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Comment by Jacobstx

Furlbrow murders? Horse?

BLANCHY! NO!

Comment by Shamagoes

Noooooo! Not Old Blanchy! WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING! I swear I'll kill them!

Comment by poomonkey

is anyone else having trouble with this quest?
I've killed at last 20 of these guys using both options, and so far nothing has dropped...damn little kids are scavenging the bodies before I can loot most of the time.

Comment by Blacktarh

A great quest, and a great song

Comment by MingtheMerciless

CSI: Westfall.

Comment by LifeWillEnd

With so much drama in the industry
Westfall Police are listening
Be careful or you'll be history
Looks like another unsolved mystery
It's murder, murder, murder
Ah it's murder, murder, murder
Yeah it's murder, murder, murder
Somebody tell em it's murder
Murder was the case and they blamed me ..

Comment by Elfangel

I don't know if it just me, but I can not even talk to them

Comment by tripleator

You give them 2 copper, they get mad, so you kill them. Then when you loot their body, the 2 copper is gone, what the heck. I want my copper back blizzard.

Comment by error10

In case it wasn't obvious, this quest can be done by any Alliance race, not just worgen as Wowhead indicates.

Comment by Kanfazar

The "clues", just for the sake of information, are as follows:

#1:

Listen, pal. I don't want any trouble, ok? I didn't see who murdered 'em, but I sure heard it! Lots of yelling. Human voices... you dig? Now get out of here before I change my mind about beating you up and takin' your shoes.

#2:

I didn't see who killed 'm, bub/sis, but I got a whiff. Smelled rich, kinda like you. Damn shame too. Furlbrows were a fixture around here. Nice people, always willin' to share a meal or a patch of dirt.

#3:

Who killed the Furlbrows? I'll tell you who killed the Furlbrows: KING VARIAN WRYNN. THAT'S WHO! And he's killin' the rest of us too. One bum at a time. The only thing I can tell you is that I saw some gnolls leavin' the place a few hours before the law arrived.

#4:

Between you, me, and the tree, murlocs killed the Furlbrows. Yep, saw 'em with my own two eyes. Think they'd been casin' the joint for days, maybe months. They left in a hurry once they got wind of "Johnny Law" and the idiot brigade over there...

They also ramble quite humorously every now and then:

I wonder if it's possible to eat rocks? Got plenty of rocks around here. Just imagine it! I'd be the richest person in the world for making that discovery!

Looks like I found us a savory and clean piece of dirt! Tonight we eat like kings, Mr. Penguin! Of course I'll share it with you! You're my best friend!

HAHAHAH! Good one, Mr. Penguin! GOOD ONE!

What happened to me? I used to be the king of Stormwind!

Comment by travisdead1

you talk to the human npc's walking around the field closest to questgiver. offer them 2 copper for information. sometimes they will get angry and attack.

Comment by chochopk

Leads to
Hot On the Trail: Murlocs
Hot On the Trail: The Riverpaw Clan

Comment by cococopeful

For me at least, every West Plains Drifter told me a clue. The homeless just attacked me.

Comment by kasuturo

Anyone else thinks the women you ask information to are too hot to be bums?

Comment by SgtFrog

I love the bribe option. "Are you sure you want to give this hobo money?" The game itself doesn't trust those damn hobos.

Comment by SgtFrog

What if you're a Draenei doing this quest? The homeless can't "beat you up and steal your shoes" because you don't wear shoes!

Comment by BoSoxFan08

NOOOO! Not Blanchy! /mourn

Comment by Zuljid

"Worse yet, we're in Westfall. I could throw a rock behind me and hit a dozen hobos with motive enough to want to wipe these people (and horse) out. "

Westfall is Azeroth's Miami's slums, it seems.

Comment by Drgonja

A Snoop Dogg Reference? I believe so
(Explicit lyrics ensue)

Comment by brucek2

The crime scene is hilarious. I love their parody of the detective.

Anyone else feel bummed out that you end up killing a bunch of poor homeless people for not very good reasons? This quest did not make me feel very heroic.

Comment by TheWoWExp

So, the Lieutenant is a bunghole. He's groaning about a murder case, when, hello, if you don't like your job, get one as a cook to feed the homeless and starving. Maybe then someone won't be killed. And neither will their horse. Poor Old Blanchy...at least they didn't strip him of his meat.

Oh, right, and the whole "horseicide"? The crap is that? A pesticide for horseflies?

The Lieutenant would hate to bother finding out who did this since it's such an inconvenience, so he's sending you to speak to homeless people.

In all actuality, I can see where he's coming from. I mean, the homeless smell, their clothes are all gritty, they've got bad breath from eating...let's not go there, and one of them talks to a penguin which is his best friend. Did I mention the Ragmuffins that steal from the pockets of someone you kill? Yeah...they're promoting murder at this point...

Question the homeless people, some will give information, some will fight you. After you're done with the four clues, head to the bunghole in question.

Comment by Shadowkeeper3

When some of the fighters ran away in fear I let them go. I saw no reason to kill them if it wasn't in self-defense.

Comment by Zulais

"Looks like they really put the cart..."
"Before the horse"
*Puts on sunglasses*

AWWWWW YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Comment by deladoran

This starts an interesting story line :)

Comment by bpl0807

Saw this quest and immediately reminded me of Snoop Doggs song "Murder was the Case", he says the exact line of the title of the quest throughout the song.

Comment by Jollygood

You can do this quest without killing them. I had a level 35 pacifist character just run off if they aggroed. Since his threat was low, they stopped pursuing. Eventually, he got his answers and got his little cape.

During the Valentine's/Darkmoon/Lunar New Year events of 2012, I took my lower level pacifist characters, gamed the health buff from blowing a /kiss at Peddlefeet (you can stack it 6 times), threw off some rockets, and took my 'toons to Westfall so they could get their little cape too.

I managed to consistently kite these NPCs all the way to the Darkmoon gate. I did not experiment with longer distances because I don't want deaths on these cartoons' stats, btw.

I may try this on a low level Draenei pally tank character with the herbalism buff and potions just to see if I can kite them into Stormwind or Redridge. I'd love to see what other people have to say - if they can kite these guys all over the place. It was pretty funny.

Comment by aphrodity19

Is this quest bugged?

Comment by BigZZZ

You can't run from aggressive hobos:-)

Comment by Tantrevalles

"You can do this quest without killing them. I had a level 35 pacifist character just run off if they aggroed. Since his threat was low, they stopped pursuing. Eventually, he got his answers and got his little cape."

Well, fer cryin' out loud . . !

Honestly, I never thought about doing that, and now I feel embarrassed, since I was having to kill a couple of them while playing a lawful-good paladin at the time. I kept thinking, "I'm baaaaaaaaaad! And in the baaaaaaaad meaning of the word!"

Comment by peppermocha

is this quest currently bugged for pandarens?

i can't seem to talk to the homeless citizens.. no speech bubble appears =\

Comment by MarkBelain

Every time I do this quest, I've found:
Transients will always attack you
Homeless Stormwind Citizens and West Plains Drifters will always give information.

Comment by Catmandu101

I love how the fools attack the WARLOCK WITH A DEMON AT HER SIDE, thinking that they can successfully mug them. Please tell me that I am not the only one who enjoys killing these lowly worms

Comment by Baldjeanfriede

Only ask West Plain Drifters for this quest; all others will put up a fight..

Comment by GitGudGuides

Murder Was The Case That They Gave Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3SLpqlxTto

Comment by bebita

Murder Was The Case That They Gave Me https://youtu.be/RVTxCCR22p8

Comment by Shadorinn

Video from quest acceptance to quest completion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hj7M6eyDIM

Comment by WoWQHelps

HD Video Tutorial for this quest : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcQLozc1jm4

Comment by Catmandu101

I love how the vagrants have the balls to attack my warlock and her pet voidwalker, thinking that they can successfully take her on. Quite frankly, i'm probably doing Westfall a favor by killing all the idiots.

Comment by machina2413

How to do:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh1AKKiK7MM

Comment by WoWGnGP

i made i playthrough of this quest if anyone wish to see how to do it :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eERtCy1CDE&feature=youtu.be

Comment by marrvin

As of patch 7.1.5 the questgiver for this quest - Lieutenant Horatio Laine -
is sometimes not visible after entering westfall.
You have to logout / login near the wagon to make Horatio appear
to grab the quest.

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Murder Was The Case That They Gave Me

Speak to the various homeless people occupying the Jansen Stead to gather clues about the Furlbrow murders.

	Clue #1 obtained
	Clue #2 obtained
	Clue #3 obtained
	Clue #4 obtained

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Here's the deal, kid, we've got a full-blown murder on our hands. Double homicide... Single horse... icide.

Worse yet, we're in Westfall. I could throw a rock behind me and hit a dozen hobos with motive enough to want to wipe these people (and horse) out.

Now I don't know who did this and I sure don't appreciate having to come to this dump to investigate the deaths of a couple of squatters, but I'll be damned if I don't find the perp. You want to help? Go talk to some bums. The hobo... knows.