Deduction 3: Going Against The Norm

11, November, 2023

Rated: ⭐⭐⚝

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A famous actor was shot on stage during a play. The actor entered to the play through a huge cloud of mist. Audience reported that there was a lazer coming from the second floor right before the gun shot. On the second floor, there are reserved private room that separate who’s inside from the crowd and other rooms.

This particular room was in a bad spot to enjoy the play, but just enough to get an aim of the stage. It is not that hard to ask the theater and find out that this room was reserved a long time ago and the person who reserved it came to the theater covered the face. A planned murder.

The deduction was someone reserved this room and shot the actor with the guide of a lazer during the play. But this was proved wrong as the detective ran to the room right after the gun shot to find out that the bullet case left behind was cold, which means it couldn’t have been that someone shot from that room.

After the case developed, he found out that the actor was shot on stage by an actress who was also on stage. The huge cloud of mist hide the gun from being seen. And the actress pointed the lazer to the room to fake that someone shot from the second floor. Everything was perfect until the detective found out about the cold bullet shell.

This is a manipulation, a variation of the concept The Perfect Game Plan. A slight twist to what’s optimal to create the unthinkable.

The freshness of the evidence matters!