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"Ninety percent of murders are domestic, Phelps. Some guy gets into a beef with his wife, he takes it too far. This will be the same. But cutting someone in half and leaving them off the sidewalk? That's a one-off."
―Rusty Galloway
Lanoire 14

The Homicide Desk is a division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in L.A. Noire. Homicide is concerned with the investigation of murders and deaths linked to foul play within the city of Los Angeles.

Description[]

The Homicide desk is considered the most brutal and harrowing division in the LAPD and is considered by many to be the prime detective assignment.

Events of L.A. Noire[]

Cole works the desk from the Central Police Station. His partner in Homicide is the veteran Detective Rusty Galloway. The Captain of the division is James Donnelly.

Most of Cole's cases in this division are concerned with the brutal and horrific murders committed on young women. At first, it is not known whether one or more killers are responsible, and it is often very difficult to choose the correct suspect when giving the choice of charging one of two, often given that the evidence points against both suspects and the player has to use his own initiative to come to a conclusion on what has happened. Each murder case seems to have a slight twist in the storyline and in some ways can be repetitive, as Rusty says "9/10 times, it's always the husband" of the victim who committed the murder.

There are a total of six homicide cases during the game. The first 5 cases are the build up to the finale (The Quarter Moon Murders). Each case in the homicide desk contain similarities that appear to connect them as either a conspiracy or a case of copy-cat killing through media amplification of the infamous real-life Black Dahlia (B.D.) Murder of Elizabeth Short. Most cases on this desk have a similar evidence structure; lipstick, writing on the body, strangling by rope, etc.

During the final case of the homicide, Cole and Rusty find out that the one behind the murders is Garrett Mason, and finally kill him in a shootout.


Cole is still liased with the Homicide division during some of his cases in Vice and Arson. In the end of The Set Up is Homicide sent to investigate the murder of Candy Edwards but the division is pleased about that Phelps solved the case by killing the murderer Carlo Arquero. In two other such cases on the Vice desk, Cole Phelps and Roy Earle first hook up with Rusty Galloway and the recently promoted Stefan Bekowsky as they investigate the murder of Julia Randall together. Phelps and Bekowsky cross paths yet again in the following case at 111 Club where a massacre has happened. Cole recognises the body of Eddie McGoldrick, the owner of the club and after noticing a large supply of Varlor Cigarettes and 3 B.A.R rifles, later realizes that the murder is connected to the Coolidge Heist involving the distribution of surplus army morphine.

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Trivia[]

  • Excluding the street crimes, Homicide is the desk with the fewest number of suspects killed.
  • The murders of Celine Henry, Deidre Moller, Antonia Maldonado, Theresa Taraldsen and Evelyn Summers are based off many real murders that took place after the murder of Elizabeth Short aka "The Black Dahlia," one of the most famous unsolved crimes in history.
  • When first promoted to Homicide, Captain James Donnelly will say that Cole was promoted from Burglary to Homicide. Burglary was going to be a desk but was cut from the game, supposedly the reason for this is because Rockstar told Team Bondi the game was "big enough".
  • Along with Patrol, Homicide is the only desk without any DLC cases.
  • The Homicide desk has the largest amount of times Cole must charge a suspect, with a total of 2 cases.
  • Excluding DLC cases, the Homicide desk is the only desk with 6 cases.
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