Question

Who killed ??? Riddle for today!

Answer 1

Whitcombe was found dead in his office desk .Sherlock narrowed the suspects down to 3 people Mrs. Barbara Whitcombe, Ray's wife, Mr. Jason McCubbins, Ray's Business partner, Mr. Harold Nichols, Ray's best friend. Sherlock found a torn picture of his wife laying on the floor beside the trash can, and a ink pen in his hand. On the desk, the police found a name plate, a telephone that was off the hook, personal calender turned to July with 7891011 written on it. after examining this evidence, Sherlock knew the suspect. How??

Now remember : A SHARP TONGUE DOES NOT MEAN YOU HAVE A KEEN MIND.

Prove that you are the detective SERIOUSLY the best => UNLOCK THE SOLuTion & Whats the Mystery....

Answer 2

Any body wanna try

Answer 3

Seems difficult @Rohangrr

Answer 4

@Libniz @TuringTest @Hero @hartnn @facemash-RNC @boodee12 @levioloncelle96 @AccessDenied @Algebraic! Try it

Answer 5

Welcome!

Answer 6

It was Jason.

7891011 -> 7·8·9·10·11

7- July
8- August
9- September
10- October
11- November

First letters of the months spell JASON.

Answer 7

O-O

Answer 8

More Information Solve it step wise @micahwood50

Answer 9

Real people do not write their adversary's name in code prior to death.

Answer 10

@badreferences This is riddle, not real life.

Answer 11

I haven't said that you're wrong @micahwood50
@badreferences Just imagine

Answer 12

So he was on the phone at the time of death, and a number was written on the calendar. This number I think we can heuristically reason belongs to the business man.

@micahwood50 Crime-solving skills are inductive. We need to find some boundaries for what's acceptable behavior. This could all be a set up.

Answer 13

Welcome @ash2326

Answer 14

So we can say that the business man is scott free of blame.

Answer 15

@badreferences If this question comes on your question paper then write this stuff !
It a riddle based ong ur @purelogic and @math

Answer 16

Maybe cause I haven't made this its taken frm a magazine

Answer 17

what day was it when he was killed? was it in july...

Answer 18

You cannot use pure logic to solve a crime. That would be deductive. You would have to rule out the possibility that someone came in and changed the evidence.

Answer 19

Maybe the wife set it all up.. she didnt like her husband so she hired someone to kill him :P

Answer 20

@micahwood50 try onn this surely you can get a medal

Answer 21

I really want to know how that quote helps for one...

Answer 22

so was he right about it being jason? because of the numbers?

Answer 23

apparently the goal is to rule out the others as well?

Answer 24

so there was no security cameras there?

Answer 25

sherlockian days bru

Answer 26

According to Google, the calendar was the clue to solving this murder.

Answer 27

it was a time near 1790s @Libniz when @Arthur Conan was alive

Answer 28

"Yes, ahem, someone is going to kill me. Instead of writing 'Jason', let's write, instead, his name in cipher with two steps of disassociation!" - no murder victim ever

Answer 29

Its truly DIFFICULT

Answer 30

I don't think they had telephones in 1790 but...

Answer 31

@badreferences This isn't real life. Don't take this too serious.

Answer 32

i'm so annoyed right now. those numbers could be anything. a phone number, for one.

Answer 33

Alex Grahm Bell @TuringTest

Answer 34

@micahwood50 Alright, it isn't real life. A time traveler came in and changed the evidence.

Answer 35

I'm curious as to what the step-wise solution is. I doubt if one exists. Even if there was one, Sherlock didn't use it.

Answer 36

Nice ques...

Answer 37

This is a bad question and the asker should feel bad.

Answer 38

alex graham bell was born in 1840s

Answer 39

But you can use it @Hero LOL

Answer 40

haha everyone looked up info on Graham Bell

Answer 41

His dad mst have done that

Answer 42

If you look up the riddle, you will notice that calendar is the only clue you have to solve the murder case.

Answer 43

okay

Answer 44

a calendar with a bunch of numbers on it is not enough proof.

Answer 45

i don't care who you ask.

Answer 46

here goes @AriPotta Wht else can be the clue

Answer 47

hmmm....

Answer 48

sherlock should have been given competency exam

Answer 49

I want to know how the statement "a sharp tongue does not mean you have a keen mind" implies anything at all, or is all this just useless info? that would kinda suck...

Answer 50

The question asker should have his arm cut off.

Answer 51

"A sharp tongue does not mean you have a keen mind," was meant to ward off people who said the question was stupid.

Answer 52

I'm willing to bet one thousand dollars you can't solve it.

Answer 53

Any other than using clue from calendar.

Answer 54

why would the torn picture be beside the trash can? that makes no sense. it would be IN the trash can. and a businessman isn't lazy, he would have thrown it away.

Answer 55

this whole scenario makes no sense unless it was a set up

Answer 56

do we know how he died, or no?

Answer 57

The answer: http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/teaser.php?op=2&id=39718&comm=0

First, @Rohangrr didn't even post all the evidence.

Second, the line of reasoning doesn't deduce that the calendar necessarily had the killer's name written on it.

Third, red herrings are used in the pile of evidence.

Fourth, this is inductive reasoning. Heuristic reasoning, not logical.

Fifth, if we are to accept that this isn't real life, and that people behave like they do in cartoons, then we can postulate anything since the question, being inductive, assumes that there are realistic limits to behavior. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_explosion )

Answer 58

This^