Finance Minister Demetrios Metaxas (Grk: Δημήτριος Μεταξάς) was the victim in Murder's Cheap (Case #4 of World Edition).
Profile
Demetrios was the finance minister of Greece. He had short graying-black hair and blue eyes. At the time of his death, he wore a white shirt and a purple polka-dotted tie under a gray suit with a blue badge with yellow stars on his right lapel and the Greek flag badge on his left lapel. He also wore black pants and shoes.
Murder details
Demetrios was found on the Acropolis ruins lying dead, bleeding out on a pillar, with a stab wound in his back. According to Angela, the minister was stabbed in the back with a sharp blade. It cut through the thoracic spine, paralyzing him while he helplessly bled to death. Dupont then claimed that the display of the minister's body on the Acropolis resembled that of the mythical King Agamemnon. He then concluded that the killer knew Greek mythology.
Jack and the player also managed to find a bloody dagger in a nearby cave. A sample of the blood, as well as some green crumbs, were sent to Lars, who confirmed the blood belonged to the victim, filing the dagger as the murder weapon. He also confirmed the crumbs were olives, meaning that the killer ate olives.
Relationship with suspects
Demetrios had a daughter, protester Penelope Metaxas, who changed her name and started protesting his actions due to his neglect both as a father and as a government official. Demetrios's economic advisor, Nikolaos Costas, was giving him "tough love" as he was frustrated at Demetrios's numerous scandals, including drug abuse, womanizing, and corruption. Meanwhile, Demetrios was pestering European Central Bank head Archibald Gilchrist for a bailout to resolve Greece's economic crisis. Archibald retaliated both by presenting the minister with fake euros and by trying to frame the Greeks as terrorists.
Killer and motives
The killer turned out to be Nikolaos.
After denying involvement, Nikolaos admitted that he held Demetrios responsible for Greece's financial chaos and so he stabbed the finance minister with a dagger, hoping for a replacement minister that could lead the country out of financial ruin. Judge Adaku sentenced Nikolaos to 30 years in prison for the murder.
Trivia
- Demetrios somewhat resembles Greek economist and politician Euclid Tsakalotos.
- His surname comes from the Greek dictator Ioannis Metaxas, who ruled Greece during World War II.
Case appearances
- Murder's Cheap (Case #4 of World Edition)
- The Impossible Dream (Case #6 of World Edition; mentioned)
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