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Evidence doesn't always help.. right?
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AceHarding
AceHarding

Dec-28-2004 23:30


Correct me if I'm wrong, but just because you found a footprint/note at the crime scene doesn't neccarily mean the person who wrote/made the item did it, right? Could of sworn I had a case (which was supposed to be "easy" BTW), where the shoe marker said the footprint at the crime scene did NOT belong to any of the suspect without alibis, but one of them turned out to be the guilty party.

Or was it the note turned out not to belong to the guilty suspect? Can't remember which, but just trying to verify whether or not those two clues will always point to the right suspect...

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reda
reda
Well-Connected

Dec-29-2004 01:38

look at it like this: many ppl passed there and left prints notes hairs and threads. only one of the clues left will belong to the guilty suspect (no alibi) the rest is from others. in the begining you might not be smart enough (have smart skills and smartly dressed) to find all the evidence. so it could be that you only found evidence that belongs to innocent suspects (real alibis). if that is the case try to find 2 witness evidences pointing to the same person.

giulianar
giulianar

Dec-29-2004 18:36

that's why i check my alibis first. I also write notes on paper so I can keep everything straight in my head. because otherwise I get confused ;)
then when i go to the townpeople I only ask about those with no alibi. they still clam on me but not as much

Holly s.
Holly s.
Well-Connected

Dec-29-2004 20:51

I would only check alibis first on only up to hard cases. After that,Can be a waste of questions. Especially if the evd is heavy foot/curly hair and the suspect is slim with straight hair.

Moonshh
Moonshh
Well-Connected

Dec-30-2004 00:32

I firmly believe in asking about others with motives first - even before asking about alibi - until the suspect list is complete.

I know there is now a way around this, but I still look at getting suspects from the townspeople as a kind of "emergency escape hatch."

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Dec-30-2004 11:14

I agree with Moonshh, for all levels.

reda
reda
Well-Connected

Dec-30-2004 11:48

i agree too!

Dogberta
Dogberta
Nomad

Dec-30-2004 12:47

I use a slightly different strategy that works well, at least on tougher cases. For the first few suspects, I always ask motives first - but if that generates a fairly long list of suspects, I will switch to asking alibis first as long as I still have two more suspects beyond the one I'm questioning.

The strategy to 'always ask motives first' is a little more conservative/safer but may use up questions you don't need, since suspect #4 may well give you motives for some you already have.

I think the townie change makes the alibis first less risky. My mixed strategy has worked very well for me even before the townies could help.

MeganR6
MeganR6

Dec-30-2004 20:13

The Fortune Teller's predictions are helpful here. I ask motives now until I get the minimum number of suspects for the level, then pay the $20 to see if I need to ask any more people.

jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

Dec-31-2004 10:42

I would agree, the fortune teller is my best friend now.

Rivergallery
Rivergallery

Dec-31-2004 13:48

Also if you are in an agency that has all the contacts you don't need to ask alibis till after evidence points to them ;)

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