Homicide Desk Case #000 The Pawnshop Key

Case #000 The Pawnshop Key is a robbery, not a homicide. Steam screenshots and the live demo already show the close: Tommy Vale arrested, the Longines returned to Edwin Hollis, training closed, field-certified. This page can say that. It is the handshake before Captain Morrison lets DET. GHAITH open a body file. Shu’la Lab LLC kept the tutorial in retail. Buying the game on September 1, 2026 does not skip it.

Use this with Getting Started and how to solve a case. Mechanic depth: interrogation, forensics, controls. After Certification, the first homicide setup is The Overtime — spoiler-safe, no killer named.

The file on your desk

Westgate Pawn & Loan sits at 44 Corbett Street in Westgate. The missing item is a Longines watch, tag HV-0417, insured at $2,400. Owner Edwin Hollis wants it back. Two names sit on the short list: Tommy Vale, 31, weekend stock helper, and Dana Brook, 24, shop assistant. Open Case Files. Read nested folders. Do not jump to Arrest Warrant.

The paper that usually ends the argument is counter receipt 26-0893. Tommy signed it Friday 10 January 2020 at 23:40 for $650 cash. That is a night sale on a weekend helper’s shift, against a watch worth nearly four times the cash on the slip. Photograph and 3D-scan the watch in the Forensics Lab. Match the physical tag to the slip. If the object and the paper disagree, you have a lead. If they agree, you have a presentable document.

Work the Investigation Board even on a robbery. String Tommy to the receipt, Dana to the counter and closing procedure, Hollis to the insurance figure. City Atlas will show Westgate; dispatch will not highlight a thief. Gazette chatter is mood, not a quest marker. Notebook anything you might present. The OS will not remember a timestamp for you.

How to sit them down

Keep questions to two lines. Ask Dana Brook who handled the counter after hours and what closing procedure looks like. Ask Tommy Vale about the $650 and the 23:40 stamp. When the stress meter moves, present the receipt. Do not accuse from vibe. Push with nothing and they lawyer up. The training interview can end the hard way, and you will redo it.

Offer a Break and Request Dossier both cost salary. You barely have any on hour one. Save pay. You should not need a bought dossier if you actually looked at 26-0893. UV on documents is a desktop right-click; use it if a slip or tag looks annotated. Read Text after a packet unseals.

Whitmore on the HR phone replaces pop-up tutorials. Read the messages. Certification is the stamp you are working toward, not flavor. First Collar tracks this first successful charge. Swift Justice and Inspector’s Eye sit nearby if you were fast and thorough. Leave No Stone is the long habit; start it here.

The public close is Tommy Vale. Dana Brook is on the list so you learn to interview the person who did not take the watch. Hollis wants property back. Do not treat the owner as a homicide suspect template. This file teaches presentable paper. The overtime file will not hand you a glowing killer.

After the arrest

You walk out field-certified. Morrison will now drop a homicide. Cases 001–003 exist at launch. Case #001 is The Overtime: Marcus Reeves at Vanta Systems in Eastdock. Do not carry pawnshop habits blindly into a sealed strongbox, but do carry the order: read, lab, board, interrogate, write a deduction, charge only when the warrant line is something you can defend.

Salary from the robbery is modest. Do not dump it into Game Room blackjack or the Store. Collector and High Roller can wait. Internal Affairs is not in play on a correct Tommy Vale warrant; it will be in play the first time you guess on a homicide. Steam Cloud should keep the certification. If the local model process hangs after quit, that is a 1.3.9 issue, not a failed tutorial.

The demo (app 4983690) was this case. A demo update tightened suspect consistency and moved onboarding onto the phone. Retail expects the same close. Language overlays for the tutorial were missing in seven languages until 1.3.8; set UI in settings and update before you blame the file.

Official URLs: links. Specs and the 13 GB model: system requirements. Achievements that start here: achievements. The pawnshop is a handshake. Clock it, then go to work.