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Apr-27-2004 10:38

Oct-23-2005 11:37

Hee hee. The victim was a Bedenbaugh. He had a sister named Erica, a mother named Eunice, and Martin Bedenbaugh was . . . his friend?

Nov-10-2005 14:34

I had a case a couple of days ago where my client was an ex-lover who'd jilted me (per the intro)...and then I made the mistake of falling in love with him AGAIN during the case. And I thought I was a Very Smart detective!

Nov-10-2005 14:36

Oh, and I once had a suspect named Cyrus Tibby...with the bartender as an alibi!

Nov-12-2005 21:03

Last case I had today, all suspects had the bartender as alibi. I've never been so grateful for having him as a contact. Damn, what a party it must've been too!

Also, today I figured I'd try a "really, really hard" case (I have problems with Intermediate, since I don't have many charm skills :/ ). I get the first two persons (Blanche - the client, and Keith, the one my client suspects). Head to the scene and find two notes and a hair (right handed on both notes). Ask Keith if he has an alibi, he clams up (jolly good fun, really), sweet talk him into admitting that he doesn't have one... Decide that I can check if it's his hair or not, which it IS! Head to the bartender to see if I can get some heads up on anyone else, and he says that Blanche thinks he (or if it was a she) knows who the murderer is. Head over to Blanche, asks if she thinks it's Keith... She clams up, but I sweet talk her into admitting that yes, she does believe that it is Keith.

Fastest case ever, for me. Lucky or what?

Nov-15-2005 17:21

i once had a case on a different account, this victim had four lovers, all the same gender!

Nov-15-2005 20:05

Topping her list is the victim's wife, <insert guy's name>. He...

Suspect is victim's father. Motive: Wanted to steal family heirloom???

(suspect) hasnt heard or seen anything suspicious. (suspect) ends up pointing me in the right direction. (i'm guessing a glitch)

and those pictures/relationships...will they never cease to amaze?

Nov-17-2005 09:28

I had a suspect called Madonna whose alibi was the music teacher!

Nov-17-2005 18:44

Intermediate case. 7 suspects.
5 of them family: cousin, uncle, mother, sister, brother.
Hate to be in his shoes.

Nov-17-2005 19:39

Ouch. Family issues, eh? Well, compare it to all those Hoffrogge's and Wickland's and Tibby's and Bedenbaugh's ... how many people in this game are related? I always ask myself that. Especially when all those pics don't match up any specific family tie. Chinese Wickland and a Filippino Wickland. Now, who is the true Wickland?

Jan-2-2006 18:00

The one that got me was the case where a mother came and hired me to look into her daughter's death. Three loan sharks and four opium dealers appear to be her daughter's entire circle of, ah, friends.

You can of course guess who did it. Mom.