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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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I don't think you can get finger prints off cloth. unless the pillow was plastic or something.
since when would somebody hoping to get fingerprints grab the evidence with his hands and throw it casually to someone?
True. Maybe the chief did it and was trying to make an explanation for earlier fingerprints. For od-1, you're right, it is very hard, but I think possible.
Okay but not very intersesting
this one was really easy
he threw tha pillow
durh!
durh!
I thought it might be the victim's prints
(she may have clutched at the pillow to get
it off her). Assuming, of course, that
the pillow held prints at all.
(she may have clutched at the pillow to get
it off her). Assuming, of course, that
the pillow held prints at all.
yeah i thought they were the victims prints... how was the cheif involved in the murder?
OoO ... plastic pillow. Oo; sounds comfy ... very easy but w/e, got you some points, eh?
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I thought it was okay..................... but can a pillow REALLY have fingerprints?
I've actually known people to get fingerprints off of anything but rocks. I don't really know how but it is possible.
I would think that it's more like to get fingerprints off of a rock than a pillow. Just saying; but then again so has everyone else.
*likely
oops.
oops.
I agree with dewtell
It is possible to get prints off bed linens, course and pitted articles like wood and cement and even human skin! They use super glue and heat it up, I learned all this by watching Court TV
Pretty cool aye?
Pretty cool aye?
GOOD TEASER!!
I was sort of offhandedly thinking about that as I read it so I got it SUPER fast... so yeah fun anyway though my own attentiveness got you an "easy" rating
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