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Fingerprints
Situation
Situation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.Situation
The chief threw the pillow at Malstrom."The woman was smothered, and this was obviously the murder weapon. See if you can do something right for a change and get some fingerprints."
Malstrom took it back to the lab and found a set of prints on it easily. Furthermore, he knew exactly who they belonged to and that the person was indeed involved in the murder. But he didn't even think of considering this person a suspect. Why not?
Malstrom took it back to the lab and found a set of prints on it easily. Furthermore, he knew exactly who they belonged to and that the person was indeed involved in the murder. But he didn't even think of considering this person a suspect. Why not?
Answer
They were the chief's prints; he put them there when he "threw the pillow at Malstrom."Hide Answer Show Answer
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