Joseph Pilfnam

Joseph Pilfnam is the Detective Chief Superintendent of Answell, who first appeared in the fourth case of Acquittal: Induction.

History
Pilfnam, as the DCS of Answell, was no stranger to corruption. When he discovered Kathryn Davies in her apartment, shot in the chest yet alive, he took her away and helped her fake her death. With Dr. Lendez's help, he created a photograph of a fake body, making it appear as if Kathryn had been shot in the head. He then ordered Lendez to forge an autopsy report to account for this. He had also arranged for the gun to be tampered with to intercept Mendax's attempts to implicate Richard Kingsley as the shooter.

Although he had been mentioned multiple times prior, Pilfnam only made his appearance in The Corrupt Eternity. A murder had occurred in the police department, and Storm Sente proved he was the culprit. His involvement in covering up Kathryn's survival was found later.