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* NewspaperBackstory: During the investigation, you find a newspaper detailing how Gloria killed a robber during a mission back in Chicago, but it was rules as self-defense and expunged from her expedient. However, she still decided to keep this a secret from the team out of fear from being shunned by them.

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* NewspaperBackstory: During the investigation, you find a newspaper detailing how Gloria killed a robber during a mission back in Chicago, but it was rules ruled as self-defense and expunged from her expedient. However, she still decided to keep this a secret from the team out of fear from being shunned by them.
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* TraumaCongaLine: As if spending a year in juvie for [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase18InTheDeadOfNight accidentally killing his best friend]], getting BulliedIntoDepression as a result, [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase05TooCruelForSchool being a suspect in another murder]], and almost being arrested for possessing pot, Julian gets hit with another disgrace by having his father murdered in this case, leaving him completely alone.

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* TraumaCongaLine: As if spending a year in juvie for [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase18InTheDeadOfNight accidentally killing his best friend]], getting BulliedIntoDepression as a result, [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase05TooCruelForSchool being a suspect in another murder]], and almost being arrested for possessing pot, pot just wasn't enough for the poor kid, Julian gets hit with another disgrace by having his father murdered in this case, leaving him completely alone.
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* NuclearNasty: During the Additional Investigation, Izzy sends Cathy a package of radioactive mushrooms that she collected from the forests of Grimsborough near the satellite crash site, putting into question what kind of reactor this satellite might've been carrying...
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* TraumaCongaLine: As if spending a year in juvie for accidentally killing his best friend and getting BulliedIntoDepression as a result, Julian gets hit with another disgrace by having his father murdered in this case, leaving him completely alone.

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* TraumaCongaLine: As if spending a year in juvie for [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase18InTheDeadOfNight accidentally killing his best friend and friend]], getting BulliedIntoDepression as a result, [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase05TooCruelForSchool being a suspect in another murder]], and almost being arrested for possessing pot, Julian gets hit with another disgrace by having his father murdered in this case, leaving him completely alone.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Throughout the case, Jones and the player have doubts whether Dr. Greg Gibbs is the Rocket Cow Killer or not, as not only he sent a can of Rocket Cow to Edward with a threatening message telling him "it would be his death," but also left a CD containing information about the Rocket Cow Killer's victims at the police station claiming that he just wanted to help. In the end, he's revealed to be GoodAllAlong.

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Throughout the case, Jones and the player have doubts whether Dr. Greg Gibbs is the Rocket Cow Killer or not, as not only he sent a can of Rocket Cow to Edward with a threatening message telling him "it would be his death," but also left a CD containing information about the Rocket Cow Killer's victims at the police station claiming that he just wanted to help. In the end, he's revealed to be GoodAllAlong.[[note]][[spoiler: You do find out he's [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase07Flatline quite a bit of a prick in his own right soon enough, but we'll talk about that when we get there.]]]][[/note]]
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-->'''Jones:''' It gives me the heebie-jeebies knowing there was a serial killer here with us a minute ago, and we didn't even know it!

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Having laid a trap for the Rocket Cow Killer, the GPD manage to track Gloria down only to stumble upon their latest victim: Edward Ramis.

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'''Jones:''' <Player's Name>, when Gloria posed as bait for the Rocket Cow Killer, the GPD manage we didn't intend for her to track get KIDNAPPED!]]

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Gloria down only to stumble upon gets kidnapped by the Rocket Cow Killer, the rest of the department gets worried sick waiting for a sign of her. Fortunately, their wait gets put to an end when Cathy receives a signal from Gloria's tracker at the woods of Fairview High, where Jones and the player find Gloria BoundAndGagged but otherwise fine... and also the body of Edward Ramis, Julian's father and the latest victim: Edward Ramis.
victim of the Rocket Cow Killer.

It's time to catch this SerialKiller once and for all.



* BackForTheDead: The victim is Edward Ramis, whom Jones and the player character first met five years ago.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The Additional Investigation ends with an earthquake hitting the city, setting up the plot of the next district.
* EvilPrincipal: Principal Rosamund Willcox is revealed to be the Rocket Cow Killer.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Rosamund reveals that she killed the parents as punishment for their behavior to their kids, citing her own abusive parents behind her reasoning. Both Jones and Judge Powell are not impressed, stating that she only traumatized these kids in the process.
* PartingWordsRegret: Julian had a fight with his dad before he died, and he's devastated to learn he's dead because now he can never take those words back.

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* BackForTheDead: The *AbusiveParents: Principal Wilcox apparently had these during her younger years, which served as her FreudianExcuse for becoming the Rocket Cow Killer. Dr. Gibbs also accuses the Rocket Cow Killer's victim is Edward Ramis, whom Jones to have been these, as their kids were his patients and he saw how badly they treated them.
-->'''Greg:''' It's no wonder the Rocket Cow Killer sees fit to poison these parents! It's just a taste of their OWN MEDICINE!
*AloneWithThePsycho:
**Gloria gets kidnapped by the Rocket Cow Killer and taken to their lair at the start of the case, and almost gets killed as a result hadn't it been for the fact Wilcox saw the tracker on her clothes.
**This also happens to Jones, the player,
and the player character first met five years ago.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The Additional Investigation ends with an earthquake hitting the city, setting up the plot
rest of the next district.team during the main investigation, as the Rocket Cow Killer infiltrates the police station to leave a threatening message to you.
-->'''Jones:''' It gives me the heebie-jeebies knowing there was a serial killer here with us a minute ago, and we didn't even know it!
*AmbiguouslyEvil: Throughout the case, Jones and the player have doubts whether Dr. Greg Gibbs is the Rocket Cow Killer or not, as not only he sent a can of Rocket Cow to Edward with a threatening message telling him "it would be his death," but also left a CD containing information about the Rocket Cow Killer's victims at the police station claiming that he just wanted to help. In the end, he's revealed to be GoodAllAlong.
* BackForTheDead: The victim is Edward Ramis, Julian's father whom Jones and the player character [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughCase18InTheDeadOfNight first met five years ago.]]
*BackForTheFinale: [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase05TooCruelForSchool Julian Ramis, Principal Rosamund Wilcox, and Dr. Greg Gibbs]] all return as suspects in this case, which is the last one set in Fairview. [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase03TheSaddestOfAllKeys Izzy Ramsey]] also reappears during the Additional Investigation.
*BadassInDistress: Gloria, a competent cop who managed to shot a robber that almost killed her years ago in Chicago, is kidnapped by the Rocket Cow Killer and almost murdered by them.
*BoundAndGagged: Gloria is found with a gag and her wrists tied when you rescue her from the Rocket Cow Killer's lair.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The case ends with an earthquake hitting the city, setting up the plot [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyMoneyMileDistrict of the next district.]]
*TheClimax: For Fairview.
*ContinuityNod:
**A photo of [[Recap/CriminalCaseTheConspiracyCase03TheSaddestOfAllKeys Emma Tank]] is seen in the trophy collage made by the Rocket Cow Killer.
**Cathy mentions that the MysteriousInformant she met in a hacker forum has sent her a package addressed to [[Recap/CriminalCaseGrimsboroughUniversityDistrict The @rtist.]]
*CouldntFindAPen: {{Subverted}}. During the last stretch of the case, you find a collage of photos of the Rocket Cow Killer's victims on their lair, with the words "[[TitleDrop Hear My Cry]]" scribbled on red all over it. Jones suspects it was written with blood, but Rupert later confirms the material used for it was lipstick.
*CreepySouvenir: The Rocket Cow Killer kept a collage with photos of all the people killed by them. According to Gabriel, serial killers tend to collect trophies related to their victims.
*IDidWhatIHadToDo: During her arrest, Wilcox tells you she HAD to kill the parents who mistreated their children.
*DontCelebrateJustYet: After arresting Wilcox, Chief Parker tells you and Jones that the day isn't over yet, as you still need to discover what happened with the missing shipment of amlodipine Wilcox had been using to commit her murders.
*EarAche: When you find a newspaper detailing how Gloria killed a criminal during a robbery, she claims it was done in self-defense as said robber had a gun and shot-off Gloria's partner's ear.
* EvilPrincipal: Principal Rosamund Willcox Wilcox is revealed to be the [[SerialKiller Rocket Cow Killer.
Killer]] in this case, making her the main antagonist of Fairview.
*ExploringTheEvilLair: Gloria and Edward's body are found on the Rocket Cow Killer's lair, which is a small forest clear behind the high school.
*ForgedMessage: Steward Benedict, Wilcox's accomplice, stole the shipment of amlodopine from the zoo by forging Nathan's signature.
* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Rosamund During her arrest and trial, Wilcox reveals that she killed the parents as punishment for their behavior to their kids, citing [[DarkAndTroubledPast her own abusive parents own]] AbusiveParents behind her reasoning. Both Jones and Judge Powell are not impressed, stating that she only traumatized these kids in the process.
*GullibleLemmings: Wilcox manipulated Steward Benedict, Fairview High's bus driver, into being her accomplice in the murders by telling him she was protecting kids from abusive parents, which he saw as a noble cause because he wants to do the same.
*ImpliedDeathThreat: During the investigation, the Rocket Cow Killer enters the police station to leave you a recorded message telling you to stop looking for them or you'll end just like Edward Ramis.
*KillingInSelfDefense: Gloria did this with a robber that she and her partner tried to stop back in Chicago a few years ago, which she attempted to hide from the team.
*LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Stewart Benedict, the bus driver at Fairview High, is introduced in this case as a suspect.
*IMissMom: Julian says a variation of this with his father when he recalls all the things they did together before their fight and his death.
*MysteriousInformant: During the Additional Investigation, Cathy tells you one of these had been chatting with her on a hacker forum, who decides to send her a package with "proof" of a conspiracy theory going on at the forests where the satellite crashed a year ago. In the end, this mysterious person ends up being [[ConspiracyTheorist Izzy Ramsey.]]
*NewspaperBackstory: During the investigation, you find a newspaper detailing how Gloria killed a robber during a mission back in Chicago, but it was rules as self-defense and expunged from her expedient. However, she still decided to keep this a secret from the team out of fear from being shunned by them.
*NuclearNasty: During the Additional Investigation, Izzy sends Cathy a package of radioactive mushrooms that she collected from the forests of Grimsborough near the satellite crash site, putting into question what kind of reactor this satellite might've been carrying...
*OhCrap: Jones has this reaction when he identifies Edward, Julian's father, as the victim.
*OneOfOurOwn: Gloria becomes a suspect in this case due to being present at the crime scene where Edward died, even if she only got there because of being kidnapped.
* PartingWordsRegret: Julian had a fight with his dad before he died, because Edward found out Julian was selling pot and he's had gotten in trouble with the law again, up to refusing to believe Julian had accepted counseling from Dr. Gibbs. He's devastated to learn he's dead because now he can never take those words back.back.
-->'''Julian:''' Oh, God! The last thing I told him was that I hated him, and now I'll never be able to take it back!
*RedAlert: The police station is put into maximum alert after the Rocket Cow Killer infiltrates it to leave a threatening message for the player.
*TheReveal: Izzy reveals and Jones confirms that a dome was built on the satellite crash site supposedly to contain the radiation it emits... perhaps.
*RevealingCoverUp: Wilcox's efforts to get the player drop the case by leaving a message for them on the police station ends up being her undoing as she obviously leaves clues behind that end up serving to capture her.
*SecretRelationship: Principal Wilcox was in one with Edward a few months ago, which Julian found appalling and made him resent her. During her arrest, Wilcox reveals she lured Edward into the forest with the excuse of discussing resuming their relationship, which she used as an opportunity to give him the adulterated Rocket Cow drink.
*ShoutOut:
** In the Killer's Hideout scene, there is a clown mask reminiscent of those worn by the Joker's minions in ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.
** In the Killer's Camp scene, there is a can of tomato soup referencing Campbell's.
** Byron Uno is a parody of Music/BrianEno.
*SoProudOfYou: After you arrest Wilcox, Chief Parker tells the team she's proud of all of them, specially the player.
*TitleDrop: You find a collage of photos made with the victims of the Rocket Cow Killer with the words "Hear My Cry" scribbled over it with lipstick.
*TraumaCongaLine: As if spending a year in juvie for accidentally killing his best friend and getting BulliedIntoDepression as a result, Julian gets hit with another disgrace by having his father murdered in this case, leaving him completely alone.
-->'''Rosamund:''' Oh, poor Julian. His troubles never seem to end...
*VillainBall: Rosamund Wilcox ''really'' grabs it in this case after she decides to infiltrate the police station just to leave a message threatening you to stop looking for her, [[RevealingCoverup giving you clues that end up helping you catch her in the end.]] She also reveals during her arrest she knew Gloria and Carter's fight was a trap set up for her, but couldn't resist going for her anyway.
-->'''Rosamund:''' He was already dead when I saw your partner abusing her son! And I knew it was a trap, but I... I couldn't help myself. I couldn't let her get away with it!
*WellIntentionedExtremist: Both Rosamund and Stewart see themselves as this, fully believing that getting rid of abusive parents is what's necessary to protect children no matter how traumatizing it might be for them.
*WhatTheHellHero: Jones has this reaction towards Gloria when you find she hid the fact she killed someone during her stay in Chicago, as he considered it withholding an important secret from the department.
*YouMonster: Jones calls the Rocket Cow Killer a monster when you find their collage of victim's photos at the forest.
-->'''Jones:''' And there's a message written: "Hear my cry"! Hear WHOSE cry, you MONSTER?!
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The Additional Investigation ends with an earthquake hitting the city, setting up the plot of the next district.
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* EvilPrincipal: Principal Rosamund Willcox is revealed to be the Rocket Cow Killer.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Rosetta reveals that she killed the parents as punishment for their behavior to their kids, citing her own abusive parents behind her reasoning. Both Jones and Judge Powell are not impressed, stating that she only traumatized these kids in the process.

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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Rosetta Rosamund reveals that she killed the parents as punishment for their behavior to their kids, citing her own abusive parents behind her reasoning. Both Jones and Judge Powell are not impressed, stating that she only traumatized these kids in the process.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Rosetta reveals that she killed the parents as punishment for their behavior to their kids, citing her own abusive parents behind her reasoning. Both Jones and Judge Powell are not impressed, stating that she only traumatized these kids in the process.
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On the trail of the Rocket Cow Killer, the GPD stumble upon their latest victim: Edward Ramis.

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* BackForTheDead: The victim is Edward Ramis, whom Jones and the player character first met five years ago.
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On the trail of the Rocket Cow Killer, the GPD stumble upon their latest victim: Edward Ramis.

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* PartingWordsRegret: Julian had a fight with his dad before he died, and he's devastated to learn he's dead because now he can never take those words back.

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