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anjm
anjm

Oct-5-2004 19:56

this is a first, i never seen 2 suspects accusing each other!! how interesting!!

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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Oct-6-2004 03:54

Yes you have to ask them if you want to know.

elvenwonder
elvenwonder

Oct-6-2004 09:29

I think there is a confusion here about asking if they know anyone with a motive, and asking if they have seen or heard anything to make them suspect someone.

You ask motives to make your list of suspects. Without asking motives you have no suspects.

I ask if they have seen or heard anything once I have my list of suspects with fake alibis, that way I can narrow down further who I have to ask evidence about. Just keep in mind, if one person saw them wash blood from their hands, that doesn't make them a killer unless you have two people who saw or heard something, or physical evidence against them and a fake/none alibi.

Hope that helps!

Rivergallery
Rivergallery

Oct-6-2004 11:56

DITTO
And the info about if they had seen and heard anything DOES help. I usually can eliminate 1-2 suspects that way.. I ask about the same suspects in the same order to everyone, usually do this before checking evidence, except for Butcher and Barber my "spies" :)

hakunamatata
hakunamatata

Oct-6-2004 13:08

That is what I do also, I start at the top of the list of suspects (with fake alibis of course) and ask my way down, then when I start with the evidence I ask my way up the list.

Dr. Falco Maltese
Dr. Falco Maltese
Well-Connected

Oct-6-2004 20:50

Ah, see, and I take the opposite approach. I ask about motive until my suspect list is complete, asking about alibi second.

Then I investigate the evidence and alibis with my contacts. As I find out whose footprint it is, I check the alibi.

Then, if necessary, I continue on to the physical evidence with my non-contact townspeople. For that part of solving I check the alibi first, and then only ask about the curly hair (or whatever) for that person if they have curly hair and no valid alibi.

Then if all the townspeople clam up on me, I ask my fellow agents in my agency for help OR go ahead to asking the suspects about whom they suspect, having narrowed down the list by this time to two or three people.

So it's the opposite approach, saving the suspect evidence for last, and it works very well for me, but of course this is with an evidence contact and working within the context of what's possible in an agency.

Rivergallery
Rivergallery

Oct-7-2004 08:38

Falco- I just gained my evidence contact, so am starting to use that more.. I have the barber so I check alibis for her right away and check hair often before verifying alibis.

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