Round Bridge

For Jackie Riemowski and Ross Moebus's encounter on the bridge, see Bridge Conversation.

Round Bridge is a bridge located at the Paville Psychology Research Insitute, spanning a moat. This bridge is the only known way on or off the crime scene enclosed by said moat, making it a major point of contention in Turnabout of the Elements.

Physical Description
The bridge is known to be a perfect half-circle, and surrounded on both sides by a wall of flowers. The flowers are in good condition, suggesting that nobody walked through them. The bridge is made of creaky wood, and has a sign on both sides of the bridge. It has some railings, which are often used because walking on the bridge is unnatural. The bridge is not built into the ground, but the sides of the moat, and the part that is directly vertical is below ground level. There are some light posts nearby.



Security Measures
According to Ross Moebus, the bridge is normally secured by a single guard. While Ross also attests that the normal guide there was highly reliable, to the point that Ross wanted to sneak past him, the guard there on the night of the murder was Johnny Smiles. Smiles is... not nearly as reliable.

Johnny Smiles earlier testified that when he began his shift at 4, there was another guard there. Given Ross's statements about the usual two guards, the defense submitted this as proof that Smiles's timeline was an hour off. Ross attested that Smiles was standing about a third of the way on the bridge, on the right hand side, and would have a good view of things.

Forensic Investigation
Detective Fulbright reported that the moat had been drained. Evidence was still being logged, but contained nothing of obvious relevance, but did include "everything from soda cans, ropes, plastic bags, a lunchbox, and even a white jacket." Prosecution had earlier hypothesized that the chloroform may have been thrown in there, but prosecution now postulates that it was put elsewhere.