Jack Cameron

Ryūji Kamei was a freelance journalist who died 12 years ago. He was the only known victim in the SS-5 Incident.

Involvement in SS-5
He and his lover, the defense attorney Tsubasa Kagome were investigating Bansai Ichiyanagi, whom they suspected of secretly selling evidence. He was killed at the orphanage Happy Family when he found out that the kidnapping of Teikun Ō, the president of Zheng Fa had been faked. The real president had been killed beforehand and what he saw was an imposter, working together with the alleged kidnappers. He tried to call Tsubasa but he couldn't reach her so he left her a message. While recording it, he was hit from behind with a brick by Ichiyanagi. He and Marī Miwa then manipulated his corpse, removed the film from his camera and created a fake photo of the 'kidnapper' aiming his gun at Ō. Later, Ichiyanagi was the prosecutor in charge of the case. He tampered with the evidence and changed the blood tests to have Miwa, the only suspect, pronounced not guilty. As a result the case was unresolved and put on hold for 12 years, until Miles Edgeworth solved it.

Name

 * "Kamei" (亀井) means "turtle well".