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Fixing misuse. The Bus Came Back should only apply if the character was incarcerated, explicitly shown to go away, or returns after another season.


* TheBusCameBack: Vittorio Capecchi returns as a suspect here since his last appearance in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase12BehindTheMask Case 12.]]

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* TheBusCameBack: CallBack: Vittorio Capecchi returns as a suspect here since his last appearance in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase12BehindTheMask Case 12.]]
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* BackForTheFinale: [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase20EyesWideShut Adrienna Brassiere]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase22Overkill Katherine Woolf]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase23DeathIsACabaret Finley Flanagan]] all return as suspects in this case, which is the last one set in Sinner's End. [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase19SinnersAndSaints Marla de Paradis]] also makes an appearance during the Additional Investigation.

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* BackForTheFinale: [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase20EyesWideShut Adrienna Brassiere]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase22Overkill Katherine Woolf]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase23DeathIsACabaret Finley Flanagan]] all return as suspects in this case, which is the last one set in Sinner's End. [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase19SinnersAndSaints [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase23DeathIsACabaret Marla de Paradis]] also makes an appearance during the Additional Investigation.
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* AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: Although Fiona only started murdering prostitutes after her best friend Celia died from syphilis, the fact that she was already in a mental asylum before those events (not no mention the implications that [[EnfantTerrible she also murdered her own parents when she was still a child]]) leaves unclear just when Fiona became deranged psychopath she was in life.

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* AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: Although Fiona only started murdering prostitutes after her best friend Celia died from syphilis, the fact that she was already in a mental asylum before those events (not no mention the implications that [[EnfantTerrible she also murdered her own parents when she was still a child]]) leaves unclear just when Fiona became the deranged psychopath she was in life.
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** Judge Lawson's dead fiance and the obituary he keeps in his wallet [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase15OutOfSteam is mentioned again.]]

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** Judge Lawson's dead fiance fiancee and the obituary he keeps in his wallet [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase15OutOfSteam is mentioned again.]]
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* HellholePrison: Stonewall Prison is apparently this if you aren't Italian (and ''specially' if you're Irish), as the rude and hardcore Finley ''implores'' you to not sent him there, since it's apparently being controlled by the Italian mafia.

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* HellholePrison: Stonewall Prison is apparently this if you aren't Italian (and ''specially' specially if you're Irish), as the rude and hardcore Finley ''implores'' you to not sent him there, since it's apparently being controlled by the Italian mafia.
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[[caption-width-right:350:'''Chief Wright:''' We have a fugitive on our hands! Fiona Flanagan escaped from custody! We thought arresting the notorious gang leader for murder was our final victory... But Fiona the "[[SerialKiller Scarlet Slayer]]" had one more surprise for us!]]

After being informed that Fiona Flanagan, the Irish gang leader who was also revealed to be the [[SerialKiller Scarlet Slayer]], had escaped from justice by hiding in an opium den, Maddie and the player rush to the establishment to intercept her before she can run away for good. However, both officers receive a big surprise when they find Fiona's lifeless body lying on a couch, dead after being strangled by her killer.

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*AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: Although Fiona only started murdering prostitutes after her best friend Celia died from syphilis, the fact that she was already in a mental asylum before those events (not no mention the implications that [[EnfantTerrible she also murdered her own parents when she was still a child]]) leaves unclear just when Fiona became deranged psychopath she was in life.
*AssholeVictim: Even if she was clinically insane and had a pretty heartbreaking FreudianExcuse for her actions, at the end of the day Fiona was still a bloodthirsty SerialKiller who believed she had the right to decide whether prostitutes had to live or not, and so her death isn't mourned by anyone.
*BackForTheFinale: [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase20EyesWideShut Adrienna Brassiere]], [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase22Overkill Katherine Woolf]], and [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase23DeathIsACabaret Finley Flanagan]] all return as suspects in this case, which is the last one set in Sinner's End. [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase19SinnersAndSaints Marla de Paradis]] also makes an appearance during the Additional Investigation.
*BigBrotherInstinct: Finley's reason for taking his sister out of the mental asylum and giving her a share of his business was because he didn't want her to rot in a mad house, and also declares that he murdered her out of family love to end her suffering.
*TheBusCameBack: Vittorio Capecchi returns as a suspect here since his last appearance in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase12BehindTheMask Case 12.]]
*TheClimax: For Sinner's End.
*CynicismCatalyst: For Fiona, losing her best friend and the only person she cared about due to syphilis was this, which prompted her to become [[TheStoic stoical]] and broke her mind to the point she became the Scarlet Slayer.
*ConnectedAllAlong: As it turns out, the thugs that murdered Judge Lawson's fiance were part of the Irish gang and Fiona's henchmen, giving him a motive to become her killer.
*ContinuityNod:
**Vittorio becomes a suspect when you find a Kiss of Death heart he sent to Fiona, just like his daughter did with George Buchanan in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase12BehindTheMask Case 12.]]
**Katherine becomes a suspect when you find shavings of her Wixon CC pencil at the crime scene, which she was also shown to use in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase13BreakingTheGlassCeiling Case 13.]]
**Judge Lawson's dead fiance and the obituary he keeps in his wallet [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase15OutOfSteam is mentioned again.]]
*DoubleKnockout: Finley and Vittorio "defeat" each other during their MexicanStandoff by shooting each other in the arm.
*EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Fiona had a prostitute friend named Celia Barnes whom she cared deeply about, and her death due to becoming infected with syphilis is what finally broke what little sanity she had left and instigated her to become the Scarlet Slayer, wanting to "save" other prostitutes from the same fate Celia suffered.
*ExploringTheEvilLair: The Scarlet Slayer's lair appears as a crime scene, which is located inside of a filthy train wagon with [[RoomFullOfCrazy photos of her victims and scribbles around the walls.]]
-->'''Maddie:''' Did you see those pictures on the wall, <Player's Name>? There's Gladys, Caitlin, and all the other victims of the Scarlet Slayer!
-->[[EvilSmellsBad And the stench...!]] This place is worse than a pigsty! All the dirt, the rotten food... ugh. This is definitely the lair of a deranged maniac!
*FamilyHonor: According to Finley, he wouldn't kill his own sister just because she murdered "a few harlots", saying that isn't the Flanagan way of solving things. Instead, he killed her out of mercy due to her poor mental health.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: Evie's comment about how she's writing a romance novel where her heroine is supposed to fall for a dashing thief but can't stop thinking about her best friend foreshadows [[spoiler:her aborted ShipTease with Diego and how she ends up becoming an OfficialCouple with Katherine later on.]]
*FrameUp: Unsurprisingly, Finley attempts to pin the murder of his sister on Vittorio, claiming that the death of an Irish gang leader could only be attributed to the Italians.
*FreezeFrameBonus: In the document detailing how Fiona was committed to an insane asylum, you can briefly see how she was sent to one located in Grim Chapel for her treatment, which you'll also be visiting in [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase45DoctorInterrupted Case 45.]]
*FreudianExcuse: As detailed in EvenEvilHasLovedOnes above, the death of Fiona's best friend Celia is what led to her going completely crazy and commencing her killing spree as the Scarlet Slayer.
-->'''Adrienna:''' But, truth be told, Fiona did seem fond of Celia... Took her under her wing an' all. [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Lord knows what stirred in that wicked soul of hers, but she was kind to her, like.]]
-->When Celia got poorly, Fiona paid for the doctor to come, and stayed at her bedside [[CynicismCatalyst until she died...]]
-->...An' after the funeral, Fiona disappeared. Even Mr Finley didn't know where she'd gone.
-->When she came back, she was... changed. [[TheStoic More quiet than before.]] We didn't know it then, but that's when Fiona started murderin' them girls, didn't she?
*FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: As expected, Adrienna refuses to feel sympathy for Fiona's FreudianExcuse, claiming that the murder of countless prostitutes is something that cant be forgiven.
*GibberishOfLove: Just like [[Recap/CriminalCaseMysteriesOfThePastCase19SinnersAndSaints last time]], Isaac can barely speak with Marla without getting all tongue-tied around her.
*GoodSamaritan: During the Additional Investigation, you help Marla obtain ownership of the Moulin Rose cabaret so she can give the prostitutes working there a better and safer work environment, deciding to use her fiance's inheritance to do that instead of escaping from Sinner's End.
*GoryDiscretionShot: Finley and Vittorio shooting each other in the arm is obscured by a black screen that only shows them holding their arms after getting hit.
*HatedByAll: Or at least hated by all prostitutes of Sinner's End, if Adrienna's testimony regarding Fiona holds some true. Can you blame them, though?
*HellholePrison: Stonewall Prison is apparently this if you aren't Italian (and ''specially' if you're Irish), as the rude and hardcore Finley ''implores'' you to not sent him there, since it's apparently being controlled by the Italian mafia.
*HighSchoolSweethearts: Vittorio and Fiona were in a relationship when they were still young and the Italian-Irish rivalry didn't exist yet, although they were forced to break up by Vittorio's mother.
*ImmoralJournalist: Katherine shows shades of this when it's revealed that she had discovered the Scarlet Slayer's hideout a time ago but didn't tell anyone about it, wanting to keep the story for herself. Maddie is understandably angry with her.
*InstitutionalApparel: You find a photo of Fiona wearing a straight jacket due to being institutionalized on an asylum, confirming that she was already crazy before the death of her best friend.
*LoveObstructingParents: Vittorio tells you that the reason why he and Fiona broke up was because his mom didn't approve of her due to Fiona's bad temperament.
*MandatoryUnretirement: Judge Takakura is forced to come out of his retirement due to Judge Lawson becoming a suspect in this case, making him unfitting of judging the trial. He goes back to his retirement to the Bahamas at the end of the case though.
*MercyKill: Finley's motive for killing his sister is that she was [[AxCrazy so far gone and out of her mind]] that putting her out of said misery was apparently the best course of action.
-->'''Finley:''' When you nicked her, I thought it'd do her good. I thought prison would clear her head.
-->But when she escaped, she came straight for me, raging mad! I couldn't calm her down! I knew she was too far gone this time.
-->I told yer, t'was an act of mercy. She was tormented, she was. It was kinder to put an end to her sufferin' than let her live like that.
*MexicanStandoff: One happens between Finley, Vittorio, and Maddie during the Chapter 3, with Finley accusing Vittorio of murdering Fiona, Vittorio defending himself, and Maddie trying to defuse the situation.
*NeverMyFault: Finley refuses to take responsibility for his sister becoming the Scarlet Slayer and slaughtering countless prostitutes, even when he knew she was clinically insane but decided to take her out of the mental asylum anyway.
*NonviolentInitialConfrontation: Judge Lawson becomes a suspect when you find his fingerprints on the Flanagan's headquarters, claiming that Fiona "invited" (i.e. forced him) to drink with her because she wanted to know who the new judge was.
*NotMeThisTime: Finley truthfully claims that he didn't orchestrated Fiona's escape from prison when you interrogate him, saying that some time behind bars could've benefited Fiona and cleared her head from being the Scarlet Slayer.
*NotProven: During the Additional Investigation, you discover that there have been claims of the Italian mafia controlling the Stonewall Prison in Coyote Gorge, but no proof has been found about it. According to Judge Takakura, he's convinced that the police corruption in Concordia is what allowed Vittorio to dispel those claims by greasing the hands of a few officers, and yout next mission is going to the prison to find out if said allegations are true.
*OpiumDen: Where Fiona was killed.
*RapidFireNo: Vittorio is fond of doing these in this case in a very innocent manner.
-->'''Maddie:''' This Kiss of Death we found among the victim's possessions makes us wonder if your "famiglia" had a hand in her murder!
-->'''Vittorio:''' No-no-no-no-no! I'd do no such ugly thing!
*RoomFullOfCrazy: The Scarlet Slayer's hideout has photos of her victims and words scribbled in the walls of the wagon it's located.
*ShipperOnDeck: Diego encourages Isaac to confess his feelings to Marla during the Additional Investigation, claiming that there's nothing uncouth about love.
*ShoutOut: Creator/WilliamShakespeare is quoted.
*SiblingMurder: Fiona ended up being killed by Finley, her own brother.
*STDImmunity: Tragically {{Averted}} regarding Celia Barnes, Fiona's deceased best friend, who died after contracting syphilis and pushed Fiona to become the Scarlet Slayer so other prostitutes wouldn't meet the same fate as her.
*VillainsWantMercy: After Finley gets sentenced to Stonewall Prison, he implores you to not take him there, claiming that he'll be dead man within a week due to the Italian mafia supposedly controlling the place. This is enough to make Chief Wright send the Flying Squad to Coyote Gorge so they can investigate the prison and allow Finley to remain on a holding cell.
*VillainousBreakdown: Fiona had one off-screen according to Finley, who went raging mad at him after she escaped from prison and nothing he did could calm her down, which prompted him to murder her.

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