Rico Abandonato

Rico (or Ricardo) Giuseppe Abandonato or Champ is a character in Stanford, Detective's Daughter, Nanu's Revenge and Nanu's Paradise. He was formerly the partner to Émile Caldecutt, until Cecilia Abandonato rejoined, and Jake Thompson moved to Oriss. He is the husband of Cecilia.

Description
Rico is a lanky, tall man with light ginger-brown hair. (with the occasional moustache), bluish-green eyes, and pale (but fair) skin; with various scars on his body. He mainly wears a brown trenchcoat, with a pink tie and white undershirt (like Émile). He has a slight Italian accent.

He is an intelligent person, capable withdrawing his gun fairly fast (not as fast as Émile, though). He is an expert on autopsies, forensic entomology, forensic astronomy and forensic anthropology. He is also an expert hacker. He is shown to be flirty, especially around Émile (though he ignores this because he loves women). Rico is quirky, funny, and sometimes pisses other people off.

He mainly uses a Glock 21, Taser and tranquilliser gun like most IP officers; however, he also has an IMI Uzi that he bought at a gun shop.

Before Stanford
He was born in Circhester, Galar. He and his family eventually moved to Veilstone City; however, in order to compete in contests, he went to Hoenn. That's where he met Émile.

He has five ribbons: Rustboro City, Slateport City, Fallarbor Town, Lilycove City and Pacifidlog Town

He suffers from anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and slight schizophrenia (even though these symptoms have disappeared). He is also extremely scared of heights.

He (along with Émile) was shot at least five times.

Despite being homosexual briefly, Émile found him crying in the bathroom alone. He was most likely affected by Cecilia's "death" (disappearance).

In Stanford
He is an Interpol officer and Émile's best friend. The two are inseparable. Even though he has been mentioned in one of Émile's flashbacks, he finally appears in chapter 39. He saves Émile's life in chapter 41. He also escapes from the hospital in the next chapter. Even though he's homosexual, he is starting to fall in love with Cecilia. He later marries her in the three months Émile was gone.

He saved Émile's life by pushing him out of the way of someone wielding a sword. It causes him to vomit and cough up blood. It barely missed his heart. Cassidy shot the wielder point-blank in the head.

Émile, in turn, saved his life. Their car had crashed and he fainted. Émile performed CPR and ended up saving his life.

He thought he had a occurrence of leukaemia but it turns out Jake diagnosed him wrong. It turned out to be a mix of arthritis, an infection somewhere, vertigo and dehydration. He eventually regains Cecilia's love. He lets her sleep on his couch in his office.

In Nanu's Revenge
He, along with Émile, Cassidy, Jake, Cecilia, Rachel, Beau, and Tory, are seen at Nanu and Naomi's wedding.

In Nanu's Paradise
He appears in chapter 8, piloting a Cessna CitationJet/M2.