Who Killed Tunde? Part 5 - by Emilia's Pen

Part 5: The Hidden Hand Detective Aisha Bello assembled Kemi, Chinedu, Amara, and Malik in Tunde’s mansion, the study’s grim aura still lingering behind the police tape. She held Tunde’s phone and the burner phone’s call log, her gaze steady but her mind racing with a new lead. “One of you knows more than you’re saying,” she began, “but the truth lies beyond this room.” Aisha had initially focused on the four suspects, but a late forensic report shifted everything. The burner phone’s call wasn’t to any of them—it traced to a number registered under a false name, used only once that night. The lipstick on the knife, the palm oil smudge, and the alibis were red herrings. A deeper dive into Tunde’s phone revealed a deleted email, recovered by the tech team, sent to a shadowy contact: “I know what you did. Meet me tonight, or I go public.” Aisha first cleared the suspects. Kemi’s argument with Tunde was heated, but security footage confirmed she was back at the pool when the scream rang out. Chinedu’s financial misconduct gave him motive, but his kitchen alibi held, backed by multiple witnesses. Amara’s obsessive diary entries were damning, but her bar texting was on her regular phone, and no one saw her enter the study. Malik’s apron fiber was a catering mishap, and his delivery log placed him in the kitchen during the murder. Then Aisha dropped the bombshell. The email pointed to Tunde’s silent investor, Adewale, a reclusive tycoon who funded Tunde’s startup but stayed out of the spotlight. Adewale wasn’t at the party—or so everyone thought. A hidden camera in the mansion’s garage caught him slipping in through a side entrance, disguised as a delivery driver, minutes before the murder. His prints, missed initially, were on a glass in the study, and the burner phone’s signal pinged near his car post-murder. Aisha revealed Adewale’s secret: Tunde had discovered Adewale was laundering money through the startup. Threatened with exposure, Adewale used the party’s chaos to act. He sent the burner text to lure Tunde to the study, grabbed a kitchen knife, and stabbed him, wiping the handle to frame the caterers. The palm oil smudge was a coincidence from the busy kitchen. As Aisha’s team arrested Adewale at his Ikoyi penthouse, he confessed, his calm facade breaking: “Tunde was going to ruin me. I had no choice.” The four suspects, stunned, were cleared, their secrets exposed but irrelevant. Aisha watched Adewale’s car drive off, the answer clear: Adewale, the shadow behind Tunde’s empire, killed him to protect his own.

Who Killed Tunde?

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