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Riot · #1 11-13-2005, 01:53 PM

Whoever solves this mystery recieves 150 vpoints and a pat on the back from me

No flame/spam please. you can discuss tactis and arguments though

"The Unlucky Landlord" by Kevin Hammonds
Solve-it #288 - Nov 2005
Originally appeared April 1998

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The Bloody Desk

Can you solve the mystery?
Detective Rob Misko arrived on the scene to find a crowd gathered around the victim. Mr. Louis Copeland's lifeless body lay on the sidewalk in front of his twelve-story building.

"His name is Louis Copeland," answered the patrolman on duty. "He's the owner of the building."

"Did he fall off the roof?" asked Detective Misko.

"No," he answered definitively. "The door to the roof is locked from the inside and only Mr. Copeland had the key. His keys were found on his body."

"Any witnesses?"

"Only one," answered the patrolman as he walked Detective Misko to an older woman sitting in the lobby of the building. "This is Phyllis Waters. She lives on the tenth floor. Poor woman saw the man drop past her front window just a few minutes ago."

Detective Misko escorted Mrs. Waters back to her apartment and took her story in detail.

"I was hanging my new drapes when I heard an awful scream," claimed Mrs. Waters. "And then he just fell past my window like a sack of potatoes." She sat in a rocking chair next to the very window she was speaking of. Detective Misko observed the room. It was very bare. In addition to the rocking chair and new drapes there was an old sofa on the other side of the room and a tiny black and white television set.

"What did you do after you saw the body, Mrs. Waters?" asked Detective Misko.

"I immediately called the police," she answered. "And then I took the elevator down to the lobby."

Detective Misko then walked up one flight to the eleventh floor and interviewed Stan Cantone who lived directly above Mrs. Waters.

"I didn't see anything," claimed Stan. "My wife was at work all day. I had my hands full with the kids." Detective Misko crossed to the front window and tried to open it. "Sorry. Can't open that window. I nailed it shut a while back. Can't be too careful with children around." The tall French door style window was nailed shut and dried paint covered the nails.

"Did you know the victim very well?" asked the Detective.

"I hate to speak ill of the dead," answered Mr. Cantone. "But Mr. Copeland was a no good crook. This used to be a pretty crummy neighborhood. Now that it's been revitalized, people are dying to get into this place. Suddenly, that no good landlord ups the rent to almost twice what we were paying. Some people have been living in this building for years now. How can they afford to pay that kind of rent?"

Finally, Detective Misko ventured up one more flight to interview the occupant of the twelfth floor apartment, Grace Copeland, the victim's wife.

"I last saw Louis an hour before the horrible accident," cried the grieving widow. "He said he had a couple of odd jobs to take care of and then he would come back for lunch."

"What kind of odd jobs?" asked Detective Misko.

"He wasn't specific," Mrs. Copeland answered as she watered fresh roses in her front window box. "He was always very attentive to the tenants needs. He was such a good man."

"Did anyone else have a key to the roof?" Detective Misko asked.

"No, just my husband," Mrs. Copeland replied. "Why do you ask?"

"I'm just ruling out all the possibilities," the detective answered. "And the way I see it, there is really only one."

Vote ur answer and post your solution - it must be fairly correct.

kenner · #2 11-13-2005, 02:32 PM

Grace, the wives are always evil >_>

Riot · #3 11-13-2005, 02:33 PM

Hint : Sum up all the evidence first and the witnesses statements.

_F_111a · #4 11-13-2005, 02:43 PM

its stan cantone i think but im not sure

Riot · #5 11-13-2005, 02:44 PM

Why do you think that?

explain

_Matt1_ · #6 11-13-2005, 03:44 PM

the old woman, its always the one that is least suspected

the old woman was hanging drapes, doesn't seem like a job for an old woman and seems like an "odd job" the guy that died's wife mentioned

the one guys window is sealed shut, dont know how he could have fell out of that

maybe he didnt see any dirt from the flowers around the window, seems like they woulda been knocked over if someone went out the window, either that or she put them there afterwards

Riot · #7 11-13-2005, 04:50 PM

Well done matt - nice detective you would make there, you won since you was the one to get the answer right and the closest solution.

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Phyllis Waters murdered her landlord.

Had Mr. Copeland been pushed out of his own window, his wife's roses in the flower box would have been damaged. The dry paint on the nailed window frame cleared Mr. Cantone right away, which only left Phyllis Waters. She claimed to have been putting up her new drapes when she saw the body fall past her window. However, there was no indication of a step ladder or anything near the window that she could have stood on to while hanging the curtains. The victim's wife said that her husband was going to take care of some odd jobs for one of the tenants.

Misko concluded that Phyllis Waters asked her landlord to come to her apartment and hang her curtains. While he was reaching up to hang the curtains, all it took was one quick shove to send her landlord plummeting and kept her rent from soaring.

_N_1_4_L_L · #8 11-13-2005, 05:38 PM

Stop getting other people to do your home work.

kenner · #9 11-13-2005, 11:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by _N_1_4_L_L@Nov 13 2005, 01:38 PM
Stop getting other people to do your home work.

lmao, who's the detective now? :P

Riot · #10 11-14-2005, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by _N_1_4_L_L@Nov 13 2005, 01:38 PM
Stop getting other people to do your home work.

There are some right thicko's on this forum, how can that be homework when i gave him the correct answer lmfao? :lol:

_Nick_ · #11 11-14-2005, 08:12 AM

it made him feel special to say it :\

_N_1_4_L_L · #12 11-14-2005, 11:45 AM

Ever heard of a joke.. I thought not.. I bet you idiots took woodpencil serious in burn off also.. heh ... die pls

Riot · #13 11-14-2005, 04:30 PM

yeh because you seriously cracked a good one there didnt you, hahahah hehehhe you are master of things that are funny

/end sarcasm (as you would say)

Back on topic: Next mystery on its way with vpoints rising

qwertys · #14 11-14-2005, 04:48 PM

shut up, you can't notice sarcasim to save your life...lighten up and stop trying to suck up to vision to try and get more mod powers to make yourself think your e-penis will grow because of it.

View Poll Results: Whom did Detective Misko suspect?
Phyllis Waters	4	50.00%
Stan Cantone	1	12.50%
Grace Copeland	1	12.50%
Not sure	2	25.00%
Voters: 8. You may not vote on this poll

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