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alien2
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Train murder
« on: Jun 22nd, 2008, 8:11pm » |
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A man was found dead with a head injury near the rail, lying on his stomach. The detective White takes a look at the victim and infers that he was killed on the train. How did the detective come to this conclusion?
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Jigsaw
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There was a train ticket (for a train that passes through that track) in his hand. Or his head had been banged against a nail in the train and the nail mark could be distinctly identified.
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Re: Train murder
« Reply #2 on: Jun 23rd, 2008, 8:55am » |
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Nope. Someone pushed him off the train, but how did the detective know that he was killed on the train and not when he hit the ground?
Btw, there's no need to invent new things here, like ticket in his hand, as the riddle is rather straightforward.
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on Jun 23rd, 2008, 8:55am, Iceman wrote:
Btw, there's no need to invent new things here, like ticket in his hand, as the riddle is rather straightforward. |
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Well then, my second answer suffices.
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Re: Train murder
« Reply #4 on: Jun 23rd, 2008, 9:20am » |
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Evidence of pallor/livor mortis? Or if the detective had a thermometer, and didn't mind measuring the rectal temperature of the victim, he could determine time of death due to algor mortis.
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Re: Train murder
« Reply #5 on: Jun 23rd, 2008, 10:17am » |
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on Jun 23rd, 2008, 9:11am, Jigsaw wrote:
Well then, my second answer suffices.
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He was hit with a blunt object, so no. The head injury was such that at first glance it looks like he might have gotten it from falling off the train. Of course, this applies to rookies, not to the keen eye of the detective.
on Jun 23rd, 2008, 9:20am, Sir Col wrote:| Evidence of pallor/livor mortis? Or if the detective had a thermometer, and didn't mind measuring the rectal temperature of the victim, he could determine time of death due to algor mortis. |
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Nope. Nothing like that.
Here's a little hint: the death was instantaneous.
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Re: Train murder
« Reply #6 on: Jun 23rd, 2008, 4:47pm » |
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See, Detective White felt this feeling inside him that said: Yes. He was killed on the train. Call it woman's intuition, even though I think he is a man
Or maybe he was wearing a conductor uniform
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Re: Train murder
« Reply #7 on: Jun 24th, 2008, 2:50am » |
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No such intuition and no uniform.
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Re: Train murder
« Reply #8 on: Jun 24th, 2008, 6:33am » |
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There is no blood on the ground.
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Re: Train murder
« Reply #9 on: Jun 24th, 2008, 7:24am » |
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Close enough. The blood ran into his ear instead of downwards. Gravity, baby.
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