Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth/Turnabout Airlines/Part 2-2 - Middle

Now that we are back on the ground, looks like the local police will take over the investigation. You will see a familiar face. It's Franziska von Karma, the daughter of Edgewirth's mentor, Manfred von Karma. But it looks like she thinks that Edgeworth is the killer! Looks like she wouldn't let him investigate the crime for now, and Detective Gumshoe will be called to watch over Edgeworth. You can talk to him to find out more about Franziska's investigation.


 * Initial Investigation: Looks like the investigation was already underway as soon as the plane arrived. A curious thing Gumshoe will tell you is that she was already here before he even got there. Andd she was supposed to be in Germany, so what brought her here?
 * Franziska von Karma: Franziska already arrived in America to investigate a certain "top-secret" incident.

Now that you know why Franziska is here, you should resume your investigation. Walk left back into the plane. Seems like Franziska is questioning the captain, better not interrupt her. You will go down to the first floor lounge.

Seems like Lablanc is causing a commotion. If you talk to the officer, you will be notified that you can't enter the flight attendant's room. Talk to Lablanc. Looks like he needs to retrieve his cargo, but since the police isn't done investigating it he can't do that.


 * Lablanc's Cargo: Lablanc has a collection of different art pieces in the cargo hold.

Present the Bloody Cloth. It has the same pattern as Lablanc's hat. Turns out it is made with Borginian cloth, and is one of Borginia's world-famous exports. Lablanc will also mention that the flight attendant hasn't come out of the flight-attendant's room for a while. That could only mean that Rhoda Teneiro is in there.


 * Rhoda Teneiro: Looks like Rhoda is still being quesitoned in the room.

Franziska will appear and request Edgeworth to prove his innocence. If we succeed we could get permission to enter the flight-attendant's room. Looks like it's time for a confrontation!

Franziska's Logic

 * 1) Let's not complicate things and go with the most obvious conclusion.
 * 2) The scene of the crime was here, in the very lounge the body was discovered.
 * 3) From the time the victim was seen calling for an attendant until his body as found...
 * 4) ...the only person in this lounge the entire time was you, Miles Edgeworth!
 * 5) This, unmistakably, makes you the likeliest suspect.

Rebuttal
Present the Ifly Suitcase at statement 2. The suitcase was used to move the body to the elevator, meaning the crime scene wasn't in the lounge! Franziska will state that the suitcase can be simply used to hide the cloth, not move the body. That is possible, but the suitcase was definately moved. Present the Grape Juice Footprints and then present the two lines leading away from the grape juice. Grape juice was also found on the wheels of the suitcase. So the suitcase was used to move the body! But we still haven't proven over innocence just yet.

Franziska's Logic, Pt. 2

 * 1) You prepared yourself and acquired the piggy bank before the plane hit that turbulence.
 * 2) And then, you waited for the victim in the lounge, where you beat him to death.
 * 3) Then, while you were in the elevator with the victim's body stuck in the suitcase...
 * 4) ...the plane hit the patch of turbulence, and out flew the body from within the suitcase!
 * 5) With no way out, you hastily put the suitcase back where you had taken it from...
 * 6) ...and pretended to be the "discoverer" of the body.

Rebuttal
This is way too easy. Present the Mr. Ifly Piggy Bank at the first statement. We know that the piggy bank can only be taken from the shop AFTER the turbulence, and the blood could be added after the murder. The killer probably picked the bank up after returning the suitcase to its original location once the murder was commited, to fabricate the murder weapon, before planting the vistim's travel wallet in Edgeworth's pocket to pin the crime on him.

There aren't any other objects resembling a murder weapon found on the plane, and the best place to hide a murder weapon will logically be in the suitcase with the cloth. That means either the murder weapon is still carried by the murderer, or it's still on this very plane. Franziska will present a third possibility, that the murder weapon was the piggy bank, and was obtained by someone unlocking the display case and taking it, breaking the glass case at the same time. That means the killer must have had the key to the display case. That could mean Rhoda Teneiro did it! That's not all, as she pretended to have been given permission to help Edgeworth investigate the plane. Franziska will grant us permission into the flight attendant's room. Looks like we can move forward with our investigation.

Investigation - Flight I-390: Flight Attendant's Room
Well, Rhoda Teneiro is in the room, so lets talk to to her.


 * Captain's permission: Ms. Teneiro only lied about getting permission because she knew the captain will only listen to Cammy Meele.
 * In-flight shop: Ms. Teneiro only went to the shop to check the stock and went to the flight-attendant's room after that.

Present the Ifly Suitcase. Ms. Teneiro designed the suitcase, and was also the reason she went to the in-flight shop. She only went there to see how her suitcases were selling, and was glad to see there was one last suitcase remaining...wait what? There's no way that can be right!


 * The last suitcase: Ms. Teneiro clearly remembers that only one suitcase was in the shop when she checked it, but there was two when we were investigating!

Edgeworth will note another suitcase in the room. Teneiro will clarify it's hers, and she had been using it for a long time. But that can't be right. Present the price tag on the suitcase. Why is it still there if Teneiro had been using it for a long time? The suitcase could only have been taken from the in-flight shop, and the person who took it was Rhoda Teneiro. Rhoda took the suitcase to here room simply to make it look like it was selling well, when in reality it isn't, so she bought one for every flight. She will present the Suicase Receipt, with a timestamp of 5:40 AM, which will be added to the organiser. All of these suitcases are going to be scrapped at the end of this flight, and they are all iin the cargo hold. So the killer could have used one of the suitcases there.

Other than the elevator, the cargo hold can be accessed from a door in the flight-attendant's room. There is no special lock because only personnel holding a certain keycard can actually enter the flight-attendant's room. That leaves out all the passengers, and narrows down the suspects to all the crew members. Franziska will note that since the killer used the elevator when moving the body, they must have a different keycard to use the elevator. One that only Rhoda Teneiro has! Rhoda will claim it's missing, but she could simply be hiding it. She will be arrested, and the chapter will end.