Detective Riddles Case 16-20

We back again with five newest mystery riddles that our Detective Thompson must solve. Well, actually he has solved it, and now he challenges you and want to see if you have the same amount of wit that he has. Just don't think too hard to solve these puzzles, as the answers are probably much simpler than what you expect!



Detective Riddle Case 016: The Dying Message

During his vacation in a small lakeside village, once again Detective Thompson must faced with a homicide case. This time, Mrs. Bennet, a local middle-age woman that was also a widow of rich businessman was found stabbed in the chest at her bedroom. Knowing Thompson reputation, local Inspector Lucas lets him examine the crime scene.

"It seems that Mrs. Bennet is familiar with the murderer, as there was no sign of struggle. The bedroom's door is locked from the inside. The possibility is that she was stabbed right in front of the door, probably when she opened the door for the killer. She then still managed to slam the door and locked it." explained the Inspector.

"She didn't die instantly, and still managed to crawl halfway to her study desk, probably looking for a pen to wrote the killer's name. Unfortunately, she didn't make it and die right next to her bed," Isnpector Lucas added.

The Inspector looked hesitate for a moment before continue with his story, "As you can see on the bed there are some gift-wrapping paper in various color. It seems that Mrs. Bennet was wrapping some boxes before the incident. When we found her body, Mrs. Bennet right hand was grasping a yellow and blue pieces of papers. I don't know whether it means something or not, or probably she wanted to write the killer's name with blood on the paper using her left hand."

One thing for sure, all witnesses has agreed that all doors in the house are locked at the moment of the incident, which leave four suspects that happened to be inside the home that time:

- Ana Lucia, a maid that has been working for a year for Mrs. Bennet. She was the first to notice something wrong when Mrs. Bennet didn't answer when she knocked the door to bringing Mrs. Bennet lunch to the bedroom.

- Dr. Robert Green, Mrs. Bennet personal doctor, and rumor said it that they have an affair. The doctor said that approximately ten minutes before Ana Lucia delivered the lunch, he went to Mrs. Bennet's bedroom for their medical appointment. She didn't open the door and told the doctor to wait for a while, as she was busy.

- Alan Bennet, son of the late Mr. Bennet, and Mrs' Bennet stepson. He was watching television in his room when Ana Lucia called. He and Dr. Green then broke in to Mrs. Bennet's room to found her lying dead on the floor. Alan then phoned the police and ambulance while the doctor checked Mrs. Bennet.

- Tony Forrester, a friend of Alan Bennet. He didn't acquainted with Mrs. Bennet. He was already in the bathroom for 15 minutes before the incident, as he admitted that he was having a constipation during that time.

"So, what do you think detective? Apparently, all four suspects don't have a strong alibi," asked Inspector Lucas to Detective Thompson.

"Hmmm...yes it's true that there's no strong evidence that points to the killer. But there's an obvious clue and you should focus your interrogation to one person," Thompson answered.

Who is the strong suspect, and what is the clue?

Answer:

It's Dr. Robert Green.

Mrs. Bennet was grasping a yellow and blue pieces of paper. Mix blue and yellow, and we get green, that points to the doctor's last name.

Detective Thompson also gives the argument to Inspector Lucas that Mrs. Bennet can't wrote the killer's name, as she knew that there's big chance that the doctor will be the first person to examine her body, thus he will have the opportunity to get rid of the "dying message". So, she had to leave something that isn't obvious, that the doctor won't realize it right away.

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Detective Riddles Case 11-15

What happens with the world? People keep killing each other and the rate of homicide cases keep increasing. Although our Detective Thompson is a very self-proud man because he has solved countless murder mysteries, he still sad that he can't stopped murder before it happened. Well, at least he can put the guilty party to prison.

Now, here are some of the hardest detective riddles that Thompson ever solved:


Detective Riddle Case 011: Gangster Quarrel

Detective Thompson found the notorious gangster Three-Finger Jim found lying face down on the bar room floor. A bullet had entered his left ear and must have lodged somewhere in his brain as there was no exit wound.

The bullet matched the gun that was owned by Marco the Maniac, another thug, and Jim's rival gang member. It was well known that they had quarrel with each other but frequently visited the same bar.

Marco said that he was the only customer in the bar when Jim came in and started yelling at him. "He was berserk like a lunatic," said Marco. "He pulled out a knife and started coming at me. I shot him in self-defense as he charged head-on at me swinging that knife." Jim's body lying close by still had the knife clutched in his left hand. "He just wouldn't stop coming at me," exclaimed Marco. "I had to shoot, I had no choice."

The only witness was the bartender, another shady character, who agreed with Marco's story.

Detective Thompson just smiled and said, "you guys will have a lot of time in the joint to think of something better than that story." How did he figure that the boys were lying?

Answer:

Thompson knew the men were lying because the bullet entered the Jim's left ear. That couldn't have happened if he had been charging Marco head-on.

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Detective Riddles Case 6-10

It seems like this site's readers love detective riddles category, maybe because the puzzles here can be categorized as very hard ones. In other riddle sites, you've probably known this category as murder riddles or murder mystery. But since our Detective Thompson not limited himself only with homicide, we prefer to call it detective riddles.

So, these are case 6-10 that Detective Thompson needs to solve. Can you beat him to it?



Detective Riddle Case 006: Caught in the Lie

Old Mr. Bob was found dead in his study by young Trevor. Trevor recounted his dismal discovery to Detective Thompson, who happens to be around the scene.

"I was walking by Mr. Bob's house when I thought I would just pop in for a visit. I noticed his study light was on and I decided to peek in from the outside to see if he was in there. There was frost on the window, so I had to wipe it away to see inside. That is when I saw his body. So I kicked in the front door to confirm my suspicions of foul play. I called the police immediately afterward."

With clue from Detective Thompson, the police officer immediately arrested Trevor for the murder of Mr. Bob. How did he know Trevor was lying?

Answer:

Frost forms on the inside of the window, not the outside. So Trevor could not have wiped it off to discover Mr. Bob's body.

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Detective Riddles Case 1-5

Ah, detective riddles. This is the section for those who love to read mystery novels, such as Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, Ellery Queen, Nancy Drew, Perry Mason, or even comic characters like Detective Conan.

When you read those characters in the book try to solve a homicide, you probably try to guess who's the murderer too, right? Probably 9 of your 10 answers also wrong, right? Novel might be too long, thus many clues and key events missed from your thought. For practice, try to solve these five detective riddles first, who were told in short stories.



Detective Riddle Case 001: The Poison Murder

On a hot summer day Detective Thompson finds a man dead in a room locked from the inside. After an autopsy, he was proved to be killed by poison. In the locked room, there was a cup of cola and a half cup of water. After examination of the beverages, the cola contained 20% poison, and the cup of water contained 100% poison. It was evident that someone had sneaked into his room before he came back from work and put the poison.

Detective Thompson hasn't found the killer yet, but he already figured it out where the murderer put the poison. Where is it?

Answer:

The killer froze the poison turned it to ice. The victim putted ice cubes into his cup and then he took few of the ice cubes from the cup into his coke.
Detective Thompson figured that because when the ice on both cups melted, the coke is 20% poison and the water is just poison in liquid form.

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