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Secure Break-In
Mystery
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Detective Ultimatecub knocked on the door. A woman answered.
"Thanks for coming. I am Hannah Brown and my husband Sam is dead. I was woken by a loud scream at around 5am. I was sleeping upstairs and he was sleeping downstairs. I can't sleep in the same room as him because he snores. When I heard the scream I went down and entered Sam's room. I wasn't quick enough to catch the killer before they escaped somehow. He had been stabbed in the chest and still had a knife sticking out of him. I was devastated. I called you immediately."
"Can we go and investigate the crime scene?"
Hannah led Ultimatecub and the chief to a bedroom in a room adjacent to the main entry hall. Sam's bedroom was very close to the front door. Sam Brown was lying on his back, dead, and had a knife sticking out of his chest. There was a lot of blood on the bed. On the floor were his T-shirt and trousers which he had been wearing before he went to bed. In the trouser pocket were a mobile phone, a wallet containing a credit card, a £10 note and a few coins, and a small notepad. Nothing else was in the room except a few books on a shelf.
"Can we have some information on what Sam did recently?" asked the chief.
"Sam and I were having a late night out at the pub. There was a drunk man in the pub that got into an argument with Sam. We walked home and got back at around 4:30 in the morning. We were very tired. We went straight to bed, and I was only woken by his scream at around five. Sam was always very careful, always attempting to make sure he never got locked out of his house, or others breaking into the house. I suggested leaving keys under the doormat, but he wouldn't hear of it."
Ultimatecub and the chief examined the house. There did not seem to be anything out of place except for Sam's body with the knife.
Ultimatecub suggested a way that the murderer could have made their way into the house. Later, the drunk which Sam had argued with was found guilty. How had the killer broken in?
"Thanks for coming. I am Hannah Brown and my husband Sam is dead. I was woken by a loud scream at around 5am. I was sleeping upstairs and he was sleeping downstairs. I can't sleep in the same room as him because he snores. When I heard the scream I went down and entered Sam's room. I wasn't quick enough to catch the killer before they escaped somehow. He had been stabbed in the chest and still had a knife sticking out of him. I was devastated. I called you immediately."
"Can we go and investigate the crime scene?"
Hannah led Ultimatecub and the chief to a bedroom in a room adjacent to the main entry hall. Sam's bedroom was very close to the front door. Sam Brown was lying on his back, dead, and had a knife sticking out of his chest. There was a lot of blood on the bed. On the floor were his T-shirt and trousers which he had been wearing before he went to bed. In the trouser pocket were a mobile phone, a wallet containing a credit card, a £10 note and a few coins, and a small notepad. Nothing else was in the room except a few books on a shelf.
"Can we have some information on what Sam did recently?" asked the chief.
"Sam and I were having a late night out at the pub. There was a drunk man in the pub that got into an argument with Sam. We walked home and got back at around 4:30 in the morning. We were very tired. We went straight to bed, and I was only woken by his scream at around five. Sam was always very careful, always attempting to make sure he never got locked out of his house, or others breaking into the house. I suggested leaving keys under the doormat, but he wouldn't hear of it."
Ultimatecub and the chief examined the house. There did not seem to be anything out of place except for Sam's body with the knife.
Ultimatecub suggested a way that the murderer could have made their way into the house. Later, the drunk which Sam had argued with was found guilty. How had the killer broken in?
Hint
Remember what Sam was like.Answer
The killer had pickpocketed the house keys from Sam while he was in the pub. The clue was in the items Sam had in his pocket. Nowhere in his room were the keys. Since Sam would always keep keys with him (based on his wife's statement) they would have had to be stolen somewhere. Because Sam's room was very close to the front door, the killer would have had time to escape the house before the wife could catch him. You may ask how the couple entered the house if Sam didn't have his keys? Hannah had used her keys to open the door. Sam had been so tired, he had forgotten to check his keys.Hide Hint Show Hint Hide Answer Show Answer
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