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Detective Smith (Warning: Long Story!)

Started by Aaryan, Jun 13 2012 10:33 PM

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#11 Aaryan

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 11:33 AM

Re:Phaze: No, yes, no. I haven't really thought about that.
Re: MkeD: Clever idea, but not really following the rout way to solve thisbproblem
Re: WoD: I guess that can stand. I mean, perhaps there were people who notice them,but honestly, if you're given a list of faces? How many are you going to remember were in a full waiting doom with you at 7 in the morning? Your theory could stand, I suppose, but there is one key point that everybody is missing.

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#12 Potok

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 12:16 PM

How come private Benson is only mentioned at the end ? Who is he ? I'm not sure if regular police in any country use the rank private (or captain for that matter), is this military police ?

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#13 bhramarraj

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 02:32 PM

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#14 Potok

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 02:42 PM

"Broken neck from hanging" is this a fact ? Meaning the murderer did what, force the lawyer to hang himself ? Could it just be a broken neck before hanging ?

You don't just enter a man's office and hang them like you would say shoot them, do you now ?

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 03:46 PM

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 04:00 PM

And if that was just a narrative omission for dramatic effect...

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 04:18 PM

And - and I apologize for triple posting due to the inability to edit - but doesn't it seem a little damning that...

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#18 Yoruichi-san

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 06:35 PM

And - and I apologize for triple posting due to the inability to edit - but doesn't it seem a little damning that...

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Miss Lamar assumed it was murder when Lucy had screamed the man had killed himself?

Yeah I noticed that too...but then the next suspect also said the same thing so I thought they announced it sometime...*shrugs*

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#19 Aaryan

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Posted 14 June 2012 - 09:03 PM

How come private Benson is only mentioned at the end ? Who is he ? I'm not sure if regular police in any country use the rank private (or captain for that matter), is this military police ?

Oh, Benson is a character I introduced earlier, and I just wanted a third person in the room during the final scene.

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Samuelson had appointment at 7:45. He stated "Well, Detective, I arrived early, knowing Mr. Bennett's crowds. I waited for my name to be called, but it didn't. Being suspicious that he was avoiding me, I, well, when Miss Lucy wasn't looking I ducked behind the desk and went into the workroom. The room has an air vent that looks into Mr. Bennett's office. I noticed it when he tried to print my credit report. So, I stood on a copy machine," "anyway, I look in and see nothing but the front of the room."
So at that time lawyer was not hanged. After he left, only Lucy was there to murder, and came out crying at 8:45.

I think Smith pointed out that it may have been possible to have missed a body if it was there at the time.

"Broken neck from hanging" is this a fact ? Meaning the murderer did what, force the lawyer to hang himself ? Could it just be a broken neck before hanging ? You don't just enter a man's office and hang them like you would say shoot them, do you now ?

That's how a hanging works. i'm not sure about the details.

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How did Detective Smith know it was a homicide before reading the note?

He read the note, which was probably in full view as a "suicide" would like it to be.

And if that was just a narrative omission for dramatic effect...

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How could the couple have known whether or not the victim ever opened his door? It's at the end of a hallway.

Narrative omission.

And - and I apologize for triple posting due to the inability to edit - but doesn't it seem a little damning that...

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Miss Lamar assumed it was murder when Lucy had screamed the man had killed himself?

Yeah, well when the police show up at your door demanding you come, they're going to tell you it's a homicide investigation.

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...where was Lucy when Samuelson snuck past? She "left [her] desk a few times"...was one of them to commit murder?

She's an assistant, she may have been doing some secretarial work, maybe to get a paper clip, maybe to pass on secret bomb codes to undercover spies planning to start a nuclear war. Posted Image

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