Bruce Goodman

"Bruce Goodman"

- We can't transfer the evidence out. There are too many questions left unanswered!

Bruce Goodman was the head detective in the SL-9 Incident. He was killed when he tried to reopen the case two years later.

SL-9 Incident

 * Main article: SL-9 Incident

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.

Death

 * Main article: Rise from the Ashes

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. She was caught with the body and accused of the murder.

Ema went to defense attorney Phoenix Wright to request his services in court. She accompanied Wright in his investigations, and they uncovered details from the SL-9 Incident and, with the help of Edgeworth, eventually unmasked Gant as the real killer in both the present incident and the murder of Neil Marshall.

Name

 * "Tadashii" (多田敷) means "morally right" or "correct" in Japanese.


 * Goodman's name refers to his good nature. Wright notes in the court record that he was literally "a good man". It could also be a reference to the titular character of the short-story Young Goodman Brown, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne.


 * "Lebon" comes from "le bon", meaning "the good" in French.

Development

 * The Japanese names of Goodman and Mike Meekins were apparently chosen together.