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"Rupert Brown's radio was blaring loud enough to wake the dead!" said Betty Beety. "Anyway, I went over to give him a piece of my mind. When I arrived there, I found his front door open, with his feet sticking out!"
"Must have been quite a shock," Lieutenant Georgeton said.
"Not as big a shock as when I walked in and saw that he had been plugged between the eyes!"
"Oh my," Georgeton agreed. "Now tell me Mrs. Beety, did you see or hear anything else?"
"Nope, I just flicked off the radio and hightailed it back here to call you folks."
Georgeton glowered. "You shouldn't have touched the radio, Mrs. Beety."
Georgeton returned to Rupert Brown's trailer and found Sergeant Sprott standing out front with two women. "Lieutenant, this is Allison and Maggie White. They live just across the way. Allison just got home a few moments ago but--"
"I saw the killer," Maggie blurted. "Plain as day."
"What?! You didn't tell me that!" exclaimed Allison.
"I didn't have a chance to tell you anything yet since you got home, with the police being here."
"What happened?!" Allison demanded.
"Well..." Maggie began. "That woman was running from Rupert's place. I had gone into the kitchen to get a snack, and I just happened to peek out the window to look across at Rupert's and there she was-- running out his door." She sobbed into a pink hanky.
Georgeton patted her shoulder. "If you mean Betty Beety, then I've already talked with her."
"Did she tell you about throwing the murder weapon in the trash can?"
"What?" Georgeton was stunned.
"I saw her. She stopped at Rupert's trash can and threw something in."
"You saw her throw in a gun?"
"She threw in something."
Sergeant Sprott crossed to the trash can and leaned all the way in. He did indeed find a recently fired gun right on top. He told Georgeton about his findings.
Georgeton turned to Maggie again. "You referred to Brown by his first name, were you two friends?"
She nodded. "We broke up last night. He just couldn't be faithful to one woman and--"
"He was a heel!" snapped Allison. "Gave you nothing but heartache."
"So the two of you broke up, eh?" Georgeton asked.
"Yes, but I'm not lying about what I saw. The woman threw something in his trash can!"
"How about the gunshot, ma'am, did you hear it?"
"No, I--" Tears streamed down her cheeks.
"Now look what you've done!" Allison snapped. "Of course she didn't hear the gunshot, his radio was too loud! But she did see the killer."
Georgeton turned to Sprott. "You stay here with these two. I'm going to have another talk with Mrs. Beety."
* * * * * * *
"It was just a couple tissues!" Mrs. Beety sobbed. "That's all I threw in the can. When I saw him shot like that....I- I got queasy, and I saw a tissue dispenser. So I grabbed a couple to cover my mouth..."
* * * * * * *
"I'll check the can for tissues," Sprott said to Georgeton when he got back from Mrs. Beety's trailer.
"Go right ahead. But it's not gonna prove anything," Georgeton replied. "She could have thrown both the gun and the tissues in."
"But then we're at dead end!"
Georgeton smiled grimly. "Wrong. The killer slipped up. Killers usually do."
Whom does Lieutenant Georgeton suspect?
"Must have been quite a shock," Lieutenant Georgeton said.
"Not as big a shock as when I walked in and saw that he had been plugged between the eyes!"
"Oh my," Georgeton agreed. "Now tell me Mrs. Beety, did you see or hear anything else?"
"Nope, I just flicked off the radio and hightailed it back here to call you folks."
Georgeton glowered. "You shouldn't have touched the radio, Mrs. Beety."
Georgeton returned to Rupert Brown's trailer and found Sergeant Sprott standing out front with two women. "Lieutenant, this is Allison and Maggie White. They live just across the way. Allison just got home a few moments ago but--"
"I saw the killer," Maggie blurted. "Plain as day."
"What?! You didn't tell me that!" exclaimed Allison.
"I didn't have a chance to tell you anything yet since you got home, with the police being here."
"What happened?!" Allison demanded.
"Well..." Maggie began. "That woman was running from Rupert's place. I had gone into the kitchen to get a snack, and I just happened to peek out the window to look across at Rupert's and there she was-- running out his door." She sobbed into a pink hanky.
Georgeton patted her shoulder. "If you mean Betty Beety, then I've already talked with her."
"Did she tell you about throwing the murder weapon in the trash can?"
"What?" Georgeton was stunned.
"I saw her. She stopped at Rupert's trash can and threw something in."
"You saw her throw in a gun?"
"She threw in something."
Sergeant Sprott crossed to the trash can and leaned all the way in. He did indeed find a recently fired gun right on top. He told Georgeton about his findings.
Georgeton turned to Maggie again. "You referred to Brown by his first name, were you two friends?"
She nodded. "We broke up last night. He just couldn't be faithful to one woman and--"
"He was a heel!" snapped Allison. "Gave you nothing but heartache."
"So the two of you broke up, eh?" Georgeton asked.
"Yes, but I'm not lying about what I saw. The woman threw something in his trash can!"
"How about the gunshot, ma'am, did you hear it?"
"No, I--" Tears streamed down her cheeks.
"Now look what you've done!" Allison snapped. "Of course she didn't hear the gunshot, his radio was too loud! But she did see the killer."
Georgeton turned to Sprott. "You stay here with these two. I'm going to have another talk with Mrs. Beety."
* * * * * * *
"It was just a couple tissues!" Mrs. Beety sobbed. "That's all I threw in the can. When I saw him shot like that....I- I got queasy, and I saw a tissue dispenser. So I grabbed a couple to cover my mouth..."
* * * * * * *
"I'll check the can for tissues," Sprott said to Georgeton when he got back from Mrs. Beety's trailer.
"Go right ahead. But it's not gonna prove anything," Georgeton replied. "She could have thrown both the gun and the tissues in."
"But then we're at dead end!"
Georgeton smiled grimly. "Wrong. The killer slipped up. Killers usually do."
Whom does Lieutenant Georgeton suspect?
Answer
Allison WhiteIf Allison White had "just got home" how could she know her sister didn't hear the gunshot because "the radio was too loud"? The only way she could have known the radio was on at the time of Brown's murder was to be on the scene. When confronted by this fact, Allison broke down.
"I visited him on the sly to have it out with him on how he'd treated Maggie. He was drunk. He turned the radio on real loud and grabbed me. I got free, but he came at me again. I saw a gun lying on the counter and-- It was self-defense."
The evidence supported Allison's story. Brown's blood-alcohol was found to be extremely high. Plus, the gunpowder residue around the bullet hole indicated he was shot at very close range.
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I really love mystery this one was easy but quite fun
Thanx
Thanx
Missed that one, great teaser though.
thanks guys!
Don't these get any harder...
this was nice, and i liked the ending
very well written i loved the story i knew it was not the girl who found him..
Didn't get it right (rare for me). Anyway, great teaser (better because it did trip me up!) Keep them coming.
Didnt get it right either
well sorta
i guessed allison because she was standing up for maggie.
but i didnt get the right reason i think
anyways great teaser!
well sorta
i guessed allison because she was standing up for maggie.
but i didnt get the right reason i think
anyways great teaser!
did u just copy and paste this from mysterynet?
i originally thought allison, but then i re-read the teaser.
if betty didn't shoot brown, and she did throw the tissues in the bin, why was the gun on "the very top" and not the tissues?
after reading that sentence i suspected betty...
good teaser otherwise
if betty didn't shoot brown, and she did throw the tissues in the bin, why was the gun on "the very top" and not the tissues?
after reading that sentence i suspected betty...
good teaser otherwise
Great teaser, very well written. Keep 'em coming.
This is copied from mysterynet.com. I think their stuff is copyrighted.
Please write more!
I didn;t catch it at first but after I got through and he said the killer "slipped up" I figured I had to go back. I got it right! It was very fun too!
what song was playing?
Very good,give us some more.
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I got this one right! Thanks for the easy teaser.
I did think it was Maggie, but for wrong reasons. (she just "seemed" suspicious. heh),
however, after reading the answer, now I think it was Dan, 'cause in the riddle the victim is called Rupert BROWN, but in the answer, he's refered to as "Mr. BLACK".
Hmmm, curiouser and curiouser!
however, after reading the answer, now I think it was Dan, 'cause in the riddle the victim is called Rupert BROWN, but in the answer, he's refered to as "Mr. BLACK".
Hmmm, curiouser and curiouser!
nice teaser, i thot it was maggie at first since he had broken up with her on account of not being able to be faithful to one woman, but then i knew it was allison b/c it would only have been too easy for her to be angry, and these things never add up to what you first suspect!!!
im clueless dude
i guessed it right but i didn't like it much coz it's always the least suspected women in the backround
Lots of fun, even if it was easy. The radio was too much a main point in the start of the story; but cleaverly put!
Very easy but well written as well. Good job!
Fun but long
Very easy. I only had to read it through once to get the answer. But it was fun anyway.
easy but very fun! keep it up!
Not too easy n not too hard... i was nearly wrong but after second readin, i finally got d ans.
Almost missed the most important Clue, Of Course, Allison committed the Murder. She knew too much to have just gotten home. Cool Teaser. Keep them coming, but short. Excellent Writing. I enjoy good writing skills.
I almost blamed Betty, b/c in today's time with Law and Order who would walk over a body, turn off the radio, and then find tissue to wipe their noise. Gotta Go! ?????????
I thought Betty's story was fishy because she would have had to step over Rupert's body to "walk in" the door as she claimed. She could have seen that he'd been shot without going inside!!
too long
that was to long it made me not want to read it
Very fun and rather easy, although I too initially thought it odd that Betty would step over a body in a doorway to go turn off a radio.
Why does it make it Allison as the killer? it all ready states that Alison and her sister had spoken before the police had arrived in the exchange ( "I saw the killer," Maggie blurted. "Plain as day."
"What?! You didn't tell me that!" exclaimed Allison.)
So Maggie could have told her about the radio being on and that she heard it be switched off when Betty left. It only says she forgot to mention to her sister about the Gun in the trash.
"What?! You didn't tell me that!" exclaimed Allison.)
So Maggie could have told her about the radio being on and that she heard it be switched off when Betty left. It only says she forgot to mention to her sister about the Gun in the trash.
I couldn't tell the order of Allison's arrival and Betty's discovery of the body. Seems to me it could have happened either way, but maybe I'm missing something.
Very lengthy...Very easy...But still very good! Coulda been a bit shorter, though.
I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!
It was self-defense! Darn, I thought it was Allison because she seems suspicious, but I thought she was angry at her ex-boyfriend.
I actually considered that it was Maggie, jealous at his cheating ways -- and the clincher would have been tissues in the bin, white from Betty and PINK ones, pink being the ones Maggie was dabbing her eyes with after she tried to frame Betty. Ah well! Nice teaser!
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