FILE No.115Unsolved
Cash was stolen from a small second-floor office. There is a security camera at the office entrance, and on the night of the incident it recorded continuously without any malfunction. The footage shows no one coming or going.
Outside the office window, however, four deep marks from a ladder's feet were left in the ground. After the incident, the window was unlocked. It was a simple type whose latch could be turned from outside by inserting a thin rod, and muddy shoe prints were on the inside of the window frame.
Where did the culprit come and go?
If you get stuck, open the hints one at a time, in order.
What does the camera film?
Does not showing someone mean they were not there?
What was left outside the window?
Where did the culprit come and go?
Choose the answer closest to the truth.
Came and went through the window using a ladder
The answer is "Came and went through the window using a ladder."
The camera did not malfunction and recorded continuously. So it is natural to think the culprit did not pass through there, rather than that it "failed to record."
The deep marks outside the window are evidence that a heavy person set up a ladder. The window can be unlocked from outside, so entering through the window works. The idea of hiding since the daytime cannot explain the way out.
Because when nothing appears on a security camera, you want to believe nobody entered.
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