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Well - who did the detective arrest? Come on I'm going nuts here.JoAnn
from Houston
On Sat, 15 Jan 2000 09:14:44 -0500 Hans van der Genugten
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>Van: Hilary Blue <[log in to unmask]>
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>Datum: zaterdag 15 januari 2000 15:04
>Onderwerp: nonpd where is everybody??
>
>
>>> waakey wakey rise and shine
>its 9' o'clock, you lazy layabeds!
>
>with love and respect
>
>hilary who is bored......<<
>
>Try solviing this one!!
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>Detective Larson gazed around the cluttered dingy apartment. The aging
>famous columnist Max Worthington had been fatally stabbed. His agent,
>Roger
>had called the police when Max failed to submit his column to the
>newspaper.
>
>Max's body was draped over his manual typewriter. The detective
>glanced at
>the paper in the typewriter. It appeared to be the writer's column.
>The
>victim's head rested on the keyboard and had apparently hit random
>keys
>causing the last line of the article to be followed by "49t34 w5qgg3e
>j3".
>The detective was surprised to see that Max had used a typewriter
>rather
>than a computer.
>
>Roger, Max's agent, explained that Max found it therapeutic to pound
>the
>keys on his typewriter, and despised computers.
>
>Out of a list of acquaintances provided by Max's agent, the detective
>questioned the following people.
>
>Marisa had been separated from Max for the last year and a half.
>Although
>initially the split had been amicable, lately things had gotten nasty
>about
>the latest division of their assets. Max was willing to give Marisa
>the
>mansion and a generous lump sum payment, but wanted to draw the line
>at the
>excessive alimony being demanded by Marisa's lawyer. Marisa was living
>in
>the mansion and had a generous pre-alimony settlement and an extremely
>attractive new boyfriend.
>
>Jillian was Max's current girlfriend. She definitely was a looker and
>by all
>appearances was extremely high maintenance. She was also the spring in
>this
>May December romance. Although crying, she was devastatingly
>attractive in
>her designer dress. She had a Gucci bag, wore emerald and diamond
>jewelry
>and on her wrist a new Rolex. The detective suspected her grief was
>for the
>loss of her gravy train and not for the deceased.
>
>Max's brother Gerald had been dating Marisa when Max had stepped in
>and won
>her heart. Gerald still held a grudge and blatantly told the detective
>that
>"he was glad his brother was dead and good riddance". He hinted that
>he
>might try to win Marisa back, now that his brother was dead.
>
>After a brief investigation an arrest was made. Who did the detective
>arrest?