Gamer Acquitted of Triple Murder in Dead By Daylight Murder Case

After a lengthy trial that lasted eight weeks, Jack Thompson, 23, was acquitted of the brutal torture and murders of Clu Fairchild, 21, Jason Finn, 24, and Paul Donovan, 25.

BACKGROUND

It all started on February 14th, 2023, Valentine's Day. Thompson was ready for an evening of playing Dead By Daylight. In an unfortunate turn of events, the three people he normally played with all had romantic Valentine's Day plans. This led Thompson to make the tragic decision to join the dreaded Solo Queue. This is where he got randomly paired up with Finn, Fairchild, and Donovan as teammates. Before this night, Thompson had never interacted with them.

Thompson was carrying the team on his back, looping the killer like a pro. However, there is only so much one can do. Finn, Donovan, and Fairchild were abysmal at the game; all three wasted pallets, missed skill checks, and refused to do objectives. This infuriated Thompson so much that he used their gamer tags to track all three of them down in real life and tortured them for hours before beating them to death with portable generators. Each victim was found with a teabag carefully placed in their mouths.

THE ARREST

It didn't take detectives long to figure out who had committed the horrific crimes, as Thompson had left mountains of evidence behind at each crime scene. Considering the brutality of the crimes, police took no chances and sent a team to handle the arrest.

"It was the strangest arrest I've ever been a part of," Officer Matthews stated. Thompson had armed himself with a flashlight and set up pallets all over his house. Body cam footage showed officers entering the residence, then Thompson came out and pulled one of the pallets down. He then proceeded to shine his torch in Matthews' face as he squat-thrusted up and down.

"It was mildly annoying but incredibly bizarre," Matthews stated. Allegedly, Thompson was screaming about Lightborn as he was arrested.

THE TRIAL

The trial was set to begin on June 19th, a date that greatly upset Thompson as he would miss the anniversary event. Prosecutors were seeking the death penalty. Upon learning this, Thompson was quoted as saying, "Don't Mori me, bro!"

Prosecutor Jack McCoy thought this would be the biggest slam dunk of his career. The sheer volume of evidence was staggering. The first half of the trial went very well. "The jury was appalled by the crime scene photos; the sheer brutality of this crime shocked the entire jury," McCoy said. "However, things took a turn midway through the trial when the game footage was shown to them."

The gameplay footage upset the jury much more than the crime scene photos. Within the first 30 seconds of the game, Finn used Sprint Burst to run into the shack, threw the pallet, then hopped into the locker. When the killer approached, Finn jumped out in a terrible attempt to use Head On.

"Are you kidding me!" one juror angrily screamed out.

"Pharmacy! Who brings Pharmacy?" another bewildered juror cried out.

"That was the moment I thought we might lose; they were all so angry watching the footage," McCoy said.

The defense successfully argued that Thompson had suffered from extreme emotional distress due to the incompetence of his teammates.

"My client is the real victim here!" the defense argued.

The jurors deliberated for less than five minutes before acquitting Thompson of all charges.

PUBLIC OUTRAGE

The news of the acquittal outraged the public. People were furious and couldn't understand how someone could commit such horrible acts of violence over a video game, then get acquitted for the brutal murders.

However, public opinion took a massive turn once the gameplay footage leaked online.

"Solo queue is a nightmare!" John Dunne said.

"Poor Thompson was trying so hard to get a gen done, then Fairchild hops on the gen and misses a skill check! Then he hides in a locker while Thompson takes the chase," Paul McEvoy said.

Crime expert Emeritus Professor David Wilson chimed in on the crimes. "Thompson was looping the killer like a pro, yet none of them worked on a gen throughout that entire chase," Wilson stated. "He's then hooked and sees his teammates teabagging in the corner of the map, infuriating. He then had to watch this for two minutes as no one attempted to rescue him, killer wasn't even hook camping" Wilson continued. "I'd say his mind snapped when he saw the killer give hatch to Donovan. I don't condone what Thompson did, but I certainly understand why all this happened."

CONSPIRACY THEORIES

Many people wonder what Thompson's usual teammates were doing on the night in question. They claim they had romantic Valentine's plans, but people question this.

"People that play Dead By Daylight? Romantic Valentine's plans?" Professor Wilson said in utter disbelief. "If you believe that, then I have a sack of magic beans I want to sell you."

"Dead By Daylight players don't have social lives; clearly something bigger is going on here!" another person commented.

"I'd believe the earth is flat before I'd believe Dead By Daylight players had Valentine's Day plans. Come on," one very skeptical person said.

"The idea that all three of them had Valentine's Day plans is utterly ludicrous. You'd have a better chance of finding a unicorn in your backyard," one forum poster commented.

BAD PARENTING

Some people blame bad parenting and believe the parents of Finn, Fairchild, and Donovan should be investigated for raising such useless children.

"If the parents had raised their kids to be better gamers, none of this would have happened," one angry commenter stated.

DEVELOPERS COMMENT

Behaviour Interactive, the developers behind Dead By Daylight, released a statement saying they are shocked and appalled that this happened. They say they are taking great steps to ensure this doesn't happen again and will be nerfing Pig into the ground, a statement that greatly upset both Pig mains.