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

Chapter 8 13 roses

The room that Wayne Hector rented had only one window and one door, and they were locked inside.The policemen carefully opened the door and entered the room, only to see Hector lying on the bed, shot dead.

The police officer called Inspector Muyi and reported the situation to him: "The flower vendor at the 103rd Street subway station called the police this morning and said that Hector was coming to him every Friday night to buy 13 pink flowers. It has been 10 years and has never stopped, but he hasn't been there for two weeks. The vendor was a little worried about something, so he called us. At first glance, Hector seemed to lock the lock first. He opened the door and window and shot himself while sitting on the bed. He fell to his right side and the pistol fell on the carpet. The key to the door was in his vest pocket."

"What happened to the roses he bought?" asked the Inspector.

"They were all placed in a vase, and the vase was placed on a narrow window sill, and the flowers were all withered and withered. In addition, according to our analysis, Hector has been dead for at least 8 days."

"Is the whole floor carpeted?"

"Yes, up to an inch from the base of the wall," replied the inspector.

"Is there blood on the floor, windowsill, or carpet?"

"Just a bit of dust, nothing else. Just blood on the bed."

"In this case, you'd better send someone to check the blood on the carpet." Mu Yi said. "Someone provided a key to Hector's room. He opened the door and went in, and killed Hector who was standing by the window. Then, the murderer cleaned up all the blood, and then moved the body to the bed, so that people could see It looks like suicide." Why did Mu Yi infer this?

[Answer] The 13 roses in the vase have withered and withered after two weeks in the room. You should find fallen petals on the window sill, floor and carpet. It is impossible to have "just a little dust" and "nothing else thing".So Mu Yi thinks that these petals were dropped by the murderer when he cleaned up the blood.

(End of this chapter)