Ace Attorney (逆転裁判〜その「真実」、異議あり！〜)

Terry Fawles, sentenced to death after a kidnapping incident five years ago,

escaped two days ago.

Vicious Murderer on Death Row Escapes

In that time, a policewoman was murdered,

Valerie Hawthorne

Valerie Hawthorne

March 14 - 1:21 PM Meet Fawles at 4:30 PM Same bridge Wear white scarf for identification Talk to Dahlia, tell her this time >

and her body was found in the trunk of a stolen car.

She happened to be the one whose testimony put him away in the trial five years ago.

Believing in his innocence, I took the court to defend him.

And as I pressed the eyewitness, Melissa Foster,

I finally caught a glimpse of the truth behind this case.

But why would she go to such lengths?

She murdered Valerie Hawthorne and hid the body in the trunk.

That's why she chose not to dump it in the river.

It was all to frame Mr. Fawles!

This murder and the kidnapping incident five years ago were linked.

Dahlia... Hawthorne?

Yeah.

That's the name of the girl who was kidnapped and murdered five years ago.

Fourteen at the time, huh?

If she were still alive,

she'd be around your age.

You...

Who exactly are you?

Ace Attorney

Ace Attorney

Season 2

Courtroom 4

Turnabout Beginnings — Last Trial

Um, may I speak?

Yes, what is it?

I'm the girl who was abducted five years ago?

Er, what was her name, again?

Dahlia Hawthorne.

That cannot be.

Can you prove it?

That would be quite difficult.

I was out of the country until the year before last.

That's right. She grew up in a country with a brutal civil war.

After her parents were killed, she somehow made her way back home alone.

So I don't have anything that can verify my identity.

What kind of trite sob story is this?

Holding a grudge and killing the officer who testified against him...

What a terrifying monster.

Come to think of it, I guess I'm lucky I wasn't wearing a scarf.

What do you mean?

Mister Killer had forgotten what his target looked like, hadn't he?

If I had worn a white scarf, I might have been killed instead!

Wait, "a white scarf"?

Isn't that what you said earlier?

Mr. Fawles didn't remember exactly what the victim looked like.

That's why he needed a way to identify her... namely, the scarf.

Yes, but why did you say "a white scarf"?

Huh?

Does the scarf in this photo look white to you?

And here's the scarf in question.

It's clearly not white.

But Miss Victim's memo said...

Dug your own grave.

Meet Fawles at 4:30 PM Same bridge Wear white scarf for identification

True, Valerie Hawthorne's memo said, "Wear white scarf for identification."

But why do you know about that?

Prosecutor Edgeworth,

did you show this witness the case file?

N-No, Your Honor. I did not authorize it.

Then...

How did you know about it?

The witness knew what the memo said.

But only two people should have...

Mr. Fawles, who gave the instructions,

and Valerie Hawthorne, who wrote the memo.

And one more person.

One more?

How could you forget?

She's right there.

March 14 - 1:21 PM Meet Fawles at 4:30 PM Same bridge Wear white scarf for identification Talk to Dahlia, tell her this time >

Talk to Dahlia, tell her this time >

Dahlia Hawthorne...

What?

"Talk to Dahlia."

I just realized what these words truly meant.

She was referring to a very specific person.

Y-You don't mean...

After Mr. Fawles called her, the defendant immediately spoke to someone.

Her little sister,

Dahlia Hawthorne.

Objection!

Objection!

Of all the absurd...

Dahlia Hawthorne was declared legally dead five years ago!

But the fact remains that her body was never recovered.

The defense asserts that this witness here

is the victim in the incident five years ago,

Dahlia Hawthorne!

Wh...

What?!

Witness! Just who are you?!

I... I'm...

Hold it!

Hold it!

Mr. Fawles?

Dahlia?

Is that really you, Dahlia?

Mr. Fawles! Please tell us!

Tell the court everything about five years ago!

Your Honor!

The defense requests that the defendant take the witness stand!

The court needs to hear Mr. Fawles's testimony!

That's certainly true.

What do you say, Prosecutor Edgeworth?

The prosecution has no objections.

Very well.

Bring the defendant to the witness stand.

Five years ago, I did kidnap Dahlia.

Let that girl...

Let the hostage go!

Shut up!

C-Come closer,

and I kill her!

Too bad for you.

This is as far as you go.

That woman... She betray me! Betray us!

What do you mean, she betrayed you?

The kidnapping, everything... All make-believe.

Wh-What? Make-believe?

Dahlia... My angel. My love.

I do anything she says. Anything Dahlia says...

Wait a second!

Are you saying the kidnapping five years ago was planned by...

Dahlia.

And Valerie, too.

Th-The victim was in on it?

Dahlia's family rich. Jewelry business.

We get one jewel... That's what we thought.

Dahlia wrote kidnap note.

Asked for 2 million diamond.

Tell him make exchange on Dusky Bridge.

We tell him Valerie, big sister, make transfer.

I see. There's no way it'd fail with a police detective in your pocket.

But Valerie betray us!

She shot at me!

I was shot in arm.

And Dahlia...

She jump in river.

The diamond in Dahlia's backpack.

Dahlia Hawthorne jumped on purpose?!

I couldn't do it! I could never push her!

And that's the bitter, hot truth, eh?

After Dahlia jumped, I blanked out.

And Valerie arrested me.

And then you were sentenced to death.

I never forget that trial!

That man threw her off the bridge right in front of me!

He threw Dahlia, my beloved sister, into the roaring river!

These five years, all I want to know before I die...

Why she lie like that?

I just want to hear answer come from her mouth.

So that's why you made such a crazy escape.

I forget what she look like, so I tell her to wear scarf.

But I din't kill her!

I just want to know.

You can't get out of this.

You are Dahlia Hawthorne.

Otherwise, you couldn't have known the contents of the memo!

Objection!

Objection!

That's enough.

Prosecutor Edgeworth?

So that witness is the victim who disappeared five years ago.

A shocking truth, indeed.

But that has nothing to do with this case.

S-Say what?

There's only one important thing to take from that testimony.

The fact that the defendant despised the victim.

The only one with a strong motive to kill Valerie Hawthorne is the defendant!

Objection!

Objection!

Not so fast, Prosecutor Edgeworth!

The defendant wasn't the only one with a motive to murder the victim.

Isn't that right, Dahlia Hawthorne?

March 14 - 1:21 PM Meet Fawles at 4:30 PM Same bridge

Take a look at the rest of the memo the victim wrote.

March 14 - 1:21 PM Meet Fawles at 4:30 PM Same bridge

The rest?

Talk to Dahlia, tell her this time >

"Talk to Dahlia."

"Make everything public."

That's right.

The victim had told you that she was going public with everything.

You and her shared a dark secret,

so you had to kill her...

To silence her forever.

A-And that secret would be?

Five years ago, something else disappeared along with Dahlia Hawthorne.

The diamond worth 2 million that'd been brought there as ransom.

Yes. It was a setup all along.

A trap to frame Mr. Fawles and keep the 2 million all to herself!

Preposterous!

Five years ago, the witness was only fourteen!