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Question

Carrie Marshall had recently joined the Riverside police force, and on the first day of her job, she was sent out to investigate a new homicide case. The murder involved a wealthy bachelor, Steven Andrews, who lived in an expensive, grand oceanside mansion. At the time of the murder, there had been five other people in the house: the cook, the maid, two friends, and his niece. Both the cook and maid had rooms in the mansion, and the three guests had both stayed overnight.

When Carrie got to the mansion, the five suspects had all been lined up in front of a large bay window. It was mid-afternoon, and through the window, Carrie could see the beautiful sunset.

Her partner, Lieutenant Linda Newton, who had arrived an hour earlier, sketched out the details for Carrie. All the suspects had agreed that Steven Andrews had been found murdered in the morning, shortly before six-thirty am, but he had been alive a few minutes past midnight, when they all headed to bed. Nobody had heard anything during the night. Mandy Andrews, the niece, had come down to the kitchen to get a glass of water, and on her way back upstairs, had passed the bay window, where she saw her uncle's dead body.

Carrie decides to begin interrogating the suspects as the lieutenant and two other officers go off to look for more evidence and clues. The suspects give the following testimonies:

Maid: "I retired to my room shortly past eleven last night, after cleaning the dining room where Mr. Andrews dined with his guests, and helped the cook put away the leftover food. I was reading a novel until about twelve-twenty, and heard occasional laughter and talk, although I couldn't make out the words. This morning, I heard a scream, which was from Miss Mandy, so I rushed down with the cook and his two friends. Mr. Andrews was laying dead in front of that window. The lieutenant moved his body about fifteen minutes before you arrived, but there was blood on the side of the head, from a gunshot, maybe. I didn't hear anything, but whoever did it could have used a muffler. I'm innocent, though."

Cook: "It's like the maid says. She was cleaning the dining room while I tidied up the kitchen, and we both stored the leftovers in the refrigerator and talked for a few minutes about his guests. I went upstairs and to my room about the same time she did, but fell asleep after I took a shower and brushed my teeth. That was about eleven-thirty maybe, and I slept soundly until this morning, when a scream woke me. I rushed downstairs with the others, and there was the body. I tell you, I didn't do it. I've been with Mr. Andrews for eight years, and he knows he can trust me."

Mandy: "I was up until midnight with my uncle and his friends, talking and joking around. I fell asleep at about one-fifteen, but woke at six-twenty-four, and was thirsty, so I went down to the kitchen to get a glass of water. On the way back, I passed by the bay window, the one behind us, and I could see the beautiful sunrise outside, but, sadly, my uncle was sprawled on the ground, with a huge bloody wound on the side of his head. I screamed and the others were here in just one or two minutes."

"That's enough," Carrie said abruptly, before the two friends of Mr. Andrews can say anything. "I know who did it. Lieutenant! We have our murderer!"

All five suspects, and the lieutenant and her two men, who came into the room at her call, look at Carrie.

Who murdered Steven Andrews, and how did Carrie know

Answer 1

The niece did it. She said she could see the sunrise out the bay window in the morning before she found her uncle, but Carrie saw the sunset when she got there. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west, therefore no one could see the sunrise out of the window and then later see the sunset out of the same window (unless the house rotates or they live is some wierd planet).

Answer 2

It was the niece. If she was awake at 6:24 it had to be her because it was stated he was found shortly before 6:30.

Or it was the cook "he had been alive a few minutes past midnight, when they all headed to bed" But the cook said he went to bed at 11:30. The maid said she had retired early, but stated she was awake until about 12:20 and she heard them.

Answer 3

Mandy.

If the detective was observing a sunset in mid-afternoon, then the location must be at an extreme latitude and a sunrise corresponding to a mid-afternoon sunset would have been much later than 06:24 am.

Answer 4

Mindy. Carrie saw the sun set in the bay window, which means that Mindy couldn't have seen the sun rise because it was on the other side of the house. That means Mindy was lying.

Answer 5

I know the niece could have seen the sunrise out that window, but not sure if it was her.

Could it have been the Lieutenant?

Answer 6

i think it's mandy...cuz she said that she saw her uncle's bloody wound, but wouldn't it be on the other side?

that, or the sunrise would've been later than what mandy said

Answer 7

if it was mid afternoon when carrie got there how could she see the sunset??? i think it was carrie

Answer 8

it was mandy becaause she said she could see the sunset

Answer 9

yeah!what others above me say...it was the niece

Answer 10

You got too much time on your hands...