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Hi, I'm Carlie Hansen, and I am renowned through the whole of England for my detective skills. I just solved the case of the murder of Kayla Mae Rheims, 31, in Manchester last month.
Kayla Mae was shot in the stomach and died from her injuries half an hour later. The gun was left at the scene - her home - and had no traces of DNA. Clearly the murderer had planned it beforehand and worn gloves. The CCTV had been disabled, but it had picked up the noise of the murder. However, the voice of the murderer had been purposely muffled.
I was distressed at this, particularly because they had arrested someone who was clearly innocent. The milkman had been doing his rounds, and had heard the commotion. He had come into the house, seen Kayla Mae dying and rang an ambulance, but the police came too and arrested him. It was clear from several witness statements and CCTV cameras further up the road that this was true.
I was convinced the murderer was Dr. Brian Rheims, Kayla Mae's husband. I finally was able to gain access to the audio from the murder scene.
"Please, please, I swear it's yours..."
"NO! I know people round here. Give it up, I know it's not mine! You don't deserve it!"
"Oh God...Please, please, help me! Somebody! Help me!"
"God's not going to help you now! If it's not mine, then it can't be anyone's!"
Gunshot blasts.
It took a lot of thinking to figure that case out! Eventually, I managed to work out the culprit, and the motive for the murder.
Who killed Kayla Mae, and why?
Kayla Mae was shot in the stomach and died from her injuries half an hour later. The gun was left at the scene - her home - and had no traces of DNA. Clearly the murderer had planned it beforehand and worn gloves. The CCTV had been disabled, but it had picked up the noise of the murder. However, the voice of the murderer had been purposely muffled.
I was distressed at this, particularly because they had arrested someone who was clearly innocent. The milkman had been doing his rounds, and had heard the commotion. He had come into the house, seen Kayla Mae dying and rang an ambulance, but the police came too and arrested him. It was clear from several witness statements and CCTV cameras further up the road that this was true.
I was convinced the murderer was Dr. Brian Rheims, Kayla Mae's husband. I finally was able to gain access to the audio from the murder scene.
"Please, please, I swear it's yours..."
"NO! I know people round here. Give it up, I know it's not mine! You don't deserve it!"
"Oh God...Please, please, help me! Somebody! Help me!"
"God's not going to help you now! If it's not mine, then it can't be anyone's!"
Gunshot blasts.
It took a lot of thinking to figure that case out! Eventually, I managed to work out the culprit, and the motive for the murder.
Who killed Kayla Mae, and why?
Hint
Why would someone be angry that something wasn't theirs? And also, why didn't the murderer shoot her in the heart or head? Why did he go for something like the stomach?Answer
Brian Rheims killed Kayla Mae. (I was right!) Kayla Mae was five months pregnant, and Brian had discovered that Kayla Mae had slept with someone else and the baby wasn't his. Enraged, he put on his gloves from the hospital, grabbed the gun and shot Kayla Mae in the stomach, so that even if Kayla survived, the baby wouldn't.More on Carlie Hansen soon!
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I got it straight away but I did enjoy the teaser. I thought there was a weird clue in the strange names of the characters but it was actually quite straight forward.
very well thought out and written. I too am an amatuer slueth and having a keen analytical mind deduced the correct answer in short order! I'm gled that evil man is behind bars, and I do hope the milk- man received an official apology for his wrongful arrest. do you have more of this type of situation problem? Feel free to write me when you do .
Very well-written.
As Sherlock Holmes once remarked, "It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data."
Your pouncing on the husband as culprit ignores the possibility that it may have been the lover (and actual father) who was enraged at the idea of another man (her husband) claiming and raising the child- the recording certainly can be read that way. Also, the detectives would be looking for fingerprints on the gun before seeking DNA - you've been watching too much CSI. Keep trying, though - you've gotan interesting character in development here.
Your pouncing on the husband as culprit ignores the possibility that it may have been the lover (and actual father) who was enraged at the idea of another man (her husband) claiming and raising the child- the recording certainly can be read that way. Also, the detectives would be looking for fingerprints on the gun before seeking DNA - you've been watching too much CSI. Keep trying, though - you've gotan interesting character in development here.
I enjoyed this teaser, and only got it after I read the hint. Sad, but good.
Just had a curiusity,
how do you submit a situation?
I have a really good one indeed.
how do you submit a situation?
I have a really good one indeed.
WOW;
this has been one of my favourites.
this has been one of my favourites.
Fun but too easy,
good teaser though
good teaser though
this one is kinda creepy... but well written! i loved it1
Great teaser!
I thought that the guy was just jealous and what wasn't his was her love.......
I got it almost immediately!! but its a lil too sadist! poor baby! but one thing- "I know ppl around here" what is that suppozd to mean?
Soo... is the milkman the father?
That was very easy and lol to the comment above.
Ewwww - how gruesome!
That was disturbing
It is an excellent teaser, wwithout any doubts. but it wasn't fair to kil the poor child AND the mom. couldn't have they just sat and made out the differences? and then, SHOOTING. Seriously? Where are ABORTIONS? and, P.S he should have given her the chance to explain. perhaps the person who slept with her was her MOM or even if it was a man, she coud have slept AFTER she got pregnant. HORRIBLE father. Just suppose, killing babies in the WOMB just 'cause he THINKS it's not his. BUT; awesome ,EXCELLENT,BRILIANT, FABUOUS, FANTASTIC teaser. Keep them coming, PRETTY please with a cherry on top
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