Crime scene: 162 mystery solving puzzles to find out who the murderer is

Chapter 133 Accused of Murder

Detective Hall accompanied Sheriff Ford to drive to a farmhouse.Winston, the owner of the farmhouse, has been charged with murder.

As soon as the police car stopped next to Winston's car, Winston got out of the car with a naked child in his arms.Ford drew his gun, pointed it at Winston, and told him to hold up his hand.Winston quickly put the child on the bumper of the car, raised his hand and asked the sheriff: "What happened?" The sheriff said: "It was proved that you entered Musa's restaurant last night. Half an hour later, Musa His wife found her husband strangled to death." Winston said: "The man made a mistake. I have been in this car since 8 o'clock last night until now. I only got home from Philadelphia in 5 minutes." Then, the bare-bottomed child climbed onto the hood of the car, happily singing nursery rhymes.

The sheriff looked at his watch: "It took you a little over 600 hours to travel 12 miles from Philadelphia to here?" Winston's tone became tough: "Can you prove that I can't?" Hall took over the words: " It couldn't be easier."

Why did Hall expose Winston's lies?

[Answer] After driving the car for 12 hours, the hood should be very hot. There is no way that child with bare buttocks can climb on the hood of the car and play happily.

(End of this chapter)