They hear a call from down the hall. All the teams and suspects are gathered together, waiting to hear the outcome of the investigations. Inspector Brie and Kandace are standing by the door, preventing anybody from escaping too soon. The Whovians enter and sit quietly as a group, listening to the rest of the teams present their findings. Trixie nervously glances through her notebook, murmuring notes to herself. Soon it was their turn.

[img align=left]http://i.imgur.com/AHW51WH.png[/img]Trixie stands and clears her throat. "Thank you everyone for gathering here. We will first like to talk a little bit about Caudata Marmota and then recap the facts of the case. Caudata was a party girl, she liked a good time, maybe including a few chemically enhanced pleasures. But she had a big heart and cared deeply for her family, including Sibrica, and those who found themselves at the bottom of the well of life. If people hurt the ones she loved, she bit back. She was having school problems as she failed an earlier science class and was receiving tutoring from Eichhorn to try and make up the credit, though she didn’t want to since she was aware that Eichhorn had a thing for her.

Caudata was found inside her bedroom which was locked from the inside. The bedroom window was open, which can be reached from a tree outside. Caudata had a minute quantity of flunitrazepam in her system; not enough to cause her death but certainly enough to knock her unconscious. What actually killed Caudata was suffocation and there were no other signs of a struggle or contusions on her body.

We had a large amount of evidence, some of this proved to be red herrings, leading us down the wrong track, but which ones? The area rug, with the patch of fur underneath, was that the killer's, torn away during a struggle? The cell phone with the cryptic message to Alberton Mental Hospital? The open window, was that the killer's way to enter and exit the room? After all, Caudata's room is locked with a keypad, the combination only known to people close to her. The music box with the drawer on the bottom hiding a sentimental gift? The outfit and strangely out of place shawl strewn on the floor of Caudata's closet? What was that mark on the shawl? Finally we have the diary, with several rather interesting entries.

Now let us move onto the suspects. We know that each one of you except for one notable exception lied to some extent in your original statements."

[img align=right]http://i.imgur.com/5lbCMJR.png[/img] Sibrica Bitsy turns to the young prairie dog "Sibrica, we think you were that notable exception. You have come far and done well for yourself, consistently telling the detectives and police the truth. The Marmotas recognized your good heart hiding in your troubled background and adopted you into this wealthy family. Caudata was your best friend, you met at college and you were very much like sisters, always giggling with each other, sharing everything. Caudata was very good to you when you found yourself at your lowest, she was a very caring girl. You used to date Utah, until Caudata took him away from you. What you might not be aware, was that she did it because she cared about you and thought that Utah would ruin your life. She was trying to protect you, with Utah and even until her death." Sibrica gasps and glares at Utah, a silent tear dropping down her cheek.

[img align=left]http://i.imgur.com/ZsHALen.png[/img]Layana Esmerelda nods at Caudata's sister. "Bright and intelligent student that you are, you felt you were always in your sister’s shadow. You never got on, even as young children, you were so different from each other. But you were envious of Caudata and how men just seemed to flock to her like a moth to a flame. At the end of the day, though, you were sisters and that’s what matters. You did lie about where you were on the night of the murder, didn't you?" Esmerelda pats her hand "It's ok, dear, we know you love him even though you shouldn't, given the way he treats you." If looks could kill, the aging detective's glance would have cut the professor in half. "I...was in the hall outside Caudie's room" Layana whispered. "There was yelling, then a door slammed and he stomped down the hall. I know it must have been the wine he brought -- he was always bringing her things. But I couldn't let him be arrested! So I lied..." "Arrested?! I did nothing outside of tutor that thankless girl." sputtered the Professor. "We'll see about that," says Esmerelda.

[img align=right]http://i.imgur.com/0L2Gs72.png[/img]Bacina Amelia takes over, striding right up to Bacina. "You see yourself as part of this family, and indeed, Mr Marmota is your uncle. But you seem to be far too driven by money and greed. You look down on Sibrica, thinking that she is a gold digger, but you yourself have been described as prepared to kill your own mother for a penny. You appear to have a solid alibi not even having been on the asteroid at the time, claiming the first time you came back to the mansion was shortly before we all arrived to investigate, but maybe are you hiding something?" "What could I possibly be hiding?" scoffs Bacina.

Utah Amelia is too much of a lady to snort, but a sound of disdain comes from her. "Indeed, Bacina." She turns to Utah. "You have been self-centred and superficial, and people know you as a playboy. But that's changed, hasn't it? You have come to the point when you have to knuckle down and get serious if you want to stand a chance at receiving your inheritance. Sibrica was deeply in love with you, but Caudata seeing the likelihood that you would ultimately break her heart stepped in and broke the pair of you up. Maybe that was wrong of her, but well-intentioned. Caudata saw you as a bit of fun. Though you claim to have broken up with her in your statement, in actual fact it was the other way round and you still have feelings for her. You claim that she was still after you, but according to her diary, she found you boring." "Boring?! Of course that's how she thought of being responsible. Who was the one who stepped up when there might have been a baby? Not my buddy Woody." Utah shakes his head. "Nevertheless, was that enough motive for murder?" Amelia replies. She indicates that Tatiana should take up the explanation.

[img align=left]http://i1378.photobucket.com/albums/ah93/theoriginalanasazi/6ee3ddee-cfa6-4645-bd3c-622b53400267_zps28ab149f.png[/img]Eichhorn "As a squirrel of intelligence and influence, you are used to having your way with any woman you set your sights on. What did you lie about? You lied about not knowing Caudata. Her father had paid for you to give her extra lessons to help her make up credit from an earlier class. But you fell for her, didn't you? The only problem is you have a wife and children, even though that didn't stop you and Layana from getting together. When Caudata rejected your advances, you just couldn’t understand it. In your arrogance you continued to try to charm Caudata, only to push her farther away. You would look for reasons to visit the mansion to see Caudata and give her expensive bottles of wine. Evidence has shown that you are a squirrel with a temper and we all know that temper can do odd things to people. But would it push you as far as commit murder?" "How dare you! I am a professional!" "A professional sadist, perhaps," snarks Tatiana. "We have video of your arguing with Layana, followed by the sound of her being beaten. That may not be murder, but it's still a crime in our book."

Tamias "Tamias, you met Caudata on a charity tour at the hospital years ago, where she found you incredibly charming. Maybe she even checked back on you off and on while doing charity work, eventually leading her to get you a job at the mansion. Unfortunately, this had the side effect of convincing you that you both shared a romantic connection when none existed. Still, we can see how much you care about her, but could your obsession have driven you to murder?" He is visibly shaken. "But...I loved her..."

"We don't think you killed her," adds Trixie gently, seeing Tamias getting worked up at the accusation.

Woodrow Esmerelda approaches the final person. "You might not have been a suspect, but you held some important information. Ferrying luggage to the asteroid even before Bacina decided to come? Extra-heavy bags, which just happened to get lighter after you left them alone? Didn't you wonder what had happened?" Woodrow chuckles. "Who am I to worry about Bacina's strange starts? This would have been my last trip for her anyway -- she's too much work, for too little of a good time." "How dare you!" Bacina lunges at him and has to be restrained by the Inspector.

Trixie resumes to summarize the team's findings. "So what happened that night? We believe that this was the sequence of events around Caudata's murder."

1. The killer is already hiding in Caudata's room when she goes in, placing a seemingly unopened bottle of wine, though spiked with flunitrazepam, on the table with a forged note
2. Eichhorn visits Caudata and she throws him out 2a)Layana sees him leaving the room, and later presumes that he's the one who killed Caudata, causing her to confess in a mistaken attempt to protect him 3 ) Caudata comes back and notices the wine. Reading the note, she thinks the bottle is from the Professor, so she pours herself a glass
3. Meanwhile, Tamias has used the ladder to climb up and spy on her and sees this, but stops spying when Caudata starts getting ready for bed.
4. The drug starts working and Caudata starts to reach the bed. She falls on the rug.
5. The killer steps out from the hiding place and suffocates her with the shawl
6. The killer takes the shawl back to the closet and puts it with the other clothes and drops the bracelet to implicate Layana and exits using the ladder that Tamias has left behind. She leaves footprints in the dirt showing her stiletto heels. The same marks are in the tree from when she climbed up!
7. Tamias comes back the next day and finds Caudata's dead body.

So who was it?

In unison, the team whirl round and point at Bacina. "It was Bacina. The one who claimed she wasn't even on the asteroid at the time of the murder. Bacina, you were getting angry that Sibrica was getting close to the family, and became worried about your inheritance. You try to get Caudata to put Sibrica away again back into the mental hospital, but she wouldn't. And now, she might reveal your underhanded plans. So, you decide to kill her and implicate Layana, thus getting all the money for yourself. You carefully plan the night to make it seem that you aren't anywhere near the mansion when Caudata is killed. But you arrange for your good friend Woody to take your trunks from wherever you were supposed to be back here to the asteroid. You pack yourself into one, thus accounting for the much higher than normal weight. How much do you weigh, Bacina? I know it is rude to ask a lady her weight, but I'm guessing around 15 pounds? Anyway, he flies them in, Utah comes out to help him unload. They go off for drinks, and when they come back, the bags are suspiciously lighter, because you have already gotten out. You make your way back to the mansion, climbing the tree outside Caudata's window to make you way in, place the bottle of wine, hide and wait for your opportunity. It was your stiletto heels that made the marks in the dirt under the window and the bark of the tree. It was your fur on the rug.

"The following day, your shuttle arrives into the hangar, conveniently unseen by anybody. You say that your first trip back to the mansion was with us, but your good friend, Woody tells us that you actually came out of the mansion to tell them the news about Caudata. I assume then that's when you went back to your shuttle and went to hire Nutsy. You thought your plan was foolproof. You didn't even need to implicate Layana because she did that herself. But you didn't count on one thing. Mr. Marmota recognized Sibrica's inherent goodness and adopted her. "That was hilarious!" says Woody, totally out of tune with the serious occasion. "I knew she had something up her sleeve, and now she'll get nothing!"

"For once the honest will prosper," says the Inspector.

Speaking to Tamias directly she continues. "I'm so very sorry for your heartache, Tamias. Although you are a bit confused about how long you've actually known Caudata, it's obvious that when the two of you met during her charity tour at Alberton Mental Hospital, you were instantly smitten.

At first we had some .. concerns. Once you told us about your previous employer it helped us understand how you knew so much about the Professor's uncovered violent behavior at the University and subsequent prosecution. That in turn helped us take your other accusations about his behavior seriously. We know how much you cared about Caudata, Tamias, she was the one person you wanted to interact with at the Mansion. We know that you are aware that the professor violent outbursts when it comes to Layana.

We also know that you did not interfere in this. We know you felt your purpose for being at the mansion was watching over Caudata, not Layana. You mentioned you look out for her father but we believe your true intent was to keep Caudata safe even if your methods seem a bit .. unorthodox. Truth be told if they weren't, we may not have been able to solve this horrible crime. We hope you can find solace in that." Chook pats his shoulder reassuringly, her hand remaining where it is, applying just enough pressure to imply it's best to stay seated, just in case.

Several clues seem to point your direction, Sibrica. Caudata being the reason for your painful breakup with Utah, your becoming so close to her in a relatively short amount of time, knowing the key code for her room, your poverty stricken upbringing, your access to flunitrazepam, your reason for hitting rock bottom partially being Caudata's fault. We know you came here on a charities scholarship and we suspect quickly found yourself in the sites of a tall, light and handsome prairie dog.

Life at the mansion was new to you, as were the lifestyles of the privileged who reside here." Nodding slightly toward Utah bcsam continued. "By your own admission, you fell hard for him, believing he was the one. In the mean time you had gotten very close with one of the heirs to the Marmota family, Caudata. Then Caudata turned Utah's head and you were nothing but a memory. We know he broke your heart.

Caudata has an odd way of showing her love for others, we don't believe at first you understood that she did this to protect you. We believe you were quite naive at the time, but Caudata knew the end game in your relationship with Utah would be a thousand times worse for you to deal with. She'd played the same game. By your own admission your "best" friends actions hurt you deeply but we also believe you when you said the two of you talked about it at length and you came to understand her reasons for them.

We've all seen first hand how well you and Bacina get along. There's a lot of animosity there. Bacina considers you nothing but a gold-digger, a peasant. She knows Caudata was passionate about charity work, Bacina considers you nothing more than her cousin's latest charity case. You said outright that anyone who cared about Caudata would know what code you use to get into her room. Obviously you consider Bacina as a cousin who cares nothing for anyone else in the family. We know you see her as a money-grubbing bitch. We believe Bacina thinks the same about you.

We know you spend much of your time watching over the patriarch of the family, reading to him, letting him know you're there. We know there is a bottle of flunitrazepam in his room not far from where you were sitting during this time. We also understand that being Caudata's best friend makes you not a friend of Layana by default. We know Layana would say hurtful things to make you feel in her own words - poor, stupid, small.

Oh yes, Sibrica, several clues point in your direction indeed. Fret not, my dear, we also know you spoke openly about painful and embarrassing situations in your statement without making excuses for any of them. Even now, knowing how Layana feels about you, how she has treated you in the past, here you are, rushing to her defense, remaining by her side even when she pushed you away. Taking all of these facts into consideration and carefully scrutinizing the clues we've uncovered in this mystery, we do not believe you participated in this horrendous crime."

Addressing Inspector Brie and the rest of the people in the room he states matter-of-factly: "This young woman is not a murderer."

I assure you Layana, we've left no stone un-turned getting to the bottom of this mystery. It's difficult to keep outside influences out of the mix as times, yes, but much like a chemist has to deduce the most minute changes necessary to complete their equation so goes the way detectives deducing facts from the information they see before them. As you may already be aware, our investigation has uncovered things that you and others in the room will wish were left undisturbed. We are not exposing these things to embarrass you in any way, we are here to find your sister's killer and bring them to justice." Webby gives Layanas shoulder a gentle reassuring squeeze before continuing. "I hope you understand."

"From your statement we know you disliked many things about your sister Caudata. We know that the two of you were oil and water, opposite in every way. Your statement hints that some of the responsibility for her death may very well rest on her shoulders.

Your statement mentions Tamias. We've found nothing concrete to base that opinion on other than what you saw in passing or any additional information for our case docket from this. You also mentioned Utah but the things you spoke of were past tense. Your sister was not seeing Utah any longer. We don't believe you have had any real interaction with either of these gentlemen and have dismissed those parts of your statement.

We know Caudata was no angel. We know she was forcing you to do her school work for her. We know she knew you and the professor were involved on several levels. We know you believed she was using your involvement with the Professor as leverage to make sure you complied with what she wanted you to do. We know your sister knew he was beating you. We know she told you to talk to your father about it instead of saying something to him herself. We know that though your differences seemed wide as this asteroid, you cared about her. And she cared about you.

We also know that your bracelet was discovered in your sister's closet wrapped in the shawl that was used to strangle her."

Webby paused for a moment before continuing as tactfully as possible. "It's hard to discern where outside influence ends and your opinions begin, Layana. We know you began attending Marmot University at the age of 16. We also know that also placed you under the tutelage of Professor Sciurus and eventually under his thumb. We know by your own admission you are very involved with him. We know that you will do anything to protect him and we know that you are fiercely loyal to him and no one else. Technology has shown us you have been physically, psychologically and emotionally abused by him. At least one of these events unfolding as recently as just days before your sister was murdered. We know that you are in love with him. And from your own admission you believe your sister and I quote - turned his head.

All roads lead to you Layana, thus the reason we believe you were placed under arrest. Your refusal to defend yourself or declare your innocence also leads us to believe you think you know who actually murdered your sister. We believe you're blinded by your emotions, Layana. We believe you are a pawn in this ghastly game, that you are innocent of all charges leveled against you. We're staking our reputations on it."

Fearing Layana's reaction to the things said about the professor could bring her even more pain, Webby keeps a reassuring hand on the sorrowful creatures shoulder, wishing against wishes that somehow she could give her the strength and clarity it's going to take to help her see whats painfully obvious to anyone paying attention.

Addressing Inspector Brie and the rest of the people in the room Webby's demeanor took on a serious tone as she resolutely declared "This young woman is not a murderer."

“Alright.” Ilaera said to the other members of her team. “Let’s discuss the information we have acquired on our five possible suspects and see who has the best motive."

“Shall we start discussing suspect number one?” Kenny asks as he looked toward utah, trying not to stare, but wanting to at least catch the mans eye contact.

“I really don’t think he has murdered Caudata...” Esme said in response, pausing for a second between thoughts. “I mean, I know some people might think he has the best motive, because he and Caudata had been dating for a bit, but they broke off a long time ago and everyone knows that Caudata is now dating Woodrow, who is of course Utah’s best friend!"

“That’s true.” Sashi responds. “And don’t forget that Woodrow and Utah were seen on a security footage at the airport at the time of the murder and they were also both seen heading towards the library."

“So the alibi Utah has given us seems to be correct.” Kenny concludes. “That means it’s safe to say that Utah can be removed from the list of suspects."

"I agree on that. Ow' bout we head on ta the second suspect. No need ta keep chattin' bout utah when we all say it aint him." Jettison said as he chewed at the top of his pen, trying to think of how to say what he wanted. "We all know that Tamias an' caudata met bout' four months ago." He continued, now pointing the pen to Tamias who was on the couch.

“Tamias always says that he tried to protect her, which might seem true, since he was able to give us a lot of information about certain other suspects.” Esme chimed in on the subject.

“I can’t believe Tamias could be the murderer.” Sashi said, “He has been so shocked ever since she died, I don’t believe anyone would be able to give an act like that…so I don’t consider him a suspect, never have actually."

“I also don’t think Tamias is the suspect with the best motive.” Kenny says. “Of course he might have been jealous, but still I think he would rather see her alive”

“Alright, so we’re scratching Tamias as a suspect” Ilaera says, while she quickly starts to cross out his name on her paper, seeming happy with this decision. She felt sort of bad for the kid.

"All th' stories n' info we gathered bout the third person 'ave been inconsistent, or just told differently." Jetty said with a grimace, not liking the way this one was turning out. "Some 'ave been sayin Sibrica and Caudata were close friends. While others go on 'bout a fight between em, caused by a love triangle. As if Caudata stole Utah from Sibrica."

“I believe Sibrica and Caudata were still friends.” Esme responded, turning to face Jettison with a very thoughtful expression. “The maid told us that Sibrica was around the house often enough. Caudata herself wrote in her diary about Sibrica and all those entries were kind enough to believe the two of them were friends."

“I believe that Caudata knew about the whole adoption plan to make Sibrica a part of the family.” Kenny continues. “I don’t think Sibrica could have been able to hurt Caudata, I mean if Caudata really knew about the adoption plans, she was helping to give Sibrica the one thing she always wanted."

“A loving family?” Esme asks.

“I think it’s more a money issue...” Sashi whispers to Ilaera.

“Let’s just go and erase Sibrica of our list.” Esme says. “No need to keep her on this, since I never considered her a real suspect anyway."

“Layana seems to be the suspect with the best motive” Kenny says doubtfully. “I mean she had a good reason, everyone knew Layana and Caudata hated each other and that’s something even Layana herself told us."

“She was also able to gain access to the pills or the materials to make those sleeping pills” Esme says.

“Layana told us that she was at the library at the time of the murder” Sashi reminded his comrades, “But if she was also at the library, with Utah and Woodrow being there too, why didn’t she mention them?”

"Out of Caudata’s diary we could gather the information that Caudata knew some things about Layana’s private issues, it could be that Layana didn’t want her to give the information to others.” Ilarea crossed her arms and brought her lip up to the side, more in a thoughtful than annoyed way.

Before anyone even had time to open their lips to speak, Jettison hopped back in with some thoughts. "I mean...I 'ave heard every bit'o information we gathered on layana. But even after 'earing about all of th possible motives I dun think Layana really 'ad a reason ta gank 'er own sister."

“Well, before we end our discussion on Layana, we could go and discuss the professor first.” Kenny adds in.

“The professor told us that he had dinner with Mr. Marmota and went straight to his room after that. The maid said he was in Caudata’s room before the dinner, but when he left, Caudata was still alive.” Esme looked back at the suspects, really still unsure who had done it. At least they had eliminated a few. She still worried what would happen if they convicted the wrong person.

“Yeah, but who says he couldn’t have gone back in after the dinner. I mean he says he went straight to his room, but he has no witnesses for that." Sashi looked at Esme, feeling her nerves in this. He was just thinking the same sort of thing. But knew that right now they had to ignore this worry and finish the job.

“The professor teaches chemistry at the school” Ilaera said.

“He said he didn’t have Caudata in any of his classes” Kenny said “But we have heard from others that Caudata was given tutoring sessions by him, so why lye about that, why would he say that he had no connection to Caudata?”

“The more so, because the household and certain other suspects place him around Caudata’s room lots and lots of times.” Sashi tells the others.

"Hmm...I think I know what mightve' 'appened." Jett said, speaking a bit louder now with out even noticing it. "Ya all remember th' video we saw, right? Of th' prof and Layana?"

“Of course I remember that video!” Sashi says. “It’s hard to forget about what we’ve seen on it”.

“Im not sure what you are getting at. The video only showed us things we already knew from the diary entries Caudata wrote” Ilaera said, questioning why Jett was so interested in it.

"Ah, slow down there girlie." Jettison grinned. "Th' way I see it, there are only a few possible outcomes ta this murder mystery. In any of em' it was Layana or the Professor who truly did it."

“I think we really only have one true answer, since I don’t believe one of the last two suspects could have killed Caudata. He or she wasn’t able to do so” Ilaera says.

“Layana could have killed her sister to make sure the information Caudata had on her, was kept safe.” Esme said, sounding a bit unsure of herself as she spoke.

“The professor could have killed her, because she knew too much about him” Kenny responds.

"Yer all missin' one big thing. There is a possibility that they were in cahoots. Who ever said a murder could only be caused by a single killa?" Jetty chuckled, sure this may seem like a sort of game to his rag tag team of detectives in training. But there were no rules to murder, game or not. There was no way anyone could even tell that that for sure it was a specific number of people. They needed to think outside the box. And a duo truly was outside of it.

“No way!” Ilaera spat, thinking Jett was just trying to stir up more trouble than this was worth. “There’s only one suspect that has done it and I know who that was!"

“Who was it then?” Sashi asked, sort of feeling like Jett could be right. Neither of the final two seemed like they had the exact motive to do such a thing.

“The professor killed Caudata and he tried to frame Layana for it. I mean come on, everyone in here must have known about him beating her up all the time, there even was a video of that in the evidence, Layana loved him and he took advantage of that. He was having a secret relationship with her. If anyone would find out about the beating and the relationship, the professor would lose his wife and job, his entire life. And Caudata knew! So the professor had to get rid of Caudata, but he couldn’t do that without also making sure Layana was out of the picture, because otherwise she would tell her family, friends or the police, she knew too much. What’s better than to kill the first and frame the second. I mean who would ever believe Layana couldn’t have done it, everyone knew she and her sister hated each other."

"Well, th' Professor does teach chem." Jett tilted his head, thinking about her theory. "Layana was in his classes. His statement even gave us a glimpse of 'is desperation for a way to prove Layana did all the experiments. As if ta say she 'ad the knowledge as much as 'e did."

“We found Layana’s bracelet inside Caudata’s room” Kenny added in. “People could assume that Layana lost it there, which might be true, but when we gave the bracelet back Layana was surprised to find pills in there, so surprised that I don’t believe she could have placed them inside. But since the professor was having his secret relationship with her, he could have been able to put the pills in”.

“Maybe the professor put some of the pills inside the wine?” Sashi asked “There were several people telling us that the professor brought wine to Caudata’s room, even on the day of the murder. It was easy enough for him to head back after the dinner, knowing that Caudata would be asleep and then use her pillow to suffocate her."

“And now Layana wants to take the blame, because she still loves the professor” Esme says with a sigh. “The tragic tale, an ultimate love story gone bad."

"It could work..." Jettison said in a hushed tone as he lit a cigarette. When he flipped his lighter closed and took a puff of the smoke, he seemed more content with the final decision. "Course' it didnt 'elp that th prof was a horrid actor. Otherwise th' sleeze could'ave got away wif' it.

Frieda read through her notes to the guests seated at the table.

At first, she had suspected the Professor E. as the murderer because he had once been involved in an altercation with another student. But after the phone conversation, she realized that there really was no evidence compelling enough for her to believe that he would risk losing his wife, young child ( whom he had just spoken to over the phone ) and his career. He may have made some bad decisions, but he wasn't stupid. Therefore, Frieda had scratched him off her list. He valued accomplishments and position and murder didn't fit into those aspirations.

Utah was never a suspect for Frieda, he seemed like a sober fellow, relatively speaking. He had some rough edges, but he did say that he would take care of Caudy in the end, even though their relationship had ended. Such a statement didn't come from a murderer.

Layana didn't fit any of Frieda's emotional profile for a murderess, despite the fact that the police had handcuffed her and were in the process of charging her for the crime. Just because somebody is arrested and charged doesn't mean that they did it. Frieda rationalized that if the police were all that good doing their job, then why were they there to solve the case? What was Layana's possible motive, fighting with her sister over homework? Frieda couldn't see that as being a strong enough motive.

Tamias was a real enigma for Frieda. She had seen his type before, emotionally labile, conflicted, overly-possessive and just downright creepy. She had once been victimized by a young weasel by the name of Westly Stickleback, who had laid claim to her in such a way that he wanted to kill her to keep her safe ( in his twisted logic ). Tamias seemed to fit this profile at first, but later Frieda realized that he was quite simple in his thinking about Caudy, he just wanted her to have a happy life and took it upon himself to try to help. Sadly, now that Caudy was dead, Tamias just might snap and vent his emotions on the real killer to tragic consequences.

Woodrow just seemed like a loose end. Why was he there? Did he fly somebody around? Frieda couldn't find her notes on Woodrow and decided to skip over him for the time being and come back to him as soon as she got to that page.

Bacina...Bacina, Bacina....where was all that data on Bacina? Frieda was really stumped by Bacina. For some reason, Frieda really disliked Bacina, there was something about her emotions that bothered her, it was as if she had managed to completely fool everybody with her little act. And yet, Frieda had nothing on her. Bacina wasn't even on the asteroid when the murder happened. Since Team Sparrow didn't have any evidence whatsoever on Bacina, she couldn't make a statement about her, even though deep down in her heart she suspected Bacina the most.