Question

A man was found dead in his study. He was slumped over his desk and a gun was in his hand. There was a cassette recorder on his desk. When the police entered the room and pressed the play button on the tape recorder they heard: "I can't go on. I have nothing to live for." Then there was the sound of a gunshot. How did the detective immediately know that the man had been murdered and it wasn't a suicide?

Answer 1

The cassette started playing when the man started talking. Someone else was there to replay the tape,

Answer 2

he cassette had started at the beginning of the man's utterance. Someone else had to be there to rewind the tape.

Answer 3

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