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May-17-2006 15:22

Hello,
I just completed a case today, in which I had 3 fake alibis and the other 3 were real. For my evidence I had a bloody footprint and a threatening hand written note. I picked a blond female suspect after both the shoemaker and banker clammed up when I asked about the female suspect. When I asked about the other two questionable suspects they both agreed that they were unlikely suspects.
However, when I accused the blond female (one of the victim's lovers) the game said I was wrong and that in fact the suspect was a guy that both the shoemaker and the banker said didn't appear to have been at the scene of the crime! =(

I don't mean to seem like I'm complaining about the game, or being a spoilsport (in fact I find it enjoyable for the most part), but I just think that's odd that would happen.
I don't remember the exact title of the random intermmediate case, but I definitely remember the background story about how snow makes everything clean when everything underneath the layers is the total opposite. The client was the victim's servant, first name Walter.
Has this ever happened before and isthere a solution to preventing this glitch again?

Sincerely,
SJ Bristow4
(The original SJ Bristow)

May-17-2006 16:17

It's nothing if not consistent and the key to consistency is consistency. ;)

May-17-2006 16:38

Given that info SJ what I would guess happened is that there was Hair or Thread evidence pointing to that guilty party and you simply did not find it at the scene to compare it to.

I never trust the "how many false alibi" way of counting things to accuse someone. I always just exhaust every question I can from all the suspects, and a vast majority of the time I can solve the case. Never guess better to quit than a FA.

May-17-2006 23:42

Also, remember that a witness clamming up at a particular moment doesn't imply anything about their reaction to your question. It doesn't mean that a particular person is guilty and the townie or another suspect is covering for them...I'm not exactly sure how the whole thing works, but I believe that depending on your experience and the case level, each person in the game is assigned a particular number of questions to answer and once you reach that number they clam up. Then depending on your skills and equipment, you might have the chance to ask them a few more questions. At least that is how it seems to me.

May-18-2006 02:51

I think Ran hit the nail on the head, SJ, because from your description of your case it sounds like you might not have basic hair and/or thread analysis, which will enable you to find hairs and threads at the crime scene respectively.

The "problem" is that even though you may not have these skills it doesn't mean that there can't be hairs and threads at the crime scene, you just won't be able to find them. And it could be that the hair or thread might just be the piece of physical evidence (PE) that matches the murderer which is why you couldn't get a match on the footprint or the note :)