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Assassinated in the Hotel Room [Solved]

Started by iago, August 09, 2005, 07:07:31 PM

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iago

A man was found dead in his 51st story hotel room, assassinated.  The room he was in is locked from the inside.  He was slouched in a chair in front of one of the windows in the room.  The carpet below the window was damp.  The only sound in the room was the sound of the air conditioner.  The bullet entered the back of his head and was loged in the base of his skull.  It was determined that he was shot exactly where he sat, and that the bullet had been fired from over 30 meters way.  The man had been dead for several hours.  Since the windows had been locked from within, and the glass unbroken, how was he assassinated?

trust

He was shot elsewhere, while sitting in the chair (exactly where he sat) and then carried to the hotel room. You can lock the door from the outside, or they could have just locked it from the inside and slammed it.

iago

Good guess, but no.  It would be obvious if he was moved.  I should have said "he was unmoved" in the puzzle, though. 

Newby

That's the top floor I'm guessing. Perhaps there was a sunroof he shot through?
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Quote from: Rule on June 30, 2008, 01:13:20 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 AM
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

iago


Newby

Hmm..

I bet it has something to do with ice, if the carpet is wet.
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Quote from: Rule on June 30, 2008, 01:13:20 PM
Quote from: CrAz3D on June 30, 2008, 10:38:22 AM
I'd bet that you're currently bloated like a water ballon on a hot summer's day.

That analogy doesn't even make sense.  Why would a water balloon be especially bloated on a hot summer's day? For your sake, I hope there wasn't too much logic testing on your LSAT. 

Ergot

He was shot. Killer is in the bathroom :D!
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Joe

Never said he was alone. The killer is still there.
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trust

That'd be a big hotel room, >90 feet long at least?

iago

Trust is correct, the hotel room isn't that big :P

trust

Is there a hole in the door? The door was closed when the police entered, yes?

Is the carpet damp due to blood, or due to the A/C, or due to him peeing on himself when his body released toxins due to death?

Are there any holes in the floor?

iago

Quote from: OG Trust on August 09, 2005, 09:57:51 PM
Is there a hole in the door? The door was closed when the police entered, yes?

Is the carpet damp due to blood, or due to the A/C, or due to him peeing on himself when his body released toxins due to death?

Are there any holes in the floor?

No holes.

No the carpet is not damp due to the aforementioned factors. 

Ergot

Quote from: iago on August 09, 2005, 07:07:31 PM
how was he assassinated?
He was shot by a bullet that had been fired from over 30 meters away!
Quote from: Newby on February 26, 2006, 12:16:58 AM
Who gives a damn? I fuck sheep all the time.
Quote from: rabbit on December 11, 2005, 01:05:35 PM
And yes, male both ends.  There are a couple lesbians that need a two-ended dildo...My router just refuses to wear a strap-on.
(05:55:03) JoE ThE oDD: omfg good job i got a boner thinkin bout them chinese bitches
(17:54:15) Sidoh: I love cosmetology

Warrior

Hmm
He was facing the window with his back torwards the rest of the room and the guy had just entered the room,
shot him and locked the door from the inside before he left.
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iago

Quote from: Anti-Newby on August 09, 2005, 10:37:06 PM
Hmm
He was facing the window with his back torwards the rest of the room and the guy had just entered the room,
shot him and locked the door from the inside before he left.

He would have been too close!

Nobody left the room after the man was killed.