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(Message started by: Kitty on Apr 28^th, 2003, 8:43am)

Title: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on Apr 28^th, 2003, 8:43am

A painting has been stolen from a museum. The suspects are:

The museum manager,
his wife,
the cleaner and
two visitors.

Who did it? Why? and How?

Okay. This is suppost to be easyish (but still be carefull). It is a weird kind of what happened as it is a crime with suspects. You have to find what happened by asking the suspects, looking in there pockets, looking at the of the crime, whatever really.

e.g.

You ask: I ask the manager where he was at the time of the crime.

I said: The manager says that he was asleep as the crime was at midnight

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by mistysakura on Apr 29^th, 2003, 12:16am

Is the information given in the example true? i.e. the crime happened at midnight.

Can I 'observe' whether there are opening times posted anywhere?

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on Apr 29^th, 2003, 9:38am

The imformation is true. Some of the suspects might be lying but it is true that painting were stolen at midnight.

Quote:

Can I 'observe' whether there are opening times posted anywhere?

it says on the enterce to the museum:

Opening times:

Monday - friday: 9 am to 5 pm
Suterday and sunday: 10 am to 7 pm

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by jon_G on Apr 29^th, 2003, 1:50pm

What was the scene like?

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on Apr 30^th, 2003, 12:02am

Scene of the crime?

The paiting has disappeared from its stand. There is alot of dust around. You find a broom lying a few meters from where the painting was.

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by mistysakura on Apr 30^th, 2003, 2:25am

I ask the manager whether the cleaner shold be fired due to sloppiness. ;D

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on Apr 30^th, 2003, 5:31am

NO he says that the cleaner is normally very good at his job. ;D

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by jon_G on May 1^st, 2003, 3:08pm

I ask the manager where the janitor was at the time of the crime. If he is good then it shouldn't have been dusty.

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on May 2^nd, 2003, 12:09am

THe manager says he does not know.

You can ask the janitor himself.

hint:[hide] Maybe someone was framing the cleaner, No? [/hide]

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Diapuzzboy on May 3^rd, 2003, 11:25am

I ask the manager the worth of the painting? :o

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on May 4^th, 2003, 3:37am

He says it was the most expensive picture in the museum.

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by maryl on May 4^th, 2003, 9:21am

I want to know how two visitors are suspected of stealing the painting since the place was closed at midnight?

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on May 4^th, 2003, 9:47am

There just randon people who come very often to the museum. You never know they can always brake in... ;D

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by KicksGenius on May 4^th, 2003, 11:03am

I would like to ask the manager how his wife was in bed on that night, then I would like to ask his wife the same question of him.

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on May 4^th, 2003, 11:50am

K ;D

Manager: She brilliant!

Wife: The cleaner is better...

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by KicksGenius on May 4^th, 2003, 12:13pm

I now ask, with this new knowledge, the cleaner if he is having an affair with the manager's wife.

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on May 5^th, 2003, 9:31am

The cleaner says "It is true but don't tell my boss, plez."

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by KicksGenius on May 5^th, 2003, 12:46pm

I'd like to ask the manager if he know about his wife's affair with the cleaner. Seeing as the janitor really didn't want him to know, I just feel he needs his bubble popped.

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on May 5^th, 2003, 12:55pm

The manager say he knows but his wife does not know that he knows.

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by jon_G on May 5^th, 2003, 1:59pm

Wow, this starting to sound like a soap opera. :) Well my question to the visitors is where were they on the night of the crime? And secondly do the visitors know the manager,wife,or cleaner? [hide]At this point I think the manager did it to frame the cleaner.[/hide]

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on May 6^th, 2003, 9:29am

Visitor 1 is the sister of the cleaner. She says she was at a nightclub that night.

Visitor 2 is an old deaf man who does not understand what the heck your saying. ;D

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by jon_G on May 6^th, 2003, 5:07pm

I write down on a sheet of paper: Where were you on the night that the painting was stolen. Then I ask to see what is in the pockets of all of them?

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on May 7^th, 2003, 12:19am

ok.

The man says he was asleep in bed.

pockets:

Manager: lighter, cigarettes, keys and wallet
Wife: love leter and keys
Janitor: cleaning stuff
Sister o janitor: just a purse
Old man: nothing

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by KicksGenius on May 7^th, 2003, 1:05pm

I'd like to ask the manager and his wife what their keys are to, seperately.

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on May 7^th, 2003, 1:10pm

Manager: keys for car, home, office in museum, the cases showing stuff in the museum and keys to the alarms in museum

Wife: home and car

You guys are getting there. You got the main point now try and add them together.

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by jon_G on May 8^th, 2003, 7:48pm

Well I would continue by asking if the dust around the painting were ashes from the managers cigarettes. But I think I can figure it out: [hide] Here goes holmes, the manager has framed the cleaner because he found out that his wife was having an affair with the cleaning man. So on the night of the stealing the manager with his keys got in and took the painting. While smoking a cigarett, which left ashes that look like dust. He also planted the broom in the room with him while he took it to make it look like the cleaner was the culprit. The manager has motive the wife, cleaner, cleaners sister and the other old man don't. But of course I could be completely wrong. Anyone else have sherlock guess? [/hide] ;)

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on May 9^th, 2003, 8:37am

Nope that it well done. ;D

Do you guys like this kind? As i know lots if you do.

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by jon_G on May 14^th, 2003, 6:47pm

???Since you started a new one can you give me a lead Watson, Sherlock can't think of everything. :-/ What info in my prior guess was wrong and what was right?

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Kitty on May 14^th, 2003, 11:45pm

no, it's all right.

i was says no to the " i might be totally wrong."

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by zero on Jul 15^th, 2003, 1:12pm

theory 1

[hide]the thief was non other then sister o janiter because she knew that the janitor and the hoe was having an affair so she planted the cigarette ashes beside the painting. (to frame manager) the janitor saw this while cleaning so he dropped his broom and went to tell the police on the way there. he thought well she is my sister so he went back to her and she told him what she was doing and then he said ok so i can score with the boss wife and let her go but he forgot the broom he droped [/hide] problem solved :P

theory 2

[hide]it was the deaf man its always the handicapped one!![/hide]
this one sounds more reasonable then the rest

theory 3
[hide]jon g theory[/hide]

theory 4
[hide]it was the wife she framed the the managed with the cig ashes on the painting but the janitor caught her dropped the broom and ran away in dis-beleif not telling anyone because he is also a suspect and the manager would say she was in bed and the wife would also say that[/hide]

theory 5
[hide]they were all in on it ecept for the deaf man and they wanted to frame the deaf man because there all cruel and heartless and take advantage of handicaped people[/hide]

i think it theory 2

Title: Re: Stolen Painting
Post by Bestrest on Aug 20^th, 2003, 12:03am

I would ask the Manager & Janitor & Wife & other guys these Questions:

'Have you seen anything/anyone suspicious around here?'
'Did you always had your stuff in your pockets/purse, Becouse someone MIGHT have stolen your stuff and putten back!'

Then i would like to see the keys and look for fingerprints.

Then i would go outside and look for anything broken or leaven behind.