FILE No.89Unsolved
One summer afternoon, three people (the victim, friend A and friend B) drank the same drink with ice at a garden table. Only the victim died. A and B were fine.
The bottle was tested afterwards, and no poison was found. The glasses had already been washed before the police arrived, so they could not be tested.
It was hot, so A and B drank theirs down quickly. The victim was deep in conversation and drank slowly, over a long time.
How did the culprit put in the poison?
If you get stuck, open the hints one at a time, in order.
How did A and B drink compared with the victim?
Was poison found in the bottle?
Ice takes time to melt.
How did the culprit put in the poison?
Choose the answer closest to the truth.
Froze the poison into the middle of an ice cube, so it only reached the drink once the ice melted, which happened to the victim who drank slowly
The answer is: froze the poison into the middle of an ice cube, so it only reached the drink once the ice melted, which happened to the victim who drank slowly.
Poison frozen in the core of the ice is released only when the ice melts. A and B finished before the ice melted, so they never swallowed any. The victim, drinking slowly, drank the drink after the ice melted and the poison mixed in. The clean bottle fits this as well.
People assume the poison was in the drink from the start.
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