying on the counter in the bar.

As you probably noticed from the previous case, the crimes in Traffic are more complicated to investigate, with a lot more clues and people involved -- and it only gets more complicated as you go along!  Take this case for example -- you start out in roll call, where you learn about the hit-and-run accident that we saw in the opening CS for this case.

When you arrive at Ray's Cafe you automatically obtain the clue "Hit-and-Run Vehicle" since that is part of the assignment -- so after you get the assignment and get to the Cafe and before you leave the station, why don't you step out the side door past the infirmary and jump in and out of the Ambulance there to add that vehicle to your count.

The initial investigation of a hit-and-run

-- On the Scene --

Talk to the uniform cop to get the details of the crime, and then have yourself a look at the body, and you will find:

-- Insurance Letter: check the left pocket of the victim

-- Wallet: check the right pocket of the victim (inspect the ID)

After you finish your examination the Coroner gives you his report -- and now it is time to search the scene of the crime!

A very thourough walk through should reveal the Bloody Knife that you find in the trash can in the alley -- finding this also unlocks the Achievement "Stab Right" (15 GP) for a nice bonus!  Take a look at the other marked clues next.

An Interview with Eyewitness Shannon Perry

Once you finish searching for clues, go have a chat with the eyewitness, a dame named Shannon Perry who you need should make an effort to properly interview -- if you need help here are the correct branches for the Interview Tree:

-- Eyewitness Report: Truth

-- Argument Overheard: Doubt

-- Suspect Vehicle Description: Truth

So the vehicle is a red Lincoln Continental -- interesting -- but that pretty much wraps up everything that she can tell us...  So head inside the bar now.

The first thing that we should do is walk over to the bar and look at the newspaper on the bar -- this is the third of the thirteen papers in the game that tell a story so go ahead and pick it up and watch the next chapter of the CS, after which you can put the paper back and have yourself a chat with the Bartender!

-- An Interview with Dudley Lynch, Bartender of Ray's Cafe --

Dudley Lynch is fairly typical of the average Angelino of the era -- he may want to help you, but there is an element of distrust present for good reason, because the police in LA in the 1940's had a worse reputation than they do today -- but for very different reasons!  Today you risk getting the snot beaten out of you by the police in LA if you do something that they do not like, but they are not corrupt, whereas in from the early 1900's all the way to the mid-1980's the LAPD was practically celebrated for its levels of corruption.

An Interview with Eyewitness Dudley Lynch

Begin the questioning, from your Notebook, and pay close attention to Dudley's body language and tone.  If you need help with this, you can use the following answers:

-- Hit-and-run Incident: Doubt

-- Association with Victim: Truth

-- Argument Overheard in Bar: Doubt

-- Joint Business Venture: Doubt

After you get the four answers out of him, you gain Lynch's Statement in the evidence book, and a Rank upgrade!  Good on ya!

Now that you have the information that you need, go ahead and call in suspect vehicle: head to the phone in the back of the bar and use that to call Central Dispatch, so that you can pass on the information about the suspect vehicle in the hopes that a prowl car or traffic enforcement might spot it and pull it over.

That concludes everything that we can do here at the bar -- which means we need to move on to the next location that is part of this investigation, doesn't it?

-- Investigate the Shelton Residence --

Jump in the car and take a look at your Notebook to review what you have learned, and then select the Shelton Residence as the next destination in it.  That will place the marker on the map, to which you will now drive!

On your way out to the Shelton Residence stop by the Coronor's Van and, getting out of your car, get into it to add it as a Vehicle Driven just to get it off of the list for that Achievement now, right?  Good!  Now get back in your unmarked car and hit the road, Jack!

When you arrive you see a man with packed bags leaving, putting the bags in the boot of the suspect car -- you approach and accuse him and he runs.  I mean really runs!  He jumps in the car and rips out of there like he means to outrun you, so you give chase. 

He drives like a maniac all the way to the train station, where he jumps out and tries to have himself an escape -- but you capture him and put the bracelets on him, and he ends up hauled off to the station for booking under the charges of vehicular manslaughter, resisting arrest, driving to endanger, and being an all-around jerk!

Once you have that out of the way, return to your car and get in, pull out your Notebook and select the victims home address as your next destination.

Considering the version you heard from the hit-and-run driver, there appears to be a lot more to this case than you first thought -- reviewing the evidence does not really tell you the whole story though, so some more intense investigation is in order.

-- The Pattison Residence --

It turns out that the victim did not live all that far from the bloke who hit him -- but that is not close to where we ended up after chasing him, is it?  A nice drive will clear your head though, so have a nice drive!

When you arrive head to the door and knock -- when the victim's wife, Mrs. Pattison, opens the door, introduce yourself and get invited in.

Inside you need to interview the grieving widow, who is acting rather oddly -- and it turns out that there is someone else present -- Leroy Sabo -- who has a story to tell himself!  She tells you that she planned to get a divorce, that things were not working out.

An Interview with Mrs. Pattison

You will need to interview the wife -- and you can use the following answers if you need them:

-- Hit-and-run Victim: Doubt

-- Nature of Argument: Doubt

-- Partnership with Leroy Sabo: Lie / Insurance Letter

She asks you to leave -- but before you do, have a look around the house - in the kitchen there are knives just like the one you found at the scene...  Interesting.  In the room next to the living room there is a phone you can use -- so go ahead and use that to call into Dispatch to see if you have any messages.  You do!  The Coroner wants to see you at the morgue right away!

-- Central Morgue --

Head back to the car and open your Notebook to set the Morgue as your next destination, then drive there -- it is not far away -- and go inside.

Head into the autopsy room and you get a shocking report from the Coroner -- the vic was already dead when the car hit him!  That knife you found?  Well it just unlocked the Achievement "Stab-Rite" (15 GP) for your diligence in properly searching the crime scene!  Well done!

Your partner points out the baldness in those two looking you right in the eye and lying to you -- so you will take particular pleasure in arresting the pair for Murder One!  Your next objective is to return and arrest Lorna Pattison and her boyfriend Sabo -- I never liked him anyway!

Wrapping up the Murder Package

-- Back at the Pattison Residence --

After you arrive and go in, you confront them and predictably Pattison blames Sabo for everything -- and just as you start to get the dirt, Sabo shows up and shoots her, making it necessary for you to chase him down and arrest him.

Achievement Opportunity:  If you have not already unlocked it, this is a good place for you to grab the Achievement "Not So Hasty' (15 GP) for firing a warning shot at a suspect while you are a Detective.  You can do this by targeting the suspect and holding down the aim until the circle fills, then firing the shot.  The ally across the street that you chase him into is a great place to do this one...

Apprehend Leroy Sabo

If you manage to get off the warning shot you capture him straight away.  If you do not, then you chase him until he takes a hostage, and you have to kill him.  Either way he gets justice.

After that you end up back at the station, where your captain tells you what a great job you have done, and gives you the traditional pat on the back.  The case then ends, and you get to see how well you have done!

Ideally if you followed this guide -- even if you drove bad and moderately damaged things, you should still end up with 5-stars on it, as you will have answered all 10 questions correctly, as well as found all 9 of the clues.

Good job on that one mates.

Notes on the Achievement "Not So Hasty" -- a lot of gamers seem to have trouble unlocking this one, and in particular in this case.  The thing you should remember is that you do not have to do it here, there are several other opportunities for you to unlock it, including two more cases and a Street Crime in which you are required to fire the warning shot to catch the bad guy, so if you did not get it here, do not worry over it, you will get it before the end of the game!