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pandapan
pandapan

Jul-13-2016 07:26

I'm working on a very hard case (not exactly newbie but I'm new to very hard cases aha) I have a suspect with not alibi that suspects someone(not sure who clammed before I fund out but has to be someone with an alibi) and then I have another person who doesn't have an alibi that suspects the person that suspects someone. I had this issue before and went after the one who was in the position of the first suspect I mentioned. Yet it ended up being wrong. If there any rule of thumb for this or is it just a guess? One more peice of information, the evidence I found matches noone without an alibi. So it is compleatly dependent on what the suspects say.

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Real McCoy
Real McCoy
Nomad

Jul-13-2016 09:35

If you have a suspect with a fake alibi or no alibi, and you can match a piece of evidence against him then this person is always guilty. The same applies if this person with fake/no alibi has a witness against him.

If you found a piece of evidence it ALWAYS matches with a suspect, but only one will match with a suspect that has a fake alibi or no alibi. Also make sure that your list of suspects is complete. The harder a case, the more suspects. Sometimes a case can have a variable number of suspects. For instance, an Almost Impossible case can have 10 or 11 suspects.

Real McCoy
Real McCoy
Nomad

Jul-13-2016 09:38

To make sure your list of suspects is complete, visit the Fortune Teller and pay him/her a small amount of $20.

Autumnsprings
Autumnsprings
Con Artist

Jul-13-2016 11:01

The "formulas" (formulae?) for a guilty person are these

1. PE+FAKE/NO ALIBI
A piece of physical evidence (like a hair) + fake/no alibi (meaning "not that it's any of your business but I don't have an alibi", not that you couldn't get their alibi because they clammed or you couldn't verify the alibi because the townie clammed) is guilty.
2. WE + FAKE/NO ALIBI
Mahetta suspects Hortons because he saw her wearing the victim's watch + fake/no alibi is guilty.
3. WE + WE
Two people suspect Hortense because she had blood on her hands and was wearing the victim's watch. Hortense is guilty.

*******Remember*******

2 PE + WE doesn't mean anything. The person could be guilty or not, but that is not enough to safely accuse someone.



Autumnsprings
Autumnsprings
Con Artist

Jul-13-2016 11:03

That last bit should read

*******Remember*******

PE + WE doesn't mean anything. The person could be guilty or not, but that is not enough to safely accuse someone.

Sorry for adding to the confusion. :/

Lady Jas
Lady Jas
The Chosen One

Jul-13-2016 17:41

Also a clammed alibi is not the same as "no alibi"..

Autumnsprings
Autumnsprings
Con Artist

Jul-13-2016 19:23

True clammed is when you get

"At that, he clammed up quick.
He'd had enough of my questions, unless there was something I could do to convince him to be more cooperative."


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