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The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat was a virtual representation of one of Arno Dorian's genetic memories, relived by a Helix initiate through the Helix Navigator.

Clues

• Jean-Paul Marat's body - The body of Jean-Paul Marat. He's slumped in a bath with a small, single puncture wound above the clavicle. His skin is mottled with pus-filled sores.
• Bloody knife - A large kitchen knife. The maker's mark is that of a nearby shop: 5 Rue Haute Feuille.
• Empty bottle of tonic - An empty bottle of tonic from an apothecary named Gregoire Brousseau: 20 Rue de la Harpe.
• Letter from Charlotte Corday

Culprit

Spoiler

The murderer was Charlotte Corday, a minor noblewoman and Girondist sympathiser. Case Summary Jean-Paul Marat's revolutionary newspaper, "The Friend of the People," outraged many in France. Being an outspoken Jacobin supporter, he had no shortage of enemies. This included Charlotte Corday, a minor aristocrat from Caen. She had aligned with the Girondists and had grown to believe Marat was radicalizing the revolution with his inflammatory newspaper. Believing France could descend into civil war, she decided to assassinate Marat in an attempt to prevent more bloodshed. She visited his house claiming to have a list of Girondist leaders for Marat to examine. Marat invited her upstairs, where he was soaking in a tub to soothe a persistent skin condition. Corday listed off fake Girondist names and Marat began to scrawl them down quickly. Corday seized the opportunity and pierced his heart with a blade, killing him almost instantly. Corday wanted to inflict confusion and fear among the Jacobin ranks and it worked. Despite inevitable noise of clues and suspects that surrounds any high-profile murder, the truth was deceptively simple for those who cared to look close enough. The list of Girondist names provided by Corday contained a basic code that pointed to the Hotel Providence. Inside one of the rooms was a hand-written confession by Corday that claimed, "I kill one man to save 100,000."

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Unity