Braingle Lite


May's Attack

Category:Mystery
Submitted By:TRILLIONAIRE
Fun:*** (2.75)
Difficulty:** (1.24)



May was attacked the week before the trial. Dozens of people were entering the courthouse, with the trial about to begin. Listen closely to the testimonies and arguments to see if you can figure out who was most likely the attacker.

May stepped up to the bench and started to tell the story of her attack. She showed the judge the bruise on the right side of her face. The only thing that she could not remember was the description of the attacker. May was blindfolded the whole time. "As soon as I turned and faced the person behind me, the attacker, I was hit," she recalled.

The prime suspect of the case was Tom, a factory worker that walked past May's house every day after work. The judge asked for some background about Tom. He was a tall and strong man. When he was younger, he was adopted by May's aunt and uncle. He never got along with May and her parents. At age six, a machine in the factory injured his left arm; he still is unable to use it. At age nine, he broke both of his legs while he was over May's house when a cabinet fell over on him. At age twelve, he went into a coma for three days after a car accident. Tom was obviously very accident-prone. Tom's alibi was that he was at work at the time of the attack.

The next suspect was called up to the bench. Bob took a seat and signed his name on a legal document the judge passed him. The clip of the pen had been broken and sharp, making a small cut in Bob's hand. The bailiff handed Bob a small bandage for the cut. "Good thing you don't have to put the bloody hand on the Bible," the bailiff said right before Bob was sworn in. Bob started to tell his story. "I came into the house one afternoon and saw May hurt. She said someone attacked her." Bob continued, "I saw that her face was bruised and called a doctor to look at it."

From this information, the judge thought he knew who had hurt May. Can you figure it out?

Hint:

Tom's background is important.

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Comments on this teaser

Posted by xdbtcp06/03/08
It's like reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" all over again... :roll:
Posted by jaycr06/03/08
If the attacker came from behind then I'd be looking at Tom
Posted by TRILLIONAIRE06/03/08
Yeah, this was inspired by To Kill A Mockingbird. :lol: Jaycr, good point. I thought that I added that in, but I guess not. Good catch. :wink:
Posted by 4demo06/06/08
It does seem like a repeat of "To Kill a Mockingbird"... :-?
Posted by SweetAshleyGirl06/07/08
LOVED IT
Posted by SweetAshleyGirl06/07/08
LOVE IT!
Posted by SweetAshleyGirl06/07/08
LOVE IT!
Posted by SweetAshleyGirl06/07/08
LOVE IT!
Posted by stephiesd06/08/08
Hahaha. The names totally gave it away. May, Tom, Bob... Straight from the book. Easy to remember... Ha. Just glad I finally got one of these ones right...
Posted by Harmony_Girl06/08/08
[color=slateblue]Dang, I thought that since Tom had no legs, he couldn't walk past her house. :laugh:
Posted by arcwolf06/09/08
I thought about the handedness and figured that's where you were going, but if there was only one bruise, it could have easily been a backhanded hit.
Posted by friesaregood06/09/08
Woohoo, I got it right! :lol:
Posted by ILoveWicked150506/10/08
To Kill a Mockingbird. That made it easy.
Posted by tommysmo06/10/08
Handedness was a key. You said she was blindfolded though, so there's no way to know which direction the strike came from. However, you did say the judge thought so. You didn't say it was so.
Posted by kunju06/13/08
good teaser :P
Posted by hollisterrox06/15/08
yay i got it right!!
Posted by jsdodgers06/15/08
Good teaser, but way too easy.
Posted by salli06/23/08
nice one! :lol:
Posted by carawilson07/08/08
really good, i like more elaboration and clues to sift through but definitely still good and challenging
Posted by johnyboy4431109/28/08
I tought TOM was the attacker because of HE WALKED
Posted by chittermouse310/01/08
After i saw the answer i thought of to kill a mockingbird but i didn't figure it out
Posted by BMLM10/08/08
loved it i got it in 5 mins cuz of hint:) Thx for this good riddle -runescape player: mleflmcln :) my rs account^^
Posted by kingofda80811/15/08
i got it 2 once it said his right hand broken and den wen da guuy wrote wit hiz left hand...lol good teaser
Posted by roseylili11/30/08
fun! :D
Posted by Gemi201202/05/09
Great story, loved the book, hated the ending. Great brain teaser I almost got it wrong but then I figured out this was based on the book.
Posted by Gemi201202/05/09
Sorry, I meant hated the end of the ending to "To Kill a Mockingbird" not your story. That was my bad
Posted by jianeng04/11/09
fun!
Posted by TheBrainBender05/08/09
Really fun but quite easy... i love mystery teasers....
Posted by Jake1011/22/09
That was fun!! :D
Posted by dowinka04/04/10
Right when I saw that it said she had a bruise on her RIGHT cheek I immediately thought of TKAMB. And, as I continued reading it turned out I was right. It took some thinking but I got it right. Good teaser, though.
Posted by NulliusInVerba12/01/11
How were we supposed to know that it was on the right side of her face?
Posted by s0fteyes07/17/12
I thought the answer was "Bob did it" simply because how could Tom tie a blindfold with only one arm?
Posted by Vidocq05/09/13
Am I the only one who didn't think of To Kill A Mockingbird?


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