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Offline Paul2

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A murderous riddle
« on: November 13, 2005, 07:04:16 AM »
I got this little whodunit mystery game from a different forum that was just posted just about minutes ago.  I read it and I haven\'t really figure out who done it.  

I thought it was interesting and would like to share it here to see who can really figure out.

The point of this is to use the clues to help figure out who is the murder and how you came to this conclusion. Simple right? Heh, not quite. Without futher ado, here are the Clues that have been given:

__________________________________________________ ____________
CLUE 1 : (from the murderers perspective)

We all have to do things we don\'t like, sometimes. I do mine lovingly. Like an artist. It\'s funny though, I

considered her a masterpiece. I knew her though, better than her family, friends from highschool, or lovers. They

probably couldn\'t describe the way she walked, or how her collarbone curved, and these things are infinitely more

important than where she went to college.

I am an artist. I sculpt my work after beautiful things.


CLUE 2: (cops perspective)

6 PM in the evening, with blue and red sirens wailing towards the murder scene. We knew we were going to have to

deal with more paperwork. Another long night. But these things happen. I knew that the day my first day on the

force. After 20 years though, you learn to separate yourself.

"Mmm," my wife would nod, when I told her over dinner later. "What a shame. Such a young girl."

That\'s how it is, and that\'s how people are. We\'re just as guilty though, discussing a dead girl over dinner and not

feeling queasy as we take a second serving of steak.

But that isn\'t how it panned out. That night I never actually went home, like I said, paperwork. I have to admit,

for the first time in years, I was a bit creeped out. There was no blood, fine. The nutjob who did it was just

careful. But the creepy part was how she was lying there. Every strand of yellow hair in its place, her feet and

hands positioned comfortably, draped in pristine white sheets. The cleanliness of it all disturbed me most.

CLUE 3:  (boyfriend of the victims perspective)

I miss my girlfriend. Going to sleep is impossible now. You know they found her in our bed? The sicko actually put

her in our bed. I\'ve been staying with my mom, I don\'t know what else to do. This one officer, Officer Riley, well

he told me that it looked pre-meditated. What if the guy is coming after me next? What if it\'s someone I know? What

if they don\'t catch the guy? Landlord tells me if I move out nobody is going to rent the place for months. Apartment

74 is cursed.

Everyone I see though is a suspect. There is this creepy old guy down the hall, Donny or something, well I can\'t

stand the guy. He paces at all hours of the night when everyones asleep, and I can hear the creaking. That\'s been

keeping me awake too, the godawful creaking. It never used to bother me, but now it is like a drill to the head

everytime he moves.

He always looked at my girlfriend weird. If you ask me, they shouldn\'t be questioning normal people, because its

someone like him that did it.

CLUE 4:  (officers perspective)

The boyfriends a nervous guy. He came home that night, while we were searching the apartment. He demanded to know

what we were doing, like any reasonable man would want to know. When we told him he broke down and cried, like any

reasonable man would. But in his normal state of mind, he\'s like a nervous bunny. Too much black coffee, maybe. They

had a nice place; modest and comfortable. The girl liked the color violet a lot. Good family and a lot of friends.

Popular couple. Mostly because of the girl, though. Bunny\'s too chaotic.

I like him though. He\'s easy to deal with, even with the anxious air, not like the neighbor who called in the

murder. I heard a thump, she said, pointing dramatically to the girls apartment. She was one of those neighbors that

enjoyed this sort of thing.

"Mmm," she would say over dinner with her husband. "What a shame. Such a nice girl."

I could picture her telling her friends excitedly what happened, stretching the story a bit more each time. "Yes,"

she would whisper devilishly. "The poor dear was torn to bits."

CLUE 5:  (neighbors perspective)

The cops came rushing in like on TV, it was amazing! But don\'t tell anyone that, I\'d hate to sound like I was glad

it happened. But it\'s such a thrill! Sometimes I think I should have been a cop! She was a lovely girl though,

always bringing me my mail and talking with me between this, that and everything else that had to be done. Busy

kids. My husband is a bore, but don\'t tell anyone that either. Our kids are grown with families of their own, and

dear Herbert is retired. But that doesn\'t mean our lives have to be! So yes, I admit that I find excitement in this

sort of thing, only because I think I am a great detective. If the cops in this town had any merit, they\'d ask for

my opinion!

"Mrs. Foster," the handsome O\'Riley would say, "we don\'t know who killed the pretty young girl."

I knew they would need my help. "I have a sense about these things," I would respond.

Lowering his voice he would whisper, "Yes, we know. That\'s why we need your help." My help? I am very flattered,

Officer.

"Yes," I would say confidently. "I know who did it." Oh Herbert, who knew you had it in you.

CLUE 6: (officers perspective)

"Listen lady, we can\'t field your calls about this thing all day. Our officers are working on it." That old bag Mrs.

Foster that always wears the ratty green dress won\'t stop calling us with a new suspect everyday. Yes, Mrs. Foster,

we get it, you watch too much Law and Order. The Queen of Gossip telling us how to do our jobs, I\'m not surprised.

But, I will admit we are running out of leads. Our first one was naturally the girls family. Nice bunch, but

deadends. Not that I\'d want it to be her direct family, but this old mans getting a little tired pounding the

pavement all day. Too young for retirement, too old to keep seeing people kill eachother. Bunny is an interesting

fellow but we have nothing on him. He can\'t sleep anymore. Shame.

We\'re going to be looking into the guy down the hall more. It\'s a stretch, but he makes everyone feel a little on

edge.

 : CLUE 7: (Donny\'s perspective)

You wanna know who I think killed the broad? If you ask me, it\'s the establishment. What I mean is, the city cops

are a bit rough around the edges. Nothing is as it seems, everythings in limbo, kind of getting mixed up in this

gray area. So look at the details, gather your own thoughts. You know, people call me crazy, but I\'m not. I see

things that go on, I know a lot more than anyone here. You gotta look.

It ain\'t the boyfriend, have you seen that guy? Then there is her family. They loved their little girl, a family

like that don\'t want their little girl to be hurt. Mrs. Foster is pretty crazy, last I heard she thinks her husband

did it. What woman stays with a murderin\' husband, I don\'t know. Heard the girls body was clean except some

incisions, like a pro did it. Most people don\'t know this, but I\'m a med school dropout. If they asked me too, I\'d

take a look. Tell \'em whether it was an amateur or not.

But listen, I got something that nobody else knows, because I\'m the only one who is roamin\' the halls all night. I

can\'t tell the cops because things happen when you rat out on their buddies. Maybe you can help me out. Listen

carefully, the cop knew the girl. They knew eachother before he started workin\' on her case. Boyfriend works

graveyard shift right? Hardworking guy. The murdered girl all alone in her apartment, waiting for her tough cop hero

to come and visit her. But only on thursdays, only on thursdays at 3 AM. I don\'t know why, so don\'t ask me. Ain\'t my

job to know.

CLUE 8:  (officers perspective)

Dead leads, not sure where to go from here. Toughest case I have had in all my years on the force. It makes me red

with anger just thinking about it. I feel so out of control. Nobody should die like that. He did a good job, I\'ll

give him that. It makes me sick saying it, but sometimes these things happen. I learned that years ago.

I\'m getting a little desperate though.
__________________________________________________ __

Tough eh? The writers have told that all the info is in the text and there are no previous motives not revealed in there.
They have also given a hint and said they will give more. Here is the hint they have given out already:
[sp]Hint 1: Add it all up[/sp]

Maybe that\'ll help? Heh Good Luck and post your answers!

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« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2005, 07:51:42 AM »
man what

edit

oh btw

clue # 1 is the murderer because i am base like that
« Last Edit: November 13, 2005, 08:14:27 AM by Soul Reaver »

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« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2005, 08:25:11 AM »
Thats what I was thinking too.

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« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2005, 08:55:57 AM »
Cliff notes, please.

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Re: A murderous riddle
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2005, 11:15:33 AM »
[sp]Is it the cop\'s wife?[/sp]

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« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2005, 11:41:09 AM »
It was professor Plum in the library with a candlestick.
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« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2005, 01:00:14 PM »
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There is this creepy old guy down the hall, Donny


My guess is him.
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« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2005, 09:49:52 PM »
What forum you get this from anyway?

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« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2005, 10:34:21 PM »
Where do I get to know that my answer is correct?:p

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« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2005, 12:00:35 AM »
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Originally posted by Soul Reaver
What forum you get this from anyway?

Umm...http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/forums

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Originally posted by Unicron!
Where do I get to know that my answer is correct?:p

Your avatarr remind me of Overdrive Ostrich from Mega Man X2 for SNES.  That game rocks for its time.

The answer haven\'t been given out yet.  After reading it several times, I thought the cop was the murderer, then I thought it might be the boyfriend...but you said it\'s the cop\'s wife...so I think it might be her too...I don\'t know actually...

Why I thought it wasn\'t Donny because that would be too obvious and not really much of a suspense.  From Clue #7, Donny said the girl\'s boyfriend works at graveyard shift which is late night and early morning shift.  So I thought maybe the Cop came to visit her at 3 A.M. in the morning while her boyfriend\'s away.  Then he probably killed her, then left the scene or something.  Or maybe the boyfriend murdered her and pretend that he was with at his mom\'s house the entire time.

But I got stuck though.

When you say it maybe the cop\'s wife.  Reading it again, it does seems like her done it though.  And thinking about it does make sense.  Maybe the wife\'s jealous that her husband is cheating on her.  So, while he was cheating on her that early morning, then goes to work that afternoon.  The wife took advantage of the time where the husband is at work doing paperworks.  She came to visit the girl.  Then she killed her, not sure how though.  Maybe she is experienced with autopsy or something.  After she killed her, she make it all clean with pretty much hardly any evidence left behind.

Then she came back home.  Then in the evening, the cop came home from work and have dinner with his wife.  The way the wife responded to his story is really quite suspicious.

so maybe she did killed her.  Unicron might be right.  But what still put me in question is how did the wife did it?

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« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2005, 01:52:45 AM »
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Umm...http://www.hometheaterhifi.com/forums


Your avatarr remind me of Overdrive Ostrich from Mega Man X2 for SNES.  That game rocks for its time.

The answer haven\'t been given out yet.  After reading it several times, I thought the cop was the murderer, then I thought it might be the boyfriend...but you said it\'s the cop\'s wife...so I think it might be her too...I don\'t know actually...

Why I thought it wasn\'t Donny because that would be too obvious and not really much of a suspense.  From Clue #7, Donny said the girl\'s boyfriend works at graveyard shift which is late night and early morning shift.  So I thought maybe the Cop came to visit her at 3 A.M. in the morning while her boyfriend\'s away.  Then he probably killed her, then left the scene or something.  Or maybe the boyfriend murdered her and pretend that he was with at his mom\'s house the entire time.

But I got stuck though.

When you say it maybe the cop\'s wife.  Reading it again, it does seems like her done it though.  And thinking about it does make sense.  Maybe the wife\'s jealous that her husband is cheating on her.  So, while he was cheating on her that early morning, then goes to work that afternoon.  The wife took advantage of the time where the husband is at work doing paperworks.  She came to visit the girl.  Then she killed her, not sure how though.  Maybe she is experienced with autopsy or something.  After she killed her, she make it all clean with pretty much hardly any evidence left behind.

Then she came back home.  Then in the evening, the cop came home from work and have dinner with his wife.  The way the wife responded to his story is really quite suspicious.

so maybe she did killed her.  Unicron might be right.  But what still put me in question is how did the wife did it?
She knew Donny probably ;)
Not his job to know he sais but he knows some details.
So it could be both Donny`s and the cop`s wife work.

Also bare in mind that the murderer is calm.The murderer liked what he/she did.Donny might have helped the wife kill the girl because she believed the cop was cheating on her with that girl.But Donny could  be the cop`s wife`s lover.He is trying to throw the blame on the cop too so both he and her could run away with it
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« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2005, 02:29:49 AM »
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Originally posted by Unicron!
She knew Donny probably ;)
Not his job to know he sais but he knows some details.
So it could be both Donny`s and the cop`s wife work.

Also bare in mind that the murderer is calm.  The murderer liked what he/she did.  Donny might have helped the wife kill the girl because she believed the cop was cheating on her with that girl.  But Donny could  be the cop\'s wife\'s lover.  He is trying to throw the blame on the cop too so both he and her could run away with it

Wow.  You are really good at solving mystery.  You might be right about the killer is Donny after all and the wife\'s also involved.

Funny, the very first time I read it on the other forum, I just go with the obvious and think it\'s Donny.  But then I read it over again, and over again, then I ruled him out because i thought that would be too obvious...

Even though I haven\'t confirmed the answer yet, but Damn Unicron, you have some thinking skill.  What you said really makes sense.

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« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2005, 03:59:02 AM »
[sp]Just a wild guess given the circumstances.. the boyfriend. Or possibly one of the neighbors (not Donny)[/sp]
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« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2005, 01:05:22 PM »
the cops were at the scene at 6pm and the boyfriend worked the graveyard shift.  Im not sure if that has anything to do with it, but it may be a clue (considering it says "add it all up")

Also, from the murder\'s perspective, he/she knew her better than family, friends, and lovers. That leaves out the BF, cop, and any family members. Could be the nosey old lady or her husband in the building.

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« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2005, 02:29:02 PM »
It was all of em!
Who is this anamoly we call Jumpman? How is he able to do what he does and still survive after years of torment? It seems he feeds on the hate, growing with an intense passion to put unassuming members in their place.

 

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