Well, there's the fire.
Connor Sullivan, chief of the Grimsborough scouts, is found stabbed and tied to a bonfire in the middle of his campsite.
Tropes:
- The Alcoholic: Connor was this, which made it a problem since he tended to drink around the scout kids.
- Asshole Victim: Connor was an absolutely repulsive man, and besides his girlfriend (who had her arm broken by him, mind you), no one else mourns for him, with Jones even feeling sympathy for his killer.
- Attack on the Heart: While the victim was stabbed multiple times, Nathan mentions that the lethal one was the one which perforated his heart.
- Awesome by Analysis: Grace manages to deduct that the killer is left-handed by how the match box they used to burn the body was scratched. Even Jones admits of being impressed.
- Call-Back: Gertrude Piccadilly and her tea shop appear again as a suspect and a crime scene, respectively. James Savage also returns.
- Fiery Cover-Up: Isaac tried to burn Connor's body after he killed him, but the bonfire was extinguished by rain.
- FrameUp: The killer used James' knife to try and get him blamed for the murder. What saved the hunter from prison was the fact he's allergic to chocolate, which the killer eats.James: ...Chocolate? I'm allergic to the damn thing, you can check my medical records! And anyway, do you think I often stumble upon crops of chocolate in the woods, seriously?!
- Jerkass: As you learn throughout the case, Connor was a total douche: he made bonfires in restricted areas of the forest just to piss off James, tore Ayden's firemen drawing to pieces and said they were stupid, was an abuser who broke his girlfriend's arm, drank in a job that involved children, and as a cherry on top, used the money for their summer camp to buy his liquor. He might be by far one of the most unlikable victims in the franchise by a long shot.Jones: With such a background, I'm starting to think it's no wonder his end was so grisly!
- Killing in Self-Defense: Zig-Zagged Trope. A drunken Connor choked Isaac while the latter was trying to put down a prohibited-zone fire the former had started, forcing Isaac to stab him with the knife he had found. And while this stab wasn't enough to kill Connor, Isaac was so blinded by rage thanks to his chief's treatment on the kids that he decided to finish the job in the heat of the moment. For this reason, Judge Hall gives him a 15-year sentence but with chance of parole in 7.
- Harmful to Minors: The victim's unfortunate scout troop discovered his body, with Ayden being the first. There's no doubt that scarred the poor lads.
- Loners Are Freaks: According to James, this is the reason why people dislike him and try to frame him for murder.James: Those people... nobody likes me here! They're scared of me, just because I'm a loner. And now... now they're trying to get me arrested!
- Shout-Out: In the Tea Table scene, there is a top hat, white rabbit, caterpillar, teapot and teacup, face-like doorknob, mushroom, and tonic.
- Sleep Deprivation: Jones admits that all the "supernatural" cases they've been dealing with for the past days have given him insomnia.
- Sympathetic Murderer: In the heat of the moment, Isaac killed a drunk, violent, and abusive man who tried to choke him just because he was doing his job, then tried to revive him with CPR to no avail. Even Jones feels bad for him in the end.Jones: Another well conducted case, but still I feel quite sad for Isaac. What he did was horrible, but his victim wasn't exactly a saint, either. I wish this could have ended differently.
- Who Murdered the Asshole: Quite a handful of suspects had a good motive for stabbing Connor and burning him like a witch.
- Ye Goode Olde Days: Jones says how a murder during a Scout Survival Camp would've never happened when he was a scout, as things were simpler when he was a kid.
