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Chapter 5

Case file number 72034

Lawliet was sleeping peacefully. Lizzie was just a meter away from him but did not dare speak nor move. The only noise in the room were from the machine feeding Lawliet. She stared at him for a while, wondering why he was doing this to himself, why he hadn't listened to anybody, why didn't he talk about it to her. Tears ran down her cheeks. She couldn't bare it, her friend looked like he was about to die, and this wasn't the first time this had happened. And she hadn't the faintest idea why this was happening to him. She sat down on the chair next to Lawliet's bed. She didn't know what to do, she couldn't focus on the case. She looked at Lawliet again. Why Lawliet? Why didn't you listen to me? She dared not talk, as Watari had said, he gets to eat and sleep, things he does not do at the institution. She decided to read their case file on her own, Lawliet could catch up when he'll feel better.

****Case file #72034****

Liverpool gang member murders

Start of the case : 1995

DCI in charge : Abigail Johnson

A CITY gangster allegedly slashed a pub landlord in a bloody straightener in a busy city street on the 7th june 1995.Joshua Smith, who police said is linked to organised crime in Liverpool, allegedly slashed Ian Dunby, leaving him with gashes needing 72 stitches. Also part of the group, which spilled out of Lark Lanes High Bar was convicted heroin dealer Jason Fitzlion. He was jailed for eight years at Birmingham crown court in 2000 for conspiracy to supply heroin. Abigail Johnson said Mr Dunby, who recently took over the Old Tavern Bar in Aigburth Road, stormed into High just after midnight on Saturday. His brother, 36-year-old David Dunby, was gunned down and killed on the 28th of May 1995, it is believed that his brother Ian discovered the alleged perpetrator of this little brother's murder.

After shaking hands with one of the bouncers Mr Dunby, 43, walked straight to the back room of the bar and confronted Smith. Dunby was thrown out of the bar by staff and a group followed him into the then watched as the two brawled outside Keiths Cider Bar also on Lark Lane. A council meeting was told according to Johnson's sources that one of the men with Smith and Fitzlion handed Smith a Stanley Knife. It is believed that Smith used the blade to cut Mr Dunby who fled to hospital. No one has been arrested in connection with the incident.

David Dunby, unlike his brother was not involved in crimes (or so it seems). David Dunby was a father of two daughters (Kelly aged 11 at the time and Latisha aged 4) and was married to Joan Dunby. The victim worked in a tattoo parlor owned by his brother. His wife worked in a hairdresser's. His children's marks at school were average.

Councillors also heard how, in an unrelated attack, one of High's duty managers was punched in the face on the 25th of Mat by a man he was trying to throw out. He was also hit in the face by a flying glass. Referring to Smith and Mr Dunby's fight, DCI Abigail Johnson told the hearing: Ian Dunby entered the premises after midnight. He had an altercation inside the premises with Joshua Smith. Also present was Jason Fitzlion. Both [Smith and Fitzgibbon] have significant criminal records and are considered to be active in relation to organised crime in the city. Both males appear to be with approximately four other males. After the altercation inside the bar the group went outside.

The group are then seen to walk over the road. This was out of view of the bars CCTV system. Intelligence from a confidential source has been received that Smith and Dunby had a CCTV footage Mr Dunby is clearly seen walking back towards HIgh with two large blood stains on the back of his white T-shirt. He then got into a cab and went to the Royal hospital. When he was questioned about the fight he refused to cooperate with the police. One of the reasons DCI Abigail Johnson wanted High closed was because its bouncers also said they would not help the High, solicitor Jaimie Brass, highlighted the fight happened 40 yards from the bar. He added: "How culpable for this incident are the premises license holders or any member of staff for what happened?"

The police has still not found the culprit(s).

On the first of June 2001, Joshua Smith was found dead in the early hours of the mourning in a Tesco car park. He had been executed with a Glock pistol, gun usually used by the police or the military. The coroner stated that he was killed between half past one and two o'clock of that same day.

The super market's CCTV had been destroyed earlier on in the week by a hooded young man. The connection between the vandal and the murder might have been more than a coincidence. Knowing the history between the victim and Mr Dunby, the police questioned him about his whereabouts. Mr Dunby was seen eating fish and chips in a chippy at the time of the murder. He was cleared of suspicion.

The cases of 1995 and 2001 might be linked, therefore they are put in the same one, and not separately. Knowing the victim's illegal activities, the victim could have been killed by an associate of his, however the police still have no lead and no PI.

The City of Liverpool therefore request the help of the consultants of the Wammy Institution. The two cases have been fused into one to help the consultant(s) inquiring. This case is to be kept strictly confidential.

We appreciate the help of the Wammy Institution.

****Police of the City of Liverpool****

"Well, this is going to be more difficult than I thought, how am I supposed to look for clues in Liverpool if I'm in London?

-Why would you need to go to Liverpool?

-Lawliet? You're up? I hope I didn't wake you, I'm sorry if I did, are you alright?

-I'm fine, I'm sad that you have seen me in this state. Watari promised he wouldn't talk about my condition to anyone.

-Why must you hide it? You need help! And the reason Watari brought me here is because we have to solve a case.

-You need help on a case? I thought you could do it on your one?

-I can stupid! But we're supposed to do it in pairs. Knowing there isn't enough cases for everyone, the teacher gave cases for everyone in the class, however we each have a partner. And anyway, she said it's good work experience, because when we grow up we'll have a partner anyway.

-Umm...I suppose you're right. And if the teacher said so, I guess I can't say anything against her decision...

-Are you not happy I'm your partner? Is at it? Would you prefer to be with Robert?

-NO! I didn't say that. So what my case about?

-OUR case Lawliet. It's about two murders, perhaps none related but I agree with what DCI Johnson said, the cases are probably related, one way or an other. It seams that a 36 year old man was gun down by his brother's gang rivals. The brother confronted the man he thought was responsible, got stabbed. Six years later, that man is found dead next to Tesco. The CCTV was down, a young bloke had damaged the cameras outside. It's clear that the murder was premeditated.

-So the brother is the PI?

-No, he was eating fish and chips at the time of the murder, so it wasn't him, but he probably send one of his gunmen to kill his sworn enemy.

-I agree, did they gave us a list of people working for that ...what's his name?

-Dunby, Ian Dunby, and no, they didn't give us much. By the way, the first victim's called David Dunby, and the most recent one dead is Joshua Smith.

-They never give much, too embarrassed that they can't even solve a simple crime. Mind you, the British Police are actually the easiest to work with, they actually give you some details. You're new so you haven't done many cases, but from my experience, and that isn't very long, they usually just tell you who was killed and that's about it.

-Why? Don't they want any help? It's not as if we're getting the credit.

-As I said, too embarrassed.

-Wait, so we solve cases outside of Britain?

-Um...oh yes, I've solved cases in Norway, Canada, the Philippines, the EAU, and of course, your dear France.

-My dear France? France is not dear to me.

-Is it not? You lived there nearly all your life have you not?

-Well yes, but I never told you that! And France is not that great, well, where I lived anyway. Plus, they rejected me as soon as they could.

-May I have the file, I'm guessing they gave us more information.

-Oh yeah, there's more, here. So how is it that you know my past? Watari told me to tell no one about what happened to me. We're not in the same french class so you can't know how good I am and you don't talk to the other children so you couldn't have heard it from them.

-Oh, didn't Watari tell you? I was solving the case at that time.

-You what?

-Yes, the police needed all the help they could get. Inspector Willowherb was actually intelligent, he gave us all the information he had, he actually wanted to catch the killer, not like other inspectors who want the fame of catching a killer. By the way, I was the one at the other end of that transmitter.

-Why? You didn't even talk.

-It was important to know if you remembered anything, things you didn't want to tell others about, at least I would have it on tape. Watari also monitored you, as soon as we had news of a survivor. It was he who tried to find a way to get you home. He tried to find an orphanage near the school you went, so that you weren't disoriented. Turns out he looked at you marks and works at school, you showed promise in arts and maths. Watari wanted to keep you at the institution in the arts department. As the investigation went on and the fact that YOU actually found the culprit secured you a place in Wammy's house, however, he replaced you in the criminology department!

-Wow...I...I didn't know that, and all that time I thought it was DCI Willowherb that helped me out...

-Well, he did help you out, but Watari did most of it. Anyway, you may think about your past whilst I read the case.

-Hang on, you know about my past, so why won't you talk to me about YOUR past.

-I'm reading Lizzie.

-I know that, I also know that you can read, write, listen and talk all at the same time, 'cos I saw you do it before in class, so don't you bloody dare lie. So come on, tell me!

-I have no need to tell you, it doesn't concern you.

-Fine, but I swear, I WILL find out sooner or later. So what do you think about the case?

-Well if you let me finish I could answer you.

-Well I for one am bothered about how we're going to get the information. I mean, it's not as if I could just phone them up and get answers. Also, why are door staff reluctant to get involved? Was it because of the reputation of the various lads who were there that night or was it because the door staff themselves had been intimidated or threatened? Or worst, involved!

-Indeed...there is a 87% probability of an imminent revenge attack. Therefore we must take steps to prevent it.

-Wouldn't they have revenged themselves by now? I mean, it has been a year!

-True. But as you stated earlier on, there's a high chance that the two cases are linked, Ian's revenge was planed and then acted six years after the event. However, in this case, I think that Ian is going to kill each and everyone linked to his brother's death one by one.

-I see what you mean, it is odd, that all those crimes are done only between May and June, is it a sort of symbol? Do Liverpudlian gangs only kill each other during that period of time?

-Very funny. But yes, I believe that there is a 64% chance that the time of the murder is significant to the murderer, or rather, the person who send someone to kill.

-But why hasn't Ian sent someone this year?

-That is indeed strange. I doubt that he wants to wait 6 years each time, maybe his gunman was in prison?

-I'll check with the police. I'll phone them, wait here

-I don't know if you've noticed, but I can't actually move

-Oh yeah...well, see you later, by the way, Watari is picking me up in a hour and a half, so we have no time to loose.

-Alright"

She left the room and went to the telephone. Lawliet was reading the case file again, making sure he didn't miss anything, he didn't have a computer so he couldn't help at all. Helpless. It made him feel miserable, not able to do anything. It's not as if he wanted to be there in the first place. He would eat if he could but he can't. He hadn't had come to the dinning hall this week with Lizzie like he had done with her the week before. He felt better, he therefore did not need to waist time eating chicken or what not.

The case was now annoying him. He had so many questions that needed to be answered, and could be easily answered if he had phoned, emailed, or even hacked the Liverpudlian police information database. But he could do nothing, only lie there and wait for Lizzie do to everything he could and should have done.

Watari had spoken to him two weeks before, asking if he liked his new friend. He didn't consider Lizzie a friend, but at least she was better than the rest. At least she didn't cheat on him, unlike Robert. She could be mean sometimes, no, mean was not the word, she was very emotional and hot tempered, that was her problem. Other than that, she was tolerable. She cooked very well, and that was, in Lawliet's opinion her best quality. He had told Watari, that yes, he tolerated Lizzie's company. Watari was glad, and said that he had arranged a surprise for him.

Lawliet concluded that the surprise, was that Lizzie would be working with him from now on. Lawliet believed that the surprise had a 86% chance of being a positive surprise. Lizzie would not try to take all the glory when the case was finished, she didn't need pushing to find information on her own, she didn't mind going on the field and look for information on her own, and above all, cook for Lawliet.

The downfall of this partnership was of course the fact that Lizzie would always try and figure out his past and would force him to eat things he would rather not eat. Lawliet had a plan to make sure those things won't happen. He just needed Watari's help.

Lizzie had come back, in her hands were a bunch of papers, with names and numbers, and a few photos.

"Alright, so these lads are from the Dunby Alliance, here, some of 'em are in prison, the rest out and about.

-They don't have newbies, that's a problem!

-Why would it be a problem? It's good isn't it? Less young people in gangs.

-Not for us it isn't, we are looking for a young man, probably between the ages of 15 and 22 who would have knocked the camera out. Dunby wouldn't have been stupid enough to pay someone to knock the thing out

-Ah yes, true...Wait wait wait! Look here, on the map

-What?

-There's a jewelery!

-So? It the back of it, there are no CCTV there that could have filmed it.

-Yes, I know that, but what if Dunby gave a tip to an other gang about robbing that jewelery, wouldn't you need to block out the CCYV from Tesco if you wanted to make a clean escape by car?

-...There is a 12% chance that what you said was true, however, I'm guessing that they never actually did the robbery, too many police around.

-Very convenient. And, what if they had paid them, you know? They couldn't really go up to the police and they it was Dunby because they would admit to attempted theft.

-That would explain why and how, but we're missing out on the who.

-I'll go check on other gangs in Liverpool, it might take a while.

-I would assume so, see you later then."

Lawliet looked at the information handed to him only seconds ago. The Dunby alliance was composed of 16 known men, a small gang compared to the BlackSmith gang, composed of 28 men.

In Bsg, there were 7 young men, men who would easily be the the one who knocked out the CCTV. If so, it's an internal murder, the right hand man Fitzlion might have had enough of his long time partner, the execution styled murder would apply to a farewell between two friends. There was a 64% chance that this was correct.

Of course, the last possibility would be an external conflict, meaning associates. However, they wouldn't have executed Smith, they would have shot him, but not execution style. If Smith had betrayed his associate(s), his right hand man would have been too. Not to mention the fact that more bloodshed would have been spilled. That is why it only had a 24% chance of being correct.

It was said that the gangs were involved in heroin and cannabis. At the time of the first murder, the Dunby Alliance had more control on the drug industry than their rivals. Two weeks after the murder, the drug market was mostly controlled by the BlackSmith gang. To present day, it is still the same, however, Joshua's murder slightly affected the market, but not for long.

Lizzie came back with more files and papers and started reading what Lawliet had read. They read quietly without any remarks. Lawliet finished reading before Lizzie. He concluded that the probabilities he had stated earlier on didn't change much. He would need to send Lizzie to Liverpool to find out more. He would of course send Lancelot with her. Lancelot had been his "feet" many times before. Lawliet didn't travel to his cases, he send Lancelot instead. It is more "normal" to see a grown up investigate crime scenes than nine year old boys. It was of course, safer as well. Lawliet knew about Lizzie's event in the night, she wouldn't really need protection, but it would be easier for Lawliet to communicate wither her. Lancelot may be very reliable and strong, but he was a bit thick.

Lizzie had finished reading,t hey discussed their theories and means of action to catch the people responsible. Lawliet then talked to her about Lancelot, the fact that he would be the "adult" supervising her on her trip to Liverpool. She retorted that Lawliet should have someone to supervise him to eat. That is what Lawliet planed. If Lizzie was out and away in Liverpool, she wouldn't be nagging him about not eating. His plan was perfect. Watari came to pick her up, he briefly talked to Lawliet, and seemed happy. Lawliet asked for a phone and computer with internet access. Watari agreed to it and left He's one of the only people I talk to, the person I've known the longest, and yet I do no understand him. I'm grateful though, he was the one who saved me. To Lawliet, Watari wasn't quite a father figure, because he had known his father, and aspired to become like him, but of course, not end up dead like him. He then thought of his mother, the horrible memories came back, if only she had been kind, maybe his father would still be alive.

Lawliet shook his memories aside as soon as Lancelot came in with a computer and phone. Lancelot had been a Wammy resident, he was from the sports department. He had made it threw the Olympics, gold each time, but for personal reason, wanted to serve the Wammy institution during his free time. Lawliet didn't mind the man, as long as he didn't talk.

Lawliet researched some more, he would get phone calls from his mobile phone from Lizzie, informing on her latest discoveries and theories, and of course, when she would be going up to Liverpool. At eleven o'clock, Lizzie stopped calling and it was quiet again in Lawliet's room. Lawliet assumed she must have gone to bed. Lancelot had went outside to flirt with some of the doctors and nurses. He prepared a file he would send to Lizzie so that she could read it on the train, they couldn't afford to loose time, Lawliet wanted to finish first, and he knew they had got the most difficult assignment of the hole department. They needed to finish first, or else, they would be mocked by the rest of the class, even though Lizzie had assured him that only three out of the hole class would do that. At two o'clock a nurse came in and forced Lawliet to sleep with help of sleeping gas.

Chapter 6

Run, hide or die !