FILE No.54Unsolved
At about 2 p.m., the manager of an apartment building was killed. At the scene there was a mark like an “S” that the manager wrote at the end.
Mr. Hashitani, Room 104
Mr. Karita, Room 801
Mr. Kiritani, Room 710
Mr. Miyashita, Room 417
Mr. Wakatsuki, Room 815
At about 2 p.m., the three without alibis are Hashitani, Kiritani and Wakatsuki.
Which resident’s room is the culprit’s? Compare the evidence as well.
If you get stuck, open the hints one at a time, in order.
Check the manager’s habit in the evidence.
Compare the mark at the scene with other pages of the notebook.
Remove the people with alibis.
Which resident’s room is the culprit’s? Compare the evidence as well.
Choose the answer closest to the truth.
Mr. Wakatsuki, Room 815
The answer is “Mr. Wakatsuki, Room 815.”
The manager always noted room numbers as digits. The “S” at the scene is not an initial but the point where he stopped after starting to write an “8.” Other pages of the notebook have the same kind of unfinished shape. Rooms containing an 8 are 801 and 815. Mr. Karita in 801 has an alibi, so Mr. Wakatsuki in 815, who has none, is the culprit.
You assume the “S” is a letter of the alphabet.
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