A graduating law student was tasked to handle a murder case as this will be the last and final requirement before he marches with his fellow batchmates. If he successfully solves this, he will pass the subject. But if he fails, he will have to repeat the whole subject again and be delayed for at least one more term. The legal document was handed to him and here are as follows:
One morning, there was a lifeless body of a man found lying on the floor of Apartment 1-B. He was covered in blood and according to the police investigations he was stabbed approximately 20 times to death with his hands tied up. However, the corpse still has to undergo autopsy. There were 3 suspects named: the wife, the driver and the neighbor. Here is how they were described by other people who knew them.
The Wife
- is married for 10 years and has three kids
- owns a pastry shop
- leaves the house at 8 am comes back at 6 pm
The Driver
- has been working under him for 3 years already
- found another better paying job and planned to resign by the end of the month
- works from 7 am up to 5 pm
The Neighbor
- is a human rights lawyer; single
- the boy who lives next door
- has a different schedule everyday
After several interrogations and cross examinations, each suspect came up with their own alibi. When asked "where and what they did the day before the said crime?", each responded with:
The Wife:
"I went to the grocery to buy ingredients and my daily routine includes a regular visit to my pastry shop (which is open 24/7). However, that day I was not feeling well and so I decided to get some medicine and go home early. I was home by around 3 pm."
The Driver:
"I went to work at 7 am and drove the boss to his office. After, I drove Ma'am to the grocery then to the pastry shop then to the pharmacy back to the house. I then left to fetch boss at around 4pm and we were supposed to be home by 5 pm if he did not answer the phone call."
The Neighbor:
"I left the house early for a court trial. Afterwards, I had lunch then met with another client for a new case that I will be handling. Then, I visited my other client in jail before I headed back home to change and prepare for my friend's party that night. It certainly cannot be me who killed him because I was out the whole night clubbing and I have not even gone home yet ever since I left my house."
The law student scratched his head. He sighed deeply and thought harder. Every time he felt like he found the answer, he'd take a step back to think again. Until, he finally came up with a suspect in mind. He only needed to ask them one question in order to affirm his suspicion. And, so the next day the law student asked: "Where would you be right now?"
The Wife answered: I'm having lunch out or probably just staying in the Pastry shop.
The Driver answered: It is my day-off. I'll most likely spend time with my family.
The Neighbor answered: I have a trial case to attend in court.
With the following statements and the follow up question, WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE MURDERER?
The law student was right of his suspicions and he successfully solved the case. He passed his last and final requirement and was very proud to say that he will be graduating on time. When asked how he figured it all out, his answer was: SIMPLE. Trial courts are closed on Sundays which means that there is no court hearing for that day which makes the neighbor-lawyer the culprit. He lied in answering a simple question which made the law student doubt the authenticity of his other statements, and allowed him to look into the neighbor more. In addition, further investigations were conducted and the police found out that the man was poisonously drugged. There could be no other suspect but the wife. Immediately, he had both of them arrested.
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Backstory: The wife was having an affair with the neighbor. Afraid to be caught and separated from each other, they both plotted a murder scheme for her husband. Meanwhile, the husband knew of this secret love affair which explains why he had both (the neighbor and his wife) of them followed by a secret agent. The same secret agent was the one who called the man (husband) to meet up with him in his office and check the photos. So, what the driver said was actually true about the phone call because he needed to head back to his office to meet with the secret agent and this can be seen in the call records/history. Also, the results of the autopsy found that a poisonous pill spread throughout the victim's body. The victim did not just die from the stabs he received but also from a pill intake which was believed to be given by the wife hours before the crime scene since the wife dropped by a pharmacy to buy those. Both were also found drinking in a club and checked-in in a hotel. They were obviously together the night the crime happened and it is presumed that they both committed the murder first before they celebrated the victim's death. It is clearly an attempted murder.
Case closed.
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