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I was thinking about Case 4 earlier and just really wondered if this had been discussed before.

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de Killer was hire by Matt Engarde. de Killer states during his testimony that he meets with all of his clients so as to establish a bond of trust (I believe the next part about accepting mail orders to be a lie, since he says you need to look people in the eye to establish trust). That means that de Killer talked to Matt Engarde and thought he could trust him, and hence took him as a client. de Killer trusted Matt Engarde.

Regarding the tape... He had been told specifically by Engarde not to watch the tape, and there was no way for him to know Phoenix was being honest about what was on the tape. There was also no actual way for Phoenix to know with certainty what was on the tape... there was no time to check it (de Killer should have at least known the video was taken during the court proceedings... he fought to get it afterall). And I'd also like to point out that de Killer had, at multiple times in the cross examination, accused Phoenix of being a traitor. Bringing me to the crux of the matter.

Why did de Killer trust Phoenix, a lawyer of whom he believed to be a traitor, over Matt Engarde, the client he had built a bond of trust with? It doesn't make sense to me...

Of course you could throw the "it's a video game lol" argument into it. That's fine, I'm just saying this seems kind of... out of character for de Killer... which suggests bad script writing. Just pointing out a possible flaw in the game script is all.
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De Killer may not have trusted Phoenix, but I think de Killer would care more about his client upholding his honor than actually getting his client off the charges at that point. Even if Phoenix couldn't prove what was on the tape, there was more than enough circumstancial evidence to persuade de Killer nontheless.
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Indeed. Afterall, de Killer trusts his clients unless they 'break the rules.' Taking a video during the time of the crime, no matter what was on the video Phoenix had, would be enough to break his bond of trust with Engrade.
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Blademaster_Orca wrote:
De Killer may not have trusted Phoenix, but I think de Killer would care more about his client upholding his honor than actually getting his client off the charges at that point. Even if Phoenix couldn't prove what was on the tape, there was more than enough circumstancial evidence to persuade de Killer nontheless.

The only thing that didn't make sense to me was the fact that you presented a video tape to a person who really wasn't there to see it, but now that you mention circumstancial evidence that issue does make a bit of sense after all. Yuusaku

I don't really think de Killer met Matt in person to trust him persay, but to make sure he wasn't getting set up by a cop or anything.
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That is a good question, but then, Lawyers have a tendency to note things down if they think it will serve as good ammunition. If you recall he quoted Engarde when his true colours were displayed for the first time.

What bugs me is that de Killer should've looked into Maya's background. I know that a lot of people don't believe in mediums, but there's the 'what if' factor.
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Ryuko wrote:
That is a good question, but then, Lawyers have a tendency to note things down if they think it will serve as good ammunition. If you recall he quoted Engarde when his true colours were displayed for the first time.

What bugs me is that de Killer should've looked into Maya's background. I know that a lot of people don't believe in mediums, but there's the 'what if' factor.

He wouldn't have had to kidnap Maya if Engarde wasn't the suspect/defendant so I'm sure kidnapping Maya was all in quick thinking to save his client.
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While Shelly de Killer does not trust Phoenix, he probably does recognise that Phoenix wouldn't exactly fake or fabricate evidence. Also, when you're an assasin, I'm pretty sure you'd have to err on the side of caution. And having a video tape of one of your assasinations is a very big threat.

Oh, and to agree with the circumstantial evidence thing, Matt Engarde's credibility had frequently been brought into question throughout the trial, so de Killer would probably be less likely to take his claims over Phoenix's.

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Shelly "There 's no smoke without fire!" If the tape was a fake, why did matt didn't defend himself on the spot? could be a question that went through de killer' mind. No need to know matt much to know what kind of person he is. It's pretty hard to trust him when you know he's ready to hire a professionnal killer in order to preserve his "fresh as a spring breeze" (or something like that stuff...) and do the dirty killing for him. Enguard And besides, why a camera would be hid in the room without him knowing if it's not to film him?(camera with matt's fingerprints don't forget!) When you hire someone like shelly, every detail is previewed...so why matt would not talk of a camera?! it's really logic when we see events this way!^^ Matt
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Only thing that bugged me was him "starving" Maya. Yes, I know she would be weakend, but the human body can go 40 days without food, roughly give or take a few days.
Now if he was dehydrating her, then mayeb I would have.... Okay that is for another topic.
Anyways, I think that when Phoenix broughtup what was on teh tape, I think it just might have confirmed DeKiller's suspicsions that I think I would have had. I know if I was him, I'd be wondering why he wanted me to not look at this tape and to not let it get out of my hands. And he is a smart man, that thoguht might have been in his head, at least at one point, but pushed it back because of his trust for his clients, but hte thoguht was always there. Then he just put it al ltogether.
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Only thing that bugged me was him "starving" Maya. Yes, I know she would be weakend, but the human body can go 40 days without food, roughly give or take a few days.


de Killer said that he "had not come within a few feet of her the whole time", so she didn't get any water either. Although she WAS in a wine cellar >>;
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Answer: de Killers are smart and super-powered. :o
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[quote="mario66"]Only thing that bugged me was him "starving" Maya. Yes, I know she would be weakend, but the human body can go 40 days without food, roughly give or take a few days.
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Maya channelled Mia several times, which probably took up a lot of strengh. Also, knowing Maya, she is used to a LOT of food, so no food will have a signifact effect on her.
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mario66 wrote:
Only thing that bugged me was him "starving" Maya. Yes, I know she would be weakend, but the human body can go 40 days without food, roughly give or take a few days.


I kin only imagine someone who trained or lived that lifestyle could endure 40 days. Someone pampered like you, me, and Maya would be very uncomfortable without food for two whole days.

As for the topic and tape, well, de Killer kidnapped Maya to force Phoenix to defend Matt. He obviously KNEW of Phoenix's skills and methods well enough to recognize him on the spot. So, naturally, if he knew a lot about Phoenix, he would know that Mr. Wright wouldn't say that tape was of him unless it truely was! Phoenix is no liar.

Also, I'm sure Shelly had that nagging thought in the back of his head about what the video tape was. He was asked to break into a secured house to retrieve it. Not destroy it, but retrieve it.
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Ryuko wrote:
That is a good question, but then, Lawyers have a tendency to note things down if they think it will serve as good ammunition. If you recall he quoted Engarde when his true colours were displayed for the first time.

What bugs me is that de Killer should've looked into Maya's background. I know that a lot of people don't believe in mediums, but there's the 'what if' factor.

He wouldn't have had to kidnap Maya if Engarde wasn't the suspect/defendant so I'm sure kidnapping Maya was all in quick thinking to save his client.

But it was Matt who told De Killer to go for Phoenix. Bearing in mind that at that point, Phoenix had a perfect win record, he figured that if Phoenix had no choice but to defend him, he'd get off the hook. He stated as much when he revealed his true colours.

Also, bearing in mind the 'séance murder' would've been plastered on the papers when it happened. It would've had to have mentioned that she was a medium.
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Ryuko wrote:
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Ryuko wrote:
That is a good question, but then, Lawyers have a tendency to note things down if they think it will serve as good ammunition. If you recall he quoted Engarde when his true colours were displayed for the first time.

What bugs me is that de Killer should've looked into Maya's background. I know that a lot of people don't believe in mediums, but there's the 'what if' factor.

He wouldn't have had to kidnap Maya if Engarde wasn't the suspect/defendant so I'm sure kidnapping Maya was all in quick thinking to save his client.

But it was Matt who told De Killer to go for Phoenix. Bearing in mind that at that point, Phoenix had a perfect win record, he figured that if Phoenix had no choice but to defend him, he'd get off the hook. He stated as much when he revealed his true colours.

Also, bearing in mind the 'séance murder' would've been plastered on the papers when it happened. It would've had to have mentioned that she was a medium.

Who said Matt told him to find Phoenix? I thought that de Killer was just honoring his side of the contract which was to protect his client. It didn't seem like Matt really knew what de Killer was doing seeing as he sent Phoenix over to his house to take care of Shoe when de Killer was already doing it for him.
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I think Matt sent De Killer to kidnap Maya knowing that Phoenix would do anything to get her back by forcing him to get Matt a declared not guilty in a day.


As for sending Phoenix over to feed his cat remember that the door leading to Maya was locked there was no reason why he would suspect that anything was wrong with that.
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What I want to know is why de Killer only let Phoenix have one day to get Engarde off the hook. Phoenix's secret to sucess is that he can stall until the next day to get a lead.
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Apeman1813 wrote:
Who said Matt told him to find Phoenix? I thought that de Killer was just honoring his side of the contract which was to protect his client. It didn't seem like Matt really knew what de Killer was doing seeing as he sent Phoenix over to his house to take care of Shoe when de Killer was already doing it for him.

It came out of the horse's mouth! I can't remember when, but I remember Matt saying something along the lines of 'I knew getting you to take the case was a good idea.' Of course, the basis for Phoenix's previous cases was that he believed that his client was innocent, but Phoenix was forced to help Matt to save Maya.
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I think de killer just thought that Phoenix was infact more honest than Matt (after a while anyway >.>) and so he went on his side, thinking he was more honourable than his own client. I can see what you mean about the fact it was because he thought Phoenix was a traitor, but I think blackmail may have been worse in his view on things.
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Ema When you think about it, there are several points that click. Phoenix has, on more than one occasion, told a bluff that has turned out to be true, and I have no doubt that the press would've mentioned it (photography is not allowed while court is in session, however, there are always reporters in the crowd).

-Phoenix is publicised as having a perfect win record with full acquittals, that is why Matt wanted Phoenix to defend him. He didn't know that Phoenix takes cases because he believes in his client.

There is also the points about the video tape and the circumstances of the murder that fall into place.

Matt chose the time of the hit and the place -To record the murder
De Killer was told fiercely not to watch it- Because it was planned to be used to keep him away in case he blackmailed Matt
Protect the tape at any cost- Anyone with sense would hand it over to the police, who would use it to track down De Killer. with this evidence De Killer would reveal who the client was in that particular hit.
Matt didn't object- If he did he would've been disproved pretty quickly by bringing a tape player into the courtroom.
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The main reason that de Killer believed Phoenix? I'd say that it's the fact that Phoenix wouldn't risk lieing to de Killer in such a crucial moment. If he was caught lieing, de killer would kill Maya. De Killer obviously knew this.
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the thing is, De killer is very honest and trusting, and a terrible liar( despite being an assasin)He probably trusted Phoenix's staement without thinking.
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