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He arrested Roger.:-) Phil > > 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? >