| Author | Message | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3069 Registered: 8-2001 |
Maru died becausae she was adopted, but ignorance of her biological relatives' medical history plays no role in this puzzle. How come? | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 956 Registered: 6-2003 |
Was the cause of Maru's death: murder? accident? illness? suicide? execution? war? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3071 Registered: 8-2001 |
Buzzard (Buzzard) New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 956 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 9:36 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was the cause of Maru's death: murder?yes accident? no illness? no suicide? no execution? no war? no | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 959 Registered: 6-2003 |
Of course. Was Maru murdered by: a member of her biological family? a member of her adopted family? a lover? a co-worker? an acquaintance? a stranger? At the time of her death, was she an adult? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3074 Registered: 8-2001 |
Buzzard (Buzzard) New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 959 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 9:48 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Of course. Was Maru murdered by: a member of her biological family? no a member of her adopted family? no a lover? no a co-worker? no an acquaintance?yope a stranger?yope At the time of her death, was she an adult? no | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 962 Registered: 6-2003 |
At the time of her death, was Maru a teenager? a pre-teen? a child? a toddler? an infant? prenatal (you never know)? At the time of her adoption, was Maru a teenager? a pre-teen? a child? a toddler? an infant? prenatal? Was Maru carried to term by her biological mother? | ||
| Howardwoman (Howardwoman)
New member Username: Howardwoman Post Number: 39 Registered: 1-2008 |
Does this have to do with the execution of a will? Was she supposed to inherit something? | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 234 Registered: 11-2007 |
Was Maru murdered within a week of being adopted? within a month? within a year? greater than a year? Is Maru's age when she was adopted relevant? her age when she was murdered? Does Maru's murder have anything to do with the identities of her birth parents? of her adopted parents? Was Maru adopted and living in the same country in which she was born? Is the country where Maru was born relevant to her murder? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3077 Registered: 8-2001 |
Lporter229 (Lporter229) New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 234 Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 10:06 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was Maru murdered within a week of being adopted? no within a month? no within a year? no greater than a year? yes Is Maru's age when she was adopted relevant? yes her age when she was murdered? yes Does Maru's murder have anything to do with the identities of her birth parents? yope of her adopted parents? no Was Maru adopted and living in the same country in which she was born? yes Is the country where Maru was born relevant to her murder?yesish | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 236 Registered: 11-2007 |
Was Maru still a child when she was murdered? age 0-5?5-10?10-13?13-18? exact age relevant? Was Maru adopted at birth (or as an infant)? Did Maru know the identity of her birth parents? Did the murderer know the identity of her birth parents? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3078 Registered: 8-2001 |
Lporter229 (Lporter229) New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 236 Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 10:22 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was Maru still a child when she was murdered? age 0-5?5-10?10-13?13-18? exact age relevant? Was Maru adopted at birth (or as an infant)?possibly Did Maru know the identity of her birth parents? no Did the murderer know the identity of her birth parents? no | ||
| Buzzard (Buzzard)
New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 964 Registered: 6-2003 |
two missed posts above | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1223 Registered: 6-2005 |
Was Maru murdered by one of her biological parents? adopted parents? A relative of either set of parents? A family friend? A complete stranger? | ||
| Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet)
New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1224 Registered: 6-2005 |
Ugh. Sorry missed the line of questioning earlier. The aquaintance/stranger... He? She? Was he a friend of her adopted parents, but she had not met him yet? Was he a friend of her biological parents, but she had not met him? An enemy? Somebody trying to get to somebody through Maru? | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 241 Registered: 11-2007 |
Did Maru's killer specifically intend to kill Maru? or was it a random killing? or did he mistake Maru for someone else? | ||
| Suzycute (Suzycute)
New member Username: Suzycute Post Number: 14 Registered: 1-2008 |
Was Maru killed by cannibal step parents | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3083 Registered: 8-2001 |
Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 10:31 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Lporter229 (Lporter229) New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 236 Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 10:22 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was Maru still a child when she was murdered? see below age 0-5? no5-10? possibly10-13? possibly13-18? possibly exact age relevant? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3084 Registered: 8-2001 |
Howardwoman (Howardwoman) New member Username: Howardwoman Post Number: 39 Registered: 1-2008 Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 10:06 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Does this have to do with the execution of a will? no Was she supposed to inherit something? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3085 Registered: 8-2001 |
Buzzard (Buzzard) New member Username: Buzzard Post Number: 964 Registered: 6-2003 Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 - 10:34 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) two missed posts above Rectified, with my deeeeepest apologies Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1223 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 10:10 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was Maru murdered by one of her biological parents? no adopted parents? no A relative of either set of parents? no A family friend? no A complete stranger? yope Dlcygnet (Dlcygnet) New member Username: Dlcygnet Post Number: 1224 Registered: 6-2005 Posted on Thursday, January 24, 2008 - 10:13 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Ugh. Sorry missed the line of questioning earlier. The aquaintance/stranger... He? She? irrel Was he a friend of her adopted parents, but she had not met him yet? no Was he a friend of her biological parents, but she had not met him? no An enemy?yope Somebody trying to get to somebody through Maru? no Lporter229 (Lporter229) New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 241 Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 2:16 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did Maru's killer specifically intend to kill Maru? yesish or was it a random killing? noish or did he mistake Maru for someone else? no Suzycute (Suzycute) New member Username: Suzycute Post Number: 14 Registered: 1-2008 Posted on Friday, January 25, 2008 - 9:38 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was Maru killed by cannibal step parents noooooo | ||
| Gapcarp (Gapcarp)
New member Username: Gapcarp Post Number: 45 Registered: 11-2007 |
was she human? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3086 Registered: 8-2001 |
Gapcarp (Gapcarp) New member Username: Gapcarp Post Number: 45 Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Saturday, January 26, 2008 - 11:00 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) was she human? yes | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 1227 Registered: 9-2003 |
was she trying to find out more about her biological parents? is the place she was killed relevant? are her biological parents relevant in her death? her adopted parents? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3090 Registered: 8-2001 |
~damia~ (~damia~) New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 1227 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 9:23 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) was she trying to find out more about her biological parents? yes is the place she was killed relevant?yesish or yope} are her biological parents relevant in her death? yope her adopted parents? no | ||
| ~damia~ (~damia~)
New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 1234 Registered: 9-2003 |
are any biological relatives other than parents relevant? were her biological parents alive? just the mother? just the father? was she killed close/in where the biological parents lived? at her own home? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3091 Registered: 8-2001 |
~damia~ (~damia~) New member Username: ~damia~ Post Number: 1234 Registered: 9-2003 Posted on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 - 9:07 am: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) are any biological relatives other than parents relevant? no were her biological parents alive? irrel just the mother? ditto just the father? ditto was she killed close/in where the biological parents lived? irrel at her own home? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3095 Registered: 8-2001 |
HINT: Find out the motive for the murder. | ||
| Peter365 (Peter365)
New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 970 Registered: 1-2007 |
Greed ? Revenge? Lust? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3096 Registered: 8-2001 |
Peter365 (Peter365) New member Username: Peter365 Post Number: 970 Registered: 1-2007 Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 3:55 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Greed ?no Revenge? no Lust?yes | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 251 Registered: 11-2007 |
Was Maru's murderer jealous of Maru? Lusting after Maru? Thought Maru was lusting after her spouse? Any non-family relationships of Maru's relevant? Murderer: male? female? irrelevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3099 Registered: 8-2001 |
Lporter229 (Lporter229) New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 251 Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 9:23 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was Maru's murderer jealous of Maru?no Lusting after Maru? yes Thought Maru was lusting after her spouse? no Any non-family relationships of Maru's relevant? yes Murderer: male?probably female? possibly irrelevant? yes | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 254 Registered: 11-2007 |
Did Maru's murderer know the identity of her biological parents? Was Maru's murderer related to Maru through her biological parents? through adoption? | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 255 Registered: 11-2007 |
Had Maru's murderer ever actually met Maru? Was lusting after her from photographs? Arranged marriages relevant? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3100 Registered: 8-2001 |
Lporter229 (Lporter229) New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 255 Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 9:51 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Had Maru's murderer ever actually met Maru?yes Was lusting after her from photographs? possibly but unlikely Arranged marriages relevant? no | ||
| Arek_fu (Arek_fu)
New member Username: Arek_fu Post Number: 63 Registered: 12-2007 |
Lust = sexual lust here? You said above that the country where Maru was born is relevant to her murder. Is it the U.S.? In America? Europe? Western Europe? Africa? Asia? Oceania? Do we need to find out the exact country? Baby sitting relevant? Is the baby sitter the murderer? Is there only one murderer? I think you missed Lporter229's post number 254 above. | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3101 Registered: 8-2001 |
Lporter229 (Lporter229) New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 254 Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 9:49 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Did Maru's murderer know the identity of her biological parents? no Was Maru's murderer related to Maru through her biological parents? no through adoption? no | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3102 Registered: 8-2001 |
Arek_fu (Arek_fu) New member Username: Arek_fu Post Number: 63 Registered: 12-2007 Posted on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - 10:34 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Lust = sexual lust here? yes You said above that the country where Maru was born is relevant to her murder. Is it the U.S.? In America? Europe? Western Europe? Africa? Asia? Oceania? Do we need to find out the exact country? It is probably the US. Baby sitting relevant? no Is the baby sitter the murderer?N/A Is there only one murderer? yes I think you missed Lporter229's post number 254 Rectified, with my h&h (heartfelt & humble) apologies. above. | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 256 Registered: 11-2007 |
Was there a confrontation between Maru and her killer before she died? relevant? Relevant how Maru was murdered? poisoned? shot? beaten to death? stabbed? hanged? drowned? Was she raped prior to being killed (I know, pleasant line of questions here...)? Was the fact that Maru was looking for information regarding her biological parents related to her murder? Relevant where she was when she was murdered? In her home? outdoors in a public place? indoors in a public place? a private place other than her home? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3103 Registered: 8-2001 |
Lporter229 (Lporter229) New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 256 Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 4:36 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was there a confrontation between Maru and her killer before she died? yes relevant? yes Relevant how Maru was murdered?, somewhat poisoned? unlikely shot? possibly beaten to death? ditto stabbed? ditto hanged? dittodrowned? unlikely Was she raped prior to being killed (I know, pleasant line of questions here...)? yes (sorry) Was the fact that Maru was looking for information regarding her biological parents related to her murder? yes Relevant where she was when she was murdered? yes In her home? no outdoors in a public place? no indoors in a public place? no a private place other than her home? yes | ||
| Lporter229 (Lporter229)
New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 259 Registered: 11-2007 |
Was she at an adoption agency? courthouse or other place of public records? hospital? law office? Would she still have been murdered had she not been at this particular place at this particular time? | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3106 Registered: 8-2001 |
Lporter229 (Lporter229) New member Username: Lporter229 Post Number: 259 Registered: 11-2007 Posted on Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 9:14 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was she at an adoption agency? no courthouse or other place of public recordsnohospital?{P no} law office? no Would she still have been murdered had she not been at this particular place at this particular time?She might have been murdered in a different place & at a different time from the actual ones. | ||
| Arek_fu (Arek_fu)
New member Username: Arek_fu Post Number: 85 Registered: 12-2007 |
Was she murdered in someone else's house? The murderer's house? Did she go there during her search for information about her biological parents? Was she lured into the house, raped and killed? The inevitable shot in the dark, I know :-) | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3108 Registered: 8-2001 |
Arek_fu (Arek_fu) New member Username: Arek_fu Post Number: 85 Registered: 12-2007 Posted on Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 9:57 pm: Edit PostDelete PostView Post/Check IPPrint Post Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only) Was she murdered in someone else's house?yes The murderer's house? yes Did she go there during her search for information about her biological parents? yes+ Was she lured into the house, raped and killed? yes The inevitable shot in the dark, I know :-)On the contrary, you have solved it!! ********* SPOILER************** I knowe all the "Law & Order" reruns so well that they hold few surprises; so I've been branching oiut into other TV crime shows. One dealt with pedophiles who answered Internet queries by adopted xchildren searching for their birth parents. The pedophiles posed as the parents, lured children to thier homes, then raped & killed them. Thanks for sticking with this gruesome puzzle long enough to solve it & please check out my innocuous new one at the bottom of the page. | ||
| Arek_fu (Arek_fu)
New member Username: Arek_fu Post Number: 87 Registered: 12-2007 |
Wow. There was a million-to-one chance of getting it right. But, as magicians have calculated, million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten... | ||
| Nimue (Nimue)
New member Username: Nimue Post Number: 3112 Registered: 8-2001 |
Well. maybe it's just because you have such a good lateral-puzzle mind, which I urge you to direct to my other puzzles!! |
