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| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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A cat helped Sarita get away with murder. How come?? | ||
| Fred Z (Dref)
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Did the cat talk? Sarita = human? | ||
| Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc)
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are any of these relevant about the cat? colour? breed? size? gender? location? feeding habits? grooming habits? its agility? its claws? its fur? the sounds it made? its ability to see in dim light? who it belonged to? is the motive for the murder relevant? money? theft? revenge? romantic entanglement? is the means of murder relevant? stabbing? shooting? strangling? drowning? poisoning? taking out onto the ice in a sled and leaving?  is it relevant who S murdered? a stranger? a riend? family member? colleague? was sarita suspected? questioned? imprisoned? tried? did the cat somehow implicate someone else as a murderer? provide an alibi? stop S getting caught? was anyone else aware a murder had taken place? was it made to look like natural causes? suicide? an accident? relevant where the murder took place? indoors? outdoors? in a public building? a private dwelling? in a hospital? relevant which country? US? euthanasia involved? 'mercy' killing? war? terrorism? | ||
| dryman (Dryman)
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was it actual murder of a human being? did she get away meaning: the murder was never discovered? she was never suspected to be involved? she was never successfully prosecuted? did the cat remove evidence? did it also aid her in committing the murder? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By Fred Z (Dref) on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 10:07 pm: Did the cat talk? no Sarita = human? yes By Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc) on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 10:18 pm: are any of these relevant about the cat? colour? no breed? no size? yes gender? no location? yes feeding habits? no grooming habits? no its agility no its claws? no its fur? no the sounds it made? no its ability to see in dim light? no who it belonged to?yes is the motive for the murder relevant? money? theft? revenge? romantic entanglement? is the means of murder relevant? stabbing? shooting? strangling? drowning? poisoning? taking out onto the ice in a sled and leaving? is it relevant who S murdered? a stranger? a riend? family member? colleague? was sarita suspected? questioned? imprisoned? tried? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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is the motive for the murder relevant? no money? theft? revenge? romantic entanglement? is the means of murder relevant? some are precluded stabbing? possibly shooting? possibly strangling? possibly drowning? possibly poisoning? possibly taking out onto the ice in a sled and leaving? possibly is it relevant who S murdered? no a stranger? a riend? family member? colleague? was sarita suspected? yes questioned? yes imprisoned? no tried? no | ||
| Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc)
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Don't forget Dryman's questions above... | ||
| Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc)
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And you missed out some of mine too  was it a domestic cat? a big cat? did it belong to her? to the murder victim? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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id the cat somehow implicate someone else as a murderer? no provide an alibi? yes stop S getting caught? yes was anyone else aware a murder had taken place? yes was it made to look like natural causes? no suicide? no an accident? no relevant where the murder took place? yes indoors? outdoors? in a public building? a private dwelling? in a hospital? could be any of these relevant which country? yes US? possibly euthanasia involved? no 'mercy' killing? no war? noterrorism? no By dryman (Dryman) on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 08:09 pm: was it actual murder of a human being? yes did she get away meaning: the murder was never discovered? no she was never suspected to be involved? no she was never successfully prosecuted? yes did the cat remove evidence? yope did it also aid her in committing the murder? yes | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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Don't forget Dryman's questions above... Rectified, with my apologies. I cast me never to be so wicked again. By Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc) on Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 10:14 pm: And you missed out some of mine too ditto was it a domestic cat? yes a big cat? A normal-size domestic cat did it belong to her? yes to the murder victim? no | ||
| Chuck Raby (Wildcard)
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Did the cat eat some key evidence? Did the cat hide any evidence? Carry it away? Somehow make the evidence no longer useful? | ||
| john e. littleton (Juggler54)
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Did the cat identify S as the murderer? Did the cat change appearance in anyway? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By Chuck Raby (Wildcard) on Monday, February 28, 2005 - 07:45 pm: Did the cat eat some key evidence? no Did the cat hide any evidence?yesish Carry it away? yesish Somehow make the evidence no longer useful? yesish By john e. littleton (Juggler54) on Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 09:54 pm: Did the cat identify S as the murderer? no Did the cat change appearance in anyway?yope | ||
| Haenlomal (Haenlomal)
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Would this puzzle work if instead of a cat, it was a dog? | ||
| Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc)
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did the cat eat the evidence? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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y Haenlomal (Haenlomal) on Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 06:46 pm: Would this puzzle work if instead of a cat, it was a dog? Yes. But cats are ever so much nicer. . . By Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc) on Thursday, March 03, 2005 - 08:09 pm: did the cat eat the evidence? no | ||
| dryman (Dryman)
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did she intentionally involve the cat in her plan? did she train the cat to perform a certain action, or was its presence enough? was Sarita physically present when the murder occurred? was the cat? did S and/or the cat physically contact the victim? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By dryman (Dryman) on Saturday, March 05, 2005 - 06:12 pm: did she intentionally involve the cat in her plan? yes did she train the cat to perform a certain action, or was its presence enough? the latter was Sarita physically present nowhen the murder occurred? yes was the cat? did S and/or the cat physically contact the victim? no | ||
| Jens Weber (Sundowner)
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Was the cat in Sarita's house when the murder occured? Was Sarita? Did Sarita construct, with the help of the cat, some evidence that she was at home during the time when the murder occured? that she was not at the victim's place? that she never met the victim? Did the police have some evidence against Sarita? which was later invalidated by the cat? Did the cat play an active role in the murder (except for providing Sarita with an alibi)? | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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To be clear - the cat is present when the murder occurs, and Sarita is not, though the manner of death could be stabbing, shooting, poisoning, etc.? Was the cat itself the evidence? The murder weapon? Are allergies relevant? Did the victim commit suicide? Were there any other humans involved besides S. and the victim? Was the murder carried out by human hands? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By Jens Weber (Sundowner) on Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 12:02 pm: Was the cat in Sarita's house when the murder occured? yes Was Sarita? no Did Sarita construct, with the help of the cat, some evidence that she was at home during the time when the murder occured? yes that she was not at the victim's place? yes that she never met the victim? no Did the police have some evidence against Sarita? yes which was later invalidated by the cat? yope Did the cat play an active role in the murder (except for providing Sarita with an alibi)? noish By (Stuccosalt) on Wednesday, March 09, 2005 - 05:00 pm: To be clear - the cat is present when the murder occurs, and Sarita is not, though the manner of death could be stabbing, shooting, poisoning, etc.? See above. The cat is at home. Sarita is at the scene of the crime Was the cat itself the evidence? no The murder weapon? no Are allergies relevant? no Did the victim commit suicide? no Were there any other humans involved besides S. and the victim?noish Was the murder carried out by human hands? yes | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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Is the relevant thing about the manner of death that the murderer had to be physically present to commit the murder? Is the distance between S's home and the scene of the crime relevant? Does S live in a freestanding house? an apartment building? some other type of building? Does she share her home with any other humans? any non-human animals other than the cat? Could S's neighbours hear and/or see that the cat was in S's home at the time of the crime? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By Johanna (Buzzard) on Thursday, March 17, 2005 - 08:33 pm: Is the relevant thing about the manner of death that the murderer had to be physically present to commit the murder? yes Is the distance between S's home and the scene of the crime relevant?yes} Does S live in a freestanding house? irrel an apartment building? ditto some other type of building? ditto Does she share her home with any other humans?irrel any non-human animals other than the cat? irrel Could S's neighbours hear and/or see that the cat was in S's home at the time of the crime? irrel | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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Are S's home and the crime scene in the same country? the same town? Are they more than 50 miles apart? more than 500 miles apart? Is the idea that S would not have had time to travel from her home to the crime scene and back? because she had to take care of the cat? because of something else about the cat? Did S have access to a mode of transportation that the police did not know about? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By Johanna (Buzzard) on Friday, March 18, 2005 - 11:11 am: Are S's home and the crime scene in the same country? yes the same town?probably Are they more than 50 miles apart?unlikely more than 500 miles apart?no Is the idea that S would not have had time to travel from her home to the crime scene and back?no because she had to take care of the cat? no because of something else about the cat? no Did S have access to a mode of transportation that the police did not know about? no | ||
| Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc)
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so sarita commits a murder and is suspected of it? but gets away with it because somehow her cat is involved in removing/getting rid of/destroying evidence? is there some tangible object which is part of or all of the evidence? if so, does sarita bring it back to her house after the murder? is it there before the murder? does it stay at sarita's house? you say the cat sort of changes appearance.. does it get bigger? smaller? wetter? drier? does it lose any part of its fur? or claws? does it change appearance because of its mental state? for instance change its body posture? is the mental state of the cat relevant? does it get angry at some point? frightened? does the cat do something which indicates that sarita has been at her house all day? or for the period of time the murder happens? is food involved? cat food? is a clock or watch involved? a cat flap? a litter tray? a veternary surgeon? does sarita pre-arrange for the cat to be the alibi? or to get rid of the evidence? is it relevant whether the cat is the type of pet which stays in the house all the time or the type that is let outside? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc) on Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 09:21 pm: so sarita commits a murder and is suspected of it? yes but gets away with it because somehow her cat is involved in removing/getting rid of/destroying evidence? yes is there some tangible object which is part of or all of the evidence? yes if so, does sarita bring it back to her house after the murder? no is it there before the murder? yes does it stay at sarita's house? yes you say the cat sort of changes appearance.. does it get bigger? smaller? wetter? drier? does it lose any part of its fur? or claws? does it change appearance because of its mental state? for instance change its body posture? is the mental state of the cat relevant? does it get angry at some point? frightened? no to all in this group does the cat do something which indicates that sarita has been at her house all day? yesish or for the period of time the murder happens? yesish is food involved? no cat food? no is a clock or watch involved? no a cat flap? no a litter tray? no a veternary surgeon? no does sarita pre-arrange for the cat to be the alibi?no or to get rid of the evidence?yes is it relevant whether the cat is the type of pet which stays in the house? yes | ||
| Johanna (Buzzard)
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Did the cat somehow remove fingerprints? or footprints? Did the evidence, subsequent to the cat's modification of it, suggest that S had never left her house during the time that the murder was committed? had never left the vicinity of her house, but might have gone outside? Is it relevant what mode of transportation S used to get from her house to the scene of the murder? Did the cat destroy evidence that S had used this mode of transport? Is an alarm of some sort relevant? Was S under house arrest? Was she supposed to remain inside her house? on her property? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By Johanna (Buzzard) on Thursday, March 24, 2005 - 10:41 pm: Did the cat somehow remove fingerprints? no or footprints? no Did the evidence, subsequent to the cat's modification of it, suggest that S had never left her house during the time that the murder was committed? yes had never left the vicinity of her house, but might have gone outside? no Is it relevant what mode of transportation S used to get from her house to the scene of the murder? noish Did the cat destroy evidence that S had used this mode of transport? no Is an alarm of some sort relevant? see next answer} Was S under house arrest? yes Was she supposed to remain inside her house? yes on her property? see previous answer | ||
| Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc)
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was she tagged electronically? did the cat somehow make it appear that she was at home? to achieve the effect did the cat have to move? trip some kind of circuit or alarm? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By Hannah Kinghern (Kdoc) on Friday, March 25, 2005 - 10:35 pm: was she tagged electronically? yes did the cat somehow make it appear that she was at home? yes to achieve the effect did the cat have to move? no trip some kind of circuit or alarm? no | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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Did S. remove the electronic device at any point? Did it stay at home while she was out a-murderin? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By (Stuccosalt) on Tuesday, April 05, 2005 - 08:00 pm: Did S. remove the electronic device at any point? yes Did it stay at home while she was out a-murderin? yes | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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Did she attach/connect/feed the device to the cat? Did this make it appear as though she was still in her apartment? I believe those things send out some sort of alarm or signal if removed - is that not the case here? Or did S. find a way around that which we need to discover? | ||
| Felicia Nimue Ackerman (Nimue)
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By (Stuccosalt) on Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 01:06 pm: Did she attach yes/connect yes/feed no the device to the cat?| Did this make it appear as though she was still in her apartment? yes I believe those things send out some sort of alarm or signal if removed - is that not the case here? Or did S. find a way around that which we need to discover? see above ********** SPOILER ************ Sarita is under house arrest & is so far from mending her ways that she commits a murder (at a location outsiderher house). She establishes an alibi by attaching her alarm device to her cat, who nwver goes outside. So as the cat moves about Sarita's house, the device registers that Sarita is still there. Guess what--it's from "Law & Order." Sorry it was so esay, & please check out my harder one at the bottom of the page. |
