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Roxette.J
Roxette.J

Jul-30-2007 12:45



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Deborha Lee
Deborha Lee

Jul-30-2007 16:07

Remember that these are rumors and should be treated as such. I've had a townie say, "so-and-so hasn't seen or heard anything suspicious" and had so-and-so turn out to be my killer - or actually end-up not being my killer and having no WE for me.

I'm with Lady Emerald on this one. I always ask my contact for a name just to try to save myself a question. Sometimes it helps and sometimes not. I do not ask other townies unless I'm stuck and need another suspect. You never know when you'll need your questions with a townie because 3 suspects claim to have been with said townie at the time of the murder.

A lot of this game is thinking on your feet, as well as adjusting your tactics and approach based upon the information you obtain, and that which you calculate that you will need.

Deb Lee - Lover of Relative Clauses. LOL

Jim Diamond
Jim Diamond

Jul-31-2007 01:43

What makes this pretty hard for me to digest is that suspects in random cases are supposed to "tell the truth". This doesn't seem to apply to what they tell other suspects or townspeople, but only what they tell you. Several times I've experienced that the one who "haven't seen or heard anything suspicious" has been the killer, and those who "think they know who the murderer is" has not had a clue or been the killer themselves.

Are there other instances where the suspects can be lying? Do they ever lie to *you*?

Lady Emerald Devon
Lady Emerald Devon
Nomad

Jul-31-2007 02:30

Ok.

* Haven't seen or heard anything suspicious

They are NOT a person that will give you WE, even if you could ask them about ALL the suspects, they will just say, they haven't seen or heard anything suspicious.

*_______ thinks they know who the murderer is

They ARE a person who will give you WE if you ask them about ALL suspects.
HOWEVER, just like there are more than one PE in a case there are more than two WE.

So... even if you ask them who they think they know the murderer and they give you WE it doesn't mean it belongs to the guilty person, just us the curly hair, the straight footprint and the left note you also found doesn't belong to the the guilty party.

_______________________________________________________

Just as every case is programmed to give you a set number of PE, every case is programmed to give you a set number of WE.
Just as you might not find all the PE in a case, you might not find all the WE in a case.

I hope this helps.

Lady Emerald Devon
Lady Emerald Devon
Nomad

Jul-31-2007 02:35

And Jim, the key word there is THINKS so that person is programmed with some WE just like the Crime Scene is programmed with PE.

And they do NOT lie because they only THINK they know who did it.

*wishes she had italics to use instead of caps*



Jim Diamond
Jim Diamond

Jul-31-2007 07:18

Add bold, underscored, embed links and edit function to that list.

Dave Von Wave
Dave Von Wave
Well-Connected

Aug-2-2007 11:03

And beyond that there's the idea that no false WE will be given twice.

That is, if you get WE implicating one suspect from two people. THAT suspect is your killer. Regardless of wether or not you've gotten an alibi from them yet. (Since that alibi WILL be false)

woggle woggs
woggle woggs
Well-Connected

Aug-2-2007 16:27

A helpful strategy I use is to start each case asking my non-PE contact if they know anything about the crime. If they say so-and-so knows nothing suspicious, then I know I can ask that suspect for alibi and motives without fearing that I'd lose a WE. It doesn't matter if they clam up after that because you know they wouldn't be able to provide you with a WE anyways. If on the other hand the contact says so-and-so *thinks* they know who the murderer is, I'd be more inclined to reserve my questions with that suspect until I need them (after going through my other suspects), as there is a chance they might be able to point to the culprit.

Explorina
Explorina

Feb-9-2016 20:29

I have had several suspects that townies said knew something , actually be the guilty person. They weren't lying..they really did know who the killer was lol since it was them!


Joshua Chang
Joshua Chang

Feb-11-2016 14:37

Explorina, that happens to be chance. If someone says they know something/someone who might have a reason for committing the crime, it makes them a possible witness evidence. HOWEVER, this does NOT mean that who they suspect necessarily committed the crime. In the same line of thinking, just because a suspect thinks they know something about someone else doesn't make them a killer - it's possible they just want to lead you off on a rabbit trail, or it could mean that they actually know something.
Note: as a follow up, if someone who has a valid alibi claims to know someone who might have something to do with a crime, they are NOT always right - they could still be wrong, even though they themselves aren't the killer.

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