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

Chapter 56 Death is coming from behind
The rich man was killed in the villa he was renovating.Detectives and sheriffs are standing at the scene of the death.This is the rich man's room on the second floor of the villa, and his nephew's room downstairs.

The sheriff scratched a few hairs: "Detective, what do you think of this case? It's incredible!"

The detective said nothing, watching the scene carefully.

The body of the rich man was lying on his back on the bed, with a wound on his back, and the police found a rifle bullet in it.The skin around the wound showed cracks and burn marks, which appeared to be from a close-range gunshot wound.There was a gun hole in the bed that led all the way downstairs.

The detective came to the rich man's nephew's room on the first floor. There was also a hole in the ceiling, and there were also burn marks at the hole. It is estimated that the murderer fired the gun close to the ceiling.The hole is also facing the bed of the nephew of the deceased.But how could the murderer determine where the dead man was on the bed?Moreover, the nephew of the deceased said that he was drunk and slept at a friend's house last night (estimated time of incident) and did not return all night. There are friends who can testify.

The sheriff called the butler of the villa, who proved that the nephew of the deceased had indeed gone out and had not seen him come back.The servant of the deceased testified that only the housekeeper and the rich man had all the keys to the villa, and no one else could enter without the keys.

The detective returned to the scene of the crime in deep thought, and the body of the deceased had been sent for testing.At this time, he suddenly discovered that the place where the deceased slept left a mark that was the same as the outline of the corpse!The sheets in the imprint had visibly turned black!

He suddenly turned his head to look outside, the construction site was outside the window, and the rich man was decorating his yard.The detective's eyes swept over many large machines one by one, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.The evidence and the murderer are found!

Please come and crack this case.

[Answer] The murderer is the housekeeper.The cause of death was not shot but electrocuted by high voltage.Since the wounds caused by high voltage electricity are very similar to those made by bullets, it is enough to put the bullet in after the fact.The housekeeper first placed high-voltage wires on the bed that were used to start large machines. After electrocuting the rich man, he shot downstairs at the position of the wire outlet on the bed, causing a hole in the ceiling.

Then go to the downstairs room and shoot at the hole in the ceiling, leaving traces of gunpowder burning, creating the illusion that the gun was fired from downstairs.

Only the butler has the keys to all the rooms, so only he can arrange in two rooms.The evidence is that when he shot on the bed upstairs, there must have been bullet holes in the corresponding places downstairs.

(End of this chapter)