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Nov-9-2006 19:28

Can someone please refresh my memory as to what the exact formulae are to be able to safely accuse a suspect? I'm in my Sleuth senility stage.

Nov-10-2006 00:33

I"ve always been told WE+PE does NOT equal guilty, and have definitely FAed on those before....

Nov-10-2006 01:05

You cannot use the formula PE+WE=guilty by itself no matter what the WE is based on unless...You have figured out the amount of possible suspects with real and/or fake alibis. In fact I have been using Evita's Helper Page and it does the math for you so even if you have not spoken with a suspect or their alibi yourself, or if either one of them has clammed up and will not answer, if you get all possible fake or real alibis you then mark remaining suspects opposite. But you have to be sure of all the real and/or fake alibis that there are on the given case. The helper page figures it out and so far it has not been wrong for me(as long as the info I insert is correct) and I have been using it since oct. 27th on over 100cases in our agency.

Nov-10-2006 02:15

A test case I did a while back had 5 WEs - 2 for people with real alibis who both had PE against them, 1 real without PE and 2 WEs against the murderer.

I think any case can potentially have as many WEs as there are real alibis + the 2 WEs for the gulity party, so yes it should be possible to have PE+WE for every case, though of course that won't be enough to accuse :)

Nov-10-2006 10:15

Just adding my voice to those who have made false accusations with just 1WE + 1 PE...

Nov-10-2006 10:46

Yup. Don't do it. Heartbreak.

Nov-10-2006 10:54

The bottom line would be that
PE + fake/no alibi = guilty
WE + fake/no alibi = guilty
Those two formulas are FACT, ABSOLUTE, PERIOD CASE SOLVED MOVE
ON ALREADY!!
BUTT without any other kind of support or proof just by itself the formula
WE + WE (2WE) = NOTHING FOR SURE or maybe a POSITVELY MAYBE!!!
Accusing based on only 2WE will eventually end up with your Detective retired from too many FAs

Nov-10-2006 11:00

BTW I just had my record cleared by Shady, 1 FA I have had for almost 2 years now about 612 days. I did get a deal from Shady for half off the normal rate yet it still cost me WAY over $100,000.

WE + WE = DEATH OF YOUR DETECTIVE or TOO MUCH$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Nov-10-2006 11:40

Sleuth Sindy - I have brain "failures" (as you so politely term them) frequently - perhaps I need to up my Ginko Biloba dosage? LOL
The jury is in - WE + PE does not equal guilty

But Ichiban - I believe that two WE's does, in fact, equal a guilty suspect
I have never generated a false accusation with two WE's

Nov-10-2006 11:43

I very often accuse based on 2WE, and have never been wrong, ichiban. I understoood that this was air tight?

Nov-10-2006 11:51

I have accussed with 2 WEs in many occassions. It has been right. But it has to be 2 WEs, not just one.