Childish drawing

A childish drawing was a piece of evidence in Apollo Justice's investigation into the murder of Barack Obama. The childish drawing, two Xs drawn on the eyes of Obama's corpse, eventually became key to Justice's case. Though the drawing superficially resembled the Xs seen on the eyes of those who had recently died, the difference is obvious upon inspection.

President Obama's murder

 * ''Main article: The Prequel Turnabout

While investigating Obama's corpse in the White House the day after the murder, Justice discovered the childish drawing, which he noted as looking pretty childish. Stealphie commented later in Justice's investigation that he wished he could draw as well as the drawing could. Two days later, Rei claimed she didn't know anybody who would draw on a corpse, but did know a few people who would draw in a manner reminiscent of the childish drawing, though she then said she doubted Justice was interested in children considering what he had done earlier (referring to him bullying Lauren the day earlier, during the trial of clem for Obama's murder). She later clarified she was referring to Jean Greyerl.

Justice later discovered Protagonist's body in a hidden room in Ambassador Querco Alba's office. When examining the corpse, he noted the Xs on Protagonist's eyes indicated he had just died, describing differentiating the natural Xs and the drawing as a "precise science". Detective pichuis retorted that anyone could tell the two apart in their day and age.

The drawing eventually turned out to be the final piece of evidence used by Justice to secure Lauren's conviction. Justice pointed out that the drawing had been drawn by a child, and the only child who was present at the Place Where Laws Were Made, which gave them the opportunity to commit the murder, was Lauren. When recounting the case, he claimed that Lauren had drawn on Obama's eyes after shooting Obama to death. After this, clem was finally acquitted of the crime, and Lauren was convicted.