‘Newsflash’ case walkthrough, hints, and solution in Rise of the Golden Idol

“Newsflash” is the third case of Chapter 1 in Rise of the Golden Idol. It takes place right after “Under Construction.”

As with all of our Rise of the Golden Idol case guides, our goal here is to provide a hint-based experience that will lead you to the solution without automatically showing you how to solve it. We’ll start out with small hints for the puzzle, escalate to bigger ones, and eventually just spell out the answer if it’s still not clicking for you. We’ve separated our tiered hints and answers with in-game art, but be wary of scrolling farther than you intend.

In this Rise of the Golden Idol guide, we’ll walk you through the “Newsflash” case, including hints and the full solution for the names, conference, victim, and events puzzles.

Newsflash Names

There are five names to discover in “Newsflash.”

First hint

• Two of these characters you already know from a previous vignette.
• Roy Samson holds information on his person to tell you the first name of the chief.
• The chief’s last name can be found in his office.
• The woman grieving refers to the man by his name.
• Ascertain how the woman is related to the victim to learn her name.
• The grieving man shares a last name with the grieving woman.

Second hint

• Both grieving party’s names are on the closed case file on the chief’s desk.
• The chief’s last name is on the sticky-note attached to the computer.

Solution

Listed left to right, here are the names of the Newsflash characters:

• Roy Samson
• Ian Worth
• Sebastian Walsh
• Elizabeth Nowak
• Jack Nowak

Newsflash Conference

The news conference held by the chief of police has eight blanks you’ll need to fill.

First hint

• The name you’re looking for is the chief of police.
• The first case name you’re looking for refers to the grieved family.
• The name of the second case name refers to the homeless victim in the last vignette.

Second hint

• You need to find out which body in the morgue belongs to the victim of the “Academic Impact” case to learn the case name.
• The case name for the homeless victim case is located in the chief’s desk drawer.
• Look through the camera to see how the family wants the police to refer to the victim’s death.
• Look through the camera to see how the chief of police is referring to the “Red Curse.”

Solution

During the conference, Sebastian Walsh claimed:

1. The case Beetle 4 was a tragic accident.
2. The case Cougar 9 has a strong drug connection.

Newsflash Victim

You can start the victim puzzle by looking in the chief’s trash.

First hint

• Solve the body puzzle by weeding out bodies that have nothing to do with the “Academic Impact” case.
• Consider who the family grieving is grieving for.

Second hint

• Look at the clipboard in the morgue to learn what they think about the body on the victim’s slab.
• Look to see what’s missing from the victim’s photo.

Solution

The picture is of Isaac Nowak, from the case Beetle 4.

His body lies on Table B.

His death is linked to the Red Curse.

Newsflash Events

The events puzzle from “Newsflash” has 17 entries.

First hint

• Words #3 and #4 refer to how the victim actually died, not the fake story.
• You can find the answer to the entire second sentence in the chief’s office and on the woman’s person.
• The final sentence refers to the conference puzzle.

Second hint

• The first name is the name of the victim in the picture.
• The second name refers to one of the victim’s relatives.
• The third name and fourth name are the same.
• The final name is the victim again.

Solution

New Wells Police scheduled a press conference to announce that Isaac Nowak had been a victim of the Red Curse.

Before the conference, Elizabeth Nowak offered Sebastian Walsh a board position and a computer.

As a result, during the conference, Sebastian Walsh declared that Isaac Nowak had been the victim of a tragic accident.

After “Newflash,” you’ll be able to tackle the “Chapter 1: The Curse” summary puzzle.