多田敷 道夫

The murder victim of the "Rise from the Ashes" case. Bruce was a homicide detective working for the Los Angeles Police Department.


According to Jake Marshall, Goodman was not a particularly gifted detective, but he was a good man. Just like Jake and Starr, Goodman had his suspicions about the resolution of the SL-9 Incident. However, it took constant pestering by Jake Marshall for Goodman to finally confront Gant with his doubts, with unfortunate consequences. 

Bruce Goodman was the head investigator of the SL-9 case, tracking down serial killer Joe Darke, along with his fellow investigators Angel Starr and Jake Marshall. The detectives who supervised the investigation were the legendary detectives Damon Gant and Lana Skye. Darke escaped during questioning and attacked Lana's sister Ema Skye; the ensuing confrontation ended in the murder of prosecutor Neil Marshall. Goodman interviewed Ema, and her testimony assisted in Darke's conviction. The aftermath of the case saw Gant rise to the position of chief of police and Lana promoted to chief prosecutor.

However, suspicion began to grow on the handling of the case, Gant fired Angel Starr and demoted Jake Marshall to patrolman. Unlike his comrades, Goodman kept his position, but he still felt the scars of the outcome of SL-9. 

Jake came to Goodman two years after the SL-9 incident, wanting his help to re-investigate the case before the evidence was transferred. At first, Goodman turned him down. However, Jake was not dissuaded and he stole Goodman's I.D. card. Still needing to transfer the evidence, he entered the police department's evidence room with Gant. Inside, he spoke out about his doubts over the case and asked for the case to be re-opened and to let him hand over the evidence to Jake Marshall. Gant panicked, picked up Darke's knife from the evidence and killed Goodman. The body was then carried to the Prosecutor's office by Miles Edgeworth's car (unbeknownst to Edgeworth) and left with Lana Skye to cover up the evidence. However, Lana was caught by Starr with the body and accused of the murder. 
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