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Veto1024
Veto1024

Jul-14-2005 01:56

I had a weird case, there were 2 pieces of evidence and 3 suspects with non-real alibis. 1 piece of evidence was neither of the 3 suspect's hair. The next piece of evidence is a footprint. I find the person whos footprint it is. I then ask everyone if they think its that person and no one thinks it is. I think "well... this is the ONLY suspect with any PE" yet when i accuse, its a false accusation. It was one of the other suspects with non-real alibis! Can this happen? No physical evidence but hes guilty?

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V Buster
V Buster
Old Shoe

Jul-14-2005 02:22

If you do not have all the smarts skills, or do not have high enough bonuses in smarts, it is possible to not find all of the PE at a scene.

Dogberta
Dogberta
Nomad

Jul-14-2005 04:26

You will always find footprint and handwriting evidence, but you need basic hair skill to even find hairs on the scene, and basic thread skill to find threads. That would be my guess.

High smarts and high smart gear will help with the advanced evidence (male vs. female thread), but shouldn't be necessary in the beginning just to find a thread on the scene - as long as you have the basic thread analysis skill.

Veto1024
Veto1024

Jul-15-2005 02:07

I have the hair and thread analysis. It was a really hard case. I also have +2 smart adjustment i think. I also didnt miss a suspect because the person who was guilty was one of the 3 suspects with fake alibis even though there was no evidence pointing to him.

V Buster
V Buster
Old Shoe

Jul-15-2005 04:51

With only a +2 in smarts, chances are that you didn't find one of the pieces of PE at the crime scene.

AlwaysRight
AlwaysRight

Jul-17-2005 09:26

If someone has an alibi, does that mean that they are definitely not guilty?

AlwaysRight
AlwaysRight

Jul-17-2005 09:27

Presuming the alibi is real.



cfm
cfm
Nomad

Jul-17-2005 09:33

Yep. Real alibi means they could not have done it.

From the newbie FAQ link at the very bottom of the screen in in tiny grey letters...

3) How do I know which suspect is guilty?
You need to establish three things before you can prove a suspect guilty:

"The suspect must have a motive.

The suspect can either have no alibi, or the alibi they give must be proven false.

You must uncover a piece of physical or witness evidence implicating the suspect."

Mr.Smirnova
Mr.Smirnova

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