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 <[log in to unmask]> writes: >-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- >Van: Hilary Blue <[log in to unmask]> >Aan: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >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!! >(For more & the solution: join Sparkle: >[log in to unmask] ) > >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?