The Godanam Kitirim Assassination
Type: Narrative — Crime/Investigation Location: Isle of Trade
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The Assassination
Godanam Kitirim (age 68), patriarch of the Kitirim Crime Family, was killed by a remotely-detonated bomb planted under the rear seat of his car, along with his driver. Enemies mockingly mispronounced his name as "God Damn" — a nickname that spread into general civilian usage on the island. Years earlier, Godanam had forcibly pushed a rival crime family out of territory they'd worked for decades — a move that may have sealed his eventual fate.
Succession
Sonny Carlos (Godanam's elder son, age 45) took over the family the day after his father's funeral. His younger brother Robert "Robbie" Carlos, the family's attorney, continues mourning weeks after the funeral — he felt their father always favored him, personally grooming him for the law, while Sonny always seemed to blame him for things. Robbie is married to Gina (Virginia Maple), whom he suspects may harbor feelings for Sonny.
The Investigation
The Guardians — the Isle of Trade's incorruptible police Special Investigation Unit — assigned Detective Dominic Vargan (with partner Officer Elena Cruz) as lead investigator, given the risk of the killing igniting an inter-family war. Corrupt regular police officers involved in the case have buried facts and misreported events, but the inconsistencies caught Vargan's attention, and he is unearthing Godanam's older territorial conflict as a likely motive. As of the narrative's latest point, evidence is mounting, alongside a fresh spate of unsolved murders/disappearances of criminal figures and two recent political-leader killings on the island — all under Vargan's purview.
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Open Questions
- Resolution of the assassination investigation not captured in this pass