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Jan-22-2007 05:16

Hello, i was just wondering whats with finding out that physical evidence (eg. hair) belongs to a person with an albi! It's kinda annoying 'cos' i bribe people to find out alibis if i know that particular phys evidence belongs to them, only to see that they havea legit alibi! Is this a red herring to make the game harder/interesting or is there a way to find out the murderer through it?

Jan-22-2007 06:32

To accuse you need:

1 PE + Fake/"none of your business" Alibi = Guilty
1 WE + Fake/"none of your business" Alibi = guilty
2 WE = guilty

PE=Physical Evidence WE=Witness Evidence

You will never find 2 pieces of physical evidence belonging to one person with a fake/no alibi. Physical Evidence matches to suspects on a 1 to 1 ratio;
There will be one piece that will match 1 person with a fake alibi, and all other physical evidence will match different people with real alibis. Perhaps those people came on the scene before or after the person was murdered, and left their hair, thread, notes, and/or footprints.

Only one person with a fake alibi in each case will have 2 pieces of witness evidence against them(they will be the guilty person), though others with valid alibis may have 1 piece of witness evidence.

Jan-22-2007 06:33

Hi Polly.

If you find out that a piece of physical evidence (PE) belongs to a person who has a false alibi, or no alibi, then you've got the murderer. Each bit of PE belongs to a different suspect. Therefore, all the other pieces of PE must belong to people who have real alibis, otherwise you'd have more than one person you could legitimately accuse! The game's all about finding out which is which.

Hope that answers your question!

Cordy

Jan-22-2007 06:34

(sorry, simultaneous posting going on here!)

Jan-23-2007 21:28

Thanks guys!

Jan-23-2007 22:16

Yeah it is red herring. If it wasn't for multiple pieces of evidence sleuth would be alot easier than it currently is.