# 15 - Turnabout Beginnings — 1st Trial
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**[00:00] TF**
S-Stay away!
**[00:05] VH**
Let that girl...
**[00:07] VH**
Let the hostage go!
**[00:10] TF**
Shut up!
**[00:11] TF**
C-Come closer,
**[00:13] TF**
and I kill her!
**[00:16] VH**
Too bad for you.
**[00:18] VH**
This is as far as you go.
**[00:31] Mia**
*My name is Mia Fey.*
**[00:34] Mia**
* This is a story of my first*
* trial as a defense attorney.*
**[00:40] Mia**
* It took place a year before*
* I met Wright.*
***SIGN*** Charges: Kidnapping, Murder Sentence: Death Penalty
**[00:44] Mia**
* My first client was an*
* escaped death row inmate.*
**[00:54] Mia**
* That trial would go on to*
* uncover a shocking truth*
**[00:59] Mia**
* and become something I wouldn't*
* forget for the rest of my life.*
***SIGN*** Ace Attorney
***SIGN*** Ace Attorney
***SIGN*** Season 2
***SIGN*** Lobby 4
***SIGN*** Turnabout Beginnings — 1st Trial
**[02:36] Mia**
*I'm so nervous, I could die.*
**[02:38] Mia**
*Don't freak out, Mia.*
**[02:40] Mia**
*Pump yourself up and go in!*
**[02:43] Mia**
Good morning!
**[02:46] Mia**
I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!
**[02:48] TF**
I din't do nuttin'!
**[02:50] TF**
I din't kill nobody!
***SIGN*** March 16 — 9:24 AM District Court — Defendant Lobby No. 4
**[02:59] Mia**
*Terry Fawles,*
**[03:00] Mia**
*my first client.*
***SIGN*** Terry Fawles
**[03:03] Mia**
* Sentenced to death five*
* years ago, and now...*
**[03:06] Mia**
*a prison escapee.*
**[03:08] TF**
I din't do nuttin'!
**[03:10] TF**
I swear!
**[03:11] Mia**
Oh, but you did escape from custody, right?
**[03:16] Mia**
I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
**[03:19] Mia**
* Two days ago, he escaped from a*
* police wagon when it crashed.*
***SIGN*** Vicious Murderer on Death Row Escapes
**[03:24] Mia**
*He was recaptured eight hours later,*
**[03:26] Mia**
* but in that time, a*
* policewoman was murdered.*
***SIGN*** Policewoman Killed By Fugitive
**[03:31] Mia**
*The police believe that Mr. Fawles did it.*
**[03:34] TF**
Five years ago...
**[03:36] TF**
I was set up!
**[03:38] TF**
That woman lied in her testimony!
**[03:40] TF**
That's why I...
**[03:43] Mia**
...escaped and met the policewoman?
**[03:46] TF**
Yeah, I did.
**[03:49] TF**
She's the reason I escaped.
**[03:52] TF**
But...
**[03:54] TF**
I din't kill her!
**[03:56] TF**
It's true!
**[04:00] Mia**
*I can trust you, right,*
**[04:01] Mia**
*Mr. Fawles?*
**[04:04] DA**
You're not going to figure out the
truth by just staring at the guy.
**[04:09] DA**
How will our little kitten do all
alone in the big, scary lion's den?
***SIGN*** Diego Armando
**[04:13] DA**
Let me get a good look.
**[04:15] Mia**
Mr. Armando!
**[04:17] DA**
You've got real guts.
**[04:20] DA**
An escaped death row convict
for a first client?
**[04:24] Mia**
I don't know how I got here, either.
**[04:26] DA**
Very well.
**[04:27] DA**
Maybe you'd like someone to play with.
**[04:32] DA**
Is Diego Armando not good enough for you?
**[04:35] Mia**
I-I didn't say...
**[04:37] Mia**
The number one attorney in
the agency is here for me?
**[04:42] DA**
Today, *you're* the number one.
**[04:49] DA**
There's no doubt our friend here
**[04:52] DA**
met the victim two days ago.
**[04:55] DA**
This memo was found on her desk.
***SIGN*** 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 <>
***SIGN*** 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 <>
**[05:00] DA**
He called her and asked to meet.
**[05:02] DA**
The time and place were specified,
and even an identifier.
***SIGN*** Same bridge Wear white scarf for identification
**[05:05] Mia**
A white scarf?
**[05:08] DA**
Well, a person's appearance can
change a lot in five years.
**[05:12] Mia**
*The circumstantial evidence is all there.*
**[05:14] Mia**
*Can I really turn this thing around?*
**[05:17] DA**
Relax.
**[05:19] DA**
The prosecutor for today is fresh
out of his diapers as well.
**[05:23] Mia**
R-Really?
**[05:25] DA**
However...
**[05:26] DA**
Apparently, he's the greatest prodigy
the prosecutor's office has ever seen.
**[05:30] Mia**
Prodigy?
**[05:31] DA**
Well, sharpen those claws of yours.
**[05:33] DA**
It's go time.
***SIGN*** March 16 — 10:00 AM District Court — Courtroom No. 4
**[05:41] J**
Court is now in session for
the trial of Terry Fawles.
**[05:45] Mia**
The defense is ready, Your Honor.
**[05:47] ME**
The prosecution is also ready, of course.
**[05:51] J**
I understand the lawyers for
both sides are newcomers?
**[05:56] Mia**
Y-Yes, Your Honor. I'm Mia Fey.
**[05:59] ME**
I am Miles Edgeworth.
**[06:02] J**
Oh, so you're the new prosecutor
everyone's talking about?
**[06:06] J**
They say you're the youngest
prosecutor in history.
**[06:09] ME**
I'm twenty.
**[06:10] Mia**
*He's younger than me?!*
**[06:12] DA**
I guess our little kitten doesn't
have much of a reputation yet, huh?
**[06:20] J**
Well, Prosecutor Edgeworth.
Your opening statement, please.
**[06:24] ME**
Five years ago,
**[06:26] ME**
the defendant, Terry Fawles,
was sentenced to death.
**[06:31] ME**
His crimes were kidnapping,
extortion, and murder.
**[06:34] ME**
The girl he throw off the bridge
was only fourteen years old.
**[06:39] ME**
Eagle River, which flows under the bridge,
is well known for its powerful current.
**[06:44] ME**
Most bodies that fall in are never recovered.
**[06:49] J**
A truly horrible crime.
**[06:51] ME**
What decided the case
**[06:53] ME**
was a certain witness's testimony.
**[06:57] ME**
The testimony of a policewoman
who confronted this criminal.
**[07:00] ME**
She arrested Fawles at the scene
**[07:02] ME**
and later testified against him.
**[07:06] VH**
This man took the young girl hostage,
and after he was done with her,
**[07:09] VH**
he threw her into the river!
**[07:14] Mia**
* So that testimony was what*
* put him on death row.*
**[07:19] ME**
That very same policewoman
**[07:21] ME**
is the murder victim in this case,
***SIGN*** Valerie Hawthorne
***SIGN*** Valerie Hawthorne
**[07:24] ME**
Police Sergeant Valerie Hawthorne.
**[07:26] ME**
The man who was sentenced to
death based on her testimony
**[07:30] ME**
escaped two days ago
**[07:34] ME**
and finally got his revenge!
**[07:37] J**
It's quite obvious that
the defendant is guilty.
**[07:41] Mia**
W-Wait a minute!
**[07:42] Mia**
The defense, uh... demands
a cross-examination!
**[07:48] J**
Oh? Do youngsters these days
not know when to give up?
**[07:52] ME**
The spirit of youth can
be quite pitiful at times.
**[07:55] Mia**
* Why, you! You're younger*
* than me, you hypocrite!*
**[07:58] ME**
Very well, then.
**[07:59] ME**
I call the detective who was
in charge of the investigation.
**[08:04] ME**
Witness, state your name and occupation.
**[08:07] Gum**
Sir! I'm Dick Gumshoe, a homicide...
d-detective down at the precinct!
**[08:12] Gum**
I finally got promoted to the
detective division half a year ago!
**[08:19] ME**
I don't believe anyone asked about that.
**[08:21] J**
Now, Detective.
**[08:22] J**
Your testimony, please.
**[08:24] Gum**
Yes, sir!
**[08:25] Mie**
*It begins!*
**[08:27] DA**
Listen, kitten.
**[08:29] DA**
You'd best pay attention.
**[08:32] DA**
If you don't, you'll get swept away...
**[08:35] DA**
By the god of justice.
**[08:40] Gum**
On the day of the incident, the defendant
phoned Valerie Hawthorne and asked to meet.
**[08:46] Gum**
She went to Dusky Bridge at the
designated time to meet him.
**[08:49] ME**
This here is the memo she
took down during the call.
**[08:52] Mia**
* That's the one I saw in the*
* lobby before the trial.*
***SIGN*** 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 <>
***SIGN*** V
***SIGN*** D
**[08:55] Gum**
The defendant met the victim there and
stabbed her in the back with a knife.
**[08:59] Gum**
It proved to be fatal.
***SIGN*** V
***SIGN*** V
***SIGN*** V
**[09:02] Gum**
He then stuffed her body into his car
trunk and tried to make a getaway.
***SIGN*** V
**[09:06] Gum**
But he was arrested at a police checkpoint.
**[09:10] Gum**
This is the picture of the trunk.
**[09:12] Gum**
You can see the knife still
stuck in the victim's back.
**[09:16] Gum**
There's nothing strange here!
**[09:19] J**
All right.
**[09:20] J**
Your cross-examination, defense.
**[09:23] J**
Defense?
**[09:24] Mia**
Y-Yes!
**[09:25] Mia**
C-Cross-examination coming right up!
**[09:27] DA**
Hey, hey. If you keep trembling like that,
you're gonna make me spill my coffee.
**[09:33] Mia**
I-I'm just trembling in excitement!
**[09:36] Mia**
Mr. Fawles had a car?
**[09:40] Gum**
Well, yeah. The murder happened on
a bridge way up in the mountains.
**[09:43] Gum**
Of course, it was a stolen car.
**[09:46] Mia**
A bridge up in the mountains?
**[09:48] Mia**
Why meet there?
**[09:50] Gum**
Because it is a very important
place to the defendant.
**[09:54] J**
What do you mean by that?
**[09:56] ME**
The place where he,
five years ago, killed his hostage
**[10:01] ME**
and was arrested by Sergeant Hawthorne?
**[10:04] ME**
It was the very same Dusky Bridge.
**[10:07] DA**
A fated reunion at a very special place, huh?
**[10:12] Gum**
Here's a photo that just happened
to capture the moment of the crime.
**[10:15] Gum**
You can clearly see the two of
them facing off on the bridge!
**[10:20] DA**
Very decisive, eh?
**[10:23] DA**
That's some hot and bitter evidence.
**[10:27] DA**
But...
**[10:29] DA**
Unfortunately, its really
odd taste shines through.
**[10:33] Mia**
O-Odd taste?
***SIGN*** Same bridge
Wear white scarf for identification
**[10:38] Mia**
I-Is this...
**[10:40] DA**
Exactly. That's what real
coffee should taste like.
**[10:44] Mia**
Detective!
**[10:45] Gum**
Y-Yes?
**[10:47] Mia**
Did you say there was nothing
strange about this photo?
**[10:50] Gum**
I did, yes!
**[10:52] Mia**
Take another look at the
memo the victim left.
***SIGN*** 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 <>
**[10:55] Mia**
"Wear white scarf for identification."
***SIGN*** Same bridge Wear white scarf for identification
**[10:57] Mia**
That means the victim must've
been wearing a scarf.
**[11:01] Mia**
But take a look at the photo.
**[11:05] Gum**
There's... no scarf!
**[11:07] Mia**
Exactly! This is...
**[11:12] Mia**
U-Uh...
**[11:13] Mia**
It's clearly weird!
**[11:18] DA**
The word you're looking
for is "contradiction."
**[11:22] ME**
Is this the scarf you're
looking for, perchance?
**[11:25] Gum**
Where did you find that?!
**[11:27] ME**
On Dusky Bridge. I checked it first.
**[11:31] Gum**
Why didn't you tell me?
**[11:34] Mia**
*Did that prosecutor hide it on purpose?*
**[11:39] ME**
It's not exactly white,
as the defendant requested,
**[11:42] ME**
but the victim must've used it
since it's close enough.
**[11:44] ME**
And you can see it in this photo.
**[11:47] ME**
It fell off as she tried
to fight off her killer.
**[11:51] ME**
How could the defense overlook this?!
**[11:58] Mia**
*It was all a trap?*
**[12:00] DA**
Well?
**[12:02] DA**
Are you still gonna believe
in that death row inmate?
**[12:09] Mia**
Of course!
**[12:10] DA**
Then we should refocus and
hear some new testimony.
**[12:15] Mia**
Huh? New testimony?
**[12:19] DA**
Drag out that witness.
**[12:24] Mia**
Detective!
**[12:25] Mia**
Who took this photo?
**[12:29] Gum**
Huh? W-Well...
**[12:31] ME**
A well-intentioned third party,
you might say.
**[12:35] Mia**
An eyewitness, then?
**[12:37] Mia**
Why haven't they been summoned?
**[12:39] Mia**
If there was an eyewitness,
**[12:42] Mia**
the defense demands they testify!
**[12:47] ME**
The prosecution has no intention of
hiding the witness from the court.
**[12:50] ME**
We are prepared to present
our witness at any time.
**[12:53] J**
Oh, very brave.
**[12:55] ME**
Then the prosecution summons
**[12:59] ME**
the woman who saw the tragic events
that day with her very own eyes!
**[13:13] ME**
Witness, what is your name and occupation?
**[13:17] DH**
My name is Melissa Foster.
***SIGN*** Witness — College Student — Melissa Foster
**[13:21] DH**
I'm a college student.
**[13:23] DH**
It's so nice to meet you all.
**[13:26] J**
Ah, looking at you makes me feel so light!
**[13:30] J**
I want to hand down a
graceful verdict at once!
**[13:33] Mia**
*Don't be stupid!*
**[13:36] DA**
Looks like a troublesome angel
has descended upon us.
**[13:40] ME**
You were near the scene of the
unfortunate event, correct?
**[13:46] Mia**
And you took this photo? Is that accurate?
**[13:50] DH**
Um... Who might you be?
**[13:54] Mia**
Oh, I'm the defense lawyer.
**[13:56] Mia**
My name is Mia Fey.
**[13:58] DH**
"Fey"?
**[13:59] DH**
So you are...
**[14:03] J**
Now then, young lady.
**[14:05] J**
Could you please give us your testimony?
**[14:07] DH**
Of course.
**[14:08] DH**
I'll do my best.
**[14:12] DH**
I'd taken a camera and tripod
to a meadow near the bridge.
**[14:19] DH**
Using the timer on the camera, I managed
to take a lot of lovely pictures.
**[14:29] DH**
Then I noticed there were
two people on the bridge.
**[14:34] DH**
As I studied them,
**[14:36] DH**
the two suddenly started
to scuffle and tussle!
**[14:39] DH**
Miss Victim tried to skedaddle
with her back to Mister Killer,
**[14:44] DH**
but he followed and gored her from behind!
**[14:47] DH**
Dearie me!
**[14:49] DH**
Eventually, Mister Killer picked up
the cadaver and walked off the bridge.
**[14:56] DH**
I heard that he hid it in his
motor car and fled after that.
**[15:02] DH**
I finally returned to my senses
**[15:04] DH**
and telephoned the fine men in blue.
**[15:07] J**
Witnessing such violence must have
been difficult. You poor thing.
**[15:10] DH**
I was so shocked!
**[15:13] DH**
It made my heart go pitter-patter!
**[15:15] J**
Yes, yes, pitter-patter.
**[15:17] DA**
If this testimony is allowed
to stand, we're finished.
**[15:21] Mia**
Don't say that!
**[15:22] Mia**
*Get ready for battle, Mia!*
**[15:26] Mia**
The killer picked up the
victim's body and walked off.
**[15:29] Mia**
Are you sure about this?
**[15:31] DH**
Yes.
**[15:32] Mia**
But, uh, that's pretty weird.
**[15:36] Mia**
There's a river right below the bridge.
**[15:40] Mia**
If he wanted to hide the body, all he
had to do was toss it in the water.
**[15:44] Mia**
In fact, this very man did exactly that
to his victim five years ago!
**[15:50] Mia**
So why did he choose to carry it
to this car this time?
**[15:54] Mia**
His actions are clearly contradictory!
**[15:57] ---**
But...
**[15:58] ME**
However odd it may be,
**[16:00] ME**
the fact remains that
this is what the killer did.
**[16:03] ME**
His reasons have nothing to do
with what the witness saw!
**[16:07] DH**
That's correct! I saw it, after all!
**[16:10] DH**
Mister Killer broke into the trunk of
the car and hid the cadaver in there!
**[16:16] Mia**
That's impossible!
**[16:17] DH**
Wh-What is?
**[16:19] Mia**
Take a look at this photo you took.
**[16:23] Mia**
As you see, the good end of the bridge is
hidden behind this outcropping of rock.
**[16:26] Mia**
Meaning, from where you were standing,
**[16:30] Mia**
you couldn't have seen him breaking
into the trunk of the car!
**[16:34] Mia**
Then why do you know about this?
**[16:38] Mia**
There can only be one answer!
**[16:42] Mia**
Because the one who hid
the body in that car trunk
**[16:46] Mia**
was you!
**[16:49] J**
What? The witness hid the body?
***SIGN*** Objection!
**[16:52] ME**
Objection!
**[16:54] ME**
There's no way that the witness was
at the scene when the murder occurred!
**[16:58] ---**
Have you forgotten? She took
this photo at the time!
**[17:03] Mia**
Have *you* forgotten?
**[17:05] Mia**
The witness's camera had
a tripod and a timer.
**[17:09] Mia**
In other words, it could've taken
that photo even without her there.
**[17:15] ME**
But why would she go to such lengths?
**[17:21] Mia**
She murdered Valerie Hawthorne
and hid the body in the trunk.
**[17:25] DH**
Wh-What?
**[17:27] Mia**
That's why she chose not
to dump it in the river.
**[17:30] Mia**
It was all to frame Mr. Fawles!
**[17:37] J**
Wh-What?
**[17:39] J**
This witness is the real killer?
**[17:40] TF**
But that's weird!
**[17:43] Mia**
Mr. Fawles?
**[17:44] TF**
I got in the car and fled right
after meeting that woman.
**[17:49] TF**
There was no time to kill her and
then hide the body in the trunk.
**[17:52] Mia**
That would mean the killer hid
the victim's body in the trunk
**[17:57] Mia**
before you met her on the bridge.
***SIGN*** Objection!
**[18:01] ME**
Objection!
**[18:03] ME**
H-How asinine!
**[18:05] ME**
The victim is clearly in the photo!
**[18:08] ME**
Valerie Hawthorne was alive
and well when it was taken!
**[18:12] Mia**
Objection!
**[18:15] Mia**
You still don't understand,
Prosecutor Edgeworth?
**[18:19] Mia**
By the time Mr. Fawles got to the bridge,
the victim was already dead.
**[18:25] Mia**
In other words, the person in the photo
was not Valerie Hawthorne.
**[18:29] ME**
What? Who else could it have been?!
**[18:32] Mia**
Isn't it obvious?
**[18:35] Mia**
It was your witness, Melissa Foster!
**[18:39] ME**
S-Say what?!
**[18:45] J**
Th-The victim in this photo was...
**[18:48] Mia**
The person Mr. Fawles met on the bridge
**[18:50] Mia**
was you, wasn't it?
**[18:53] DA**
Thanks for that hot cup of joe.
**[18:57] DH**
What?
**[18:58] DH**
That's absurd!
**[19:00] DH**
Me? Camouflage myself as Miss Victim?!
**[19:03] Mia**
Mr. Fawles didn't remember exactly
what the victim looked like.
**[19:06] Mia**
That's why he needed a way to
identify her... namely, the scarf.
**[19:09] Mia**
Isn't that right?
**[19:11] TF**
I wasn't sure I could recognize her.
**[19:14] J**
H-How could this be?
**[19:17] Mia**
Meaning, as long as they
wore a scarf like he asked,
**[19:20] Mia**
anyone could've pretended
to be Valerie Hawthorne!
**[19:28] DH**
This is too cruel!
**[19:30] DH**
I was simply taking photos there!
**[19:33] DH**
I have no connection to
Miss Victim or Mister Inmate!
**[19:38] DH**
And you call me a murderer?
**[19:41] DH**
This is too heavy a cross to bear!
**[19:44] ME**
Exactly!
**[19:46] ME**
The witness had no motive
to murder Valerie Hawthorne!
**[19:50] DH**
Yes! I had no motivation!
**[19:53] J**
What do you say, defense?
What was her motivation?
**[19:57] Mia**
W-Well...
**[20:00] DH**
The killer was Mister Inmate over here!
**[20:03] DH**
He took Miss Victim's life,
just as he did five years ago!
**[20:08] DA**
Five years ago?
**[20:09] DA**
When he took Dahlia Hawthorne's life,
you mean?
**[20:14] Mia**
Dahlia... Hawthorne?
**[20:17] DA**
Yeah.
**[20:18] DA**
That's the name of the girl who was
kidnapped and murdered five years ago.
**[20:24] Mia**
W-Wait a second!
**[20:26] Mia**
Isn't Hawthorne...
**[20:27] DA**
Exactly. The victim in this
case is Valerie Hawthorne.
**[20:32] DA**
Dahlia Hawthorne was her little sister.
**[20:35] J**
What?
**[20:36] Mia**
Little sister?
**[20:38] Mia**
* I did think the way she fired at a kidnapper*
* with a hostage was awfully risky.*
**[20:43] Mia**
*It was her little sister?*
**[20:46] Mia**
Hey, is that...
**[20:49] DA**
Yeah. The file pertaining to
the kidnapping five years ago.
**[20:53] DA**
I realized that the key to solving this case
was to find out what happened then.
**[21:00] ME**
Objection!
**[21:01] ME**
The name of the girl who died five
years ago is irrelevant to this case!
**[21:06] DA**
"The girl who died," eh?
**[21:08] DA**
Did she really?
**[21:10] Mia**
What do you mean?
**[21:12] DA**
Five years ago, Dahlia Hawthorne,
who was fourteen at the time,
**[21:16] DA**
fell into the river under the bridge,
**[21:19] DA**
and her corpse was never found.
**[21:22] J**
What?
**[21:23] DA**
Yeah. She vanished from
this world without a trace.
**[21:31] Mia**
*No... It can't be.*
**[21:33] DA**
Fourteen at the time, huh?
**[21:35] DA**
If she were still alive,
**[21:38] DA**
she'd be around your age.
**[21:42] Mia**
You...
**[21:45] Mia**
Who exactly are you?
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**[23:20] PW**
Objection!
**[23:21] PW**
To prove that the defendant,
Fawles, was innocent,
**[23:24] PW**
it was necessary to unravel the mystery
behind the case in which he was convicted.
**[23:30] PW**
Just who is the mysterious Melissa?
**[23:33] PW**
And what happened between the
murdered policeman and Fawles?
**[23:37] PW**
We'll come to peer into the abyss
in the shadows of this case.
**[23:41] PW**
Find the contradictions!
**[23:42] PW**
Reach out to the truth!
**[23:44] PW**
Next time: "Turnabout Beginnings
— Last Trial"!
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**[23:47] PW**
Take that!