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Zoriah Bastin
Zoriah Bastin

Oct-9-2007 23:23

I just had a strange case where I had a F/A with 8 witnesses on Incredibly hard favor. I'd narrowed it down to two possible suspects, and was certain who the killer was.

Now, considering the formula is that there is always two witnesses with evidence, I thought I'd caught my killer. I was wrong. The guy whom I'd ruled out by deduction was guilty.

I questioned the 8 witnesses and got this result:

6 not guilties, plus the suspect himself makes 7, and one clam. Now surely that meant that with no two accusations against this guy I was free and clear.

Spencer - aruna ng
Aruna - spencer ng
Violet - spencer ng, aruna clam
Lian -spencer ng, aruna ng
Marcel-spencer ng , aruna ng
Prudence-spencer ng, aruna ng
Landry-spencer ng, aruna clam
Radcliffe-spencer clam, aruna clam

How is it possible that he is guilty? I take meticulous notes, and when there are two suspects, always focus on one suspect first to help me deduce who is guilty.

What did I do wrong, or am I missing here?

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Zoriah Bastin
Zoriah Bastin

Oct-12-2007 05:16

True, which is why I always pay the fortune teller to make sure I have all the suspects.

In this instance it was a matter of me having two final suspects and eliminating the person who should have been guilty, since only one WE was possible against him when there should always be two WE's per case for the guilty person.

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