| Author | Message | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16176 Registered: 4-2010 |
A criminal thought he'd gotten away with his crime for sure, but he was caught in an unusual way. How? Criminal - H/A/M FMOI | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5204 Registered: 9-2010 |
Was the crime one that caused physical harm to someone else? Killed someone? (Or more than one person/living thing, if applicable)? Was it a crime involving money (robbery? burglary? embezzlement? blackmail? something else?) was the crime committed against a single person? multiple people? a group/organization? was it a series of related crimes? would this scenario work in the present day? 10 years ago? 20 years ago? 50 years ago? 100? 500? 1000? 2000? More? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16181 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the crime one that caused physical harm to someone else? Killed someone? (Or more than one person/living thing, if applicable)? Was it a crime involving money (robbery? This burglary? And this embezzlement? blackmail? something else?) was the crime committed against a single person? multiple people? Assume this a group/organization? was it a series of related crimes? would this scenario work in the present day? 10 years ago? 20 years ago? 50 years ago? From a little later than here to the present day. Say within the past 70 years 100? 500? 1000? 2000? More? | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5208 Registered: 9-2010 |
was he a cat burglar? or wuz he a kitteh burglur, oar evun teh Hamburglur, dat steelz cheezburgur? (Or was he an actual cat-thief...or the Hamburglar of McDonald's fame...in past years...that tried to steal hamburgers? And cheeseburgers, too, I'm sure...) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16184 Registered: 4-2010 |
was he a cat burglar? Just your average burglar | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5212 Registered: 9-2010 |
*sigh* I iz confuseded...=( was he stealing from poor people? middle class people? rich people? was there a pattern to his thefts? were his victims strangers to him? people he knew? neighbors? friends? relatives? | ||
| Doriana (Doriana)
New member Username: Doriana Post Number: 2463 Registered: 12-2010 |
Is some kind of technology relevant? That has been around for the last 70 years? television? telephone? radio? cars? planes? (I know that they're all older, but at the beginning, they weren't that popular) | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16190 Registered: 4-2010 |
was he stealing from poor people? middle class people? This rich people? was there a pattern to his thefts? FA were his victims strangers to him? This people he knew? neighbors? friends? relatives? Is some kind of technology relevant? I don't know if it would be considered "technology," so Yope That has been around for the last 70 years? Yes television? telephone? radio? cars? planes? (I know that they're all older, but at the beginning, they weren't that popular) No to all | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1315 Registered: 1-2011 |
Did he commit just one theft? Is the stolen item(s) relevant? Is it relevant how much time elapsed between theft and being caught? Did the burglar had a good, reasonable reason to believe he would have gotten away with his crime? Was he caught by accident? Did he commit any other relevant crime or misdemeanour? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16198 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he commit just one theft? Yes Is the stolen item(s) relevant? No Is it relevant how much time elapsed between theft and being caught? Yes. Assume it was less than a day Did the burglar had a good, reasonable reason to believe he would have gotten away with his crime? Yes Was he caught by accident? Yope Did he commit any other relevant crime or misdemeanour? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2622 Registered: 2-2011 |
fingerprints relevant? DNA? television? radio? fax? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1320 Registered: 1-2011 |
Did the burglar leave any material evidence on the scene? Did someone see the burglar while committing the crime? Did the burglar tell anybody about the crime? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16201 Registered: 4-2010 |
fingerprints relevant? DNA? television? radio? fax? No to all Did the burglar leave any material evidence on the scene? Yesish -- DOYD of "material evidence" Did someone see the burglar while committing the crime? No Did the burglar tell anybody about the crime? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2632 Registered: 2-2011 |
had he left footprints? saliva? teethmarks? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16207 Registered: 4-2010 |
had he left footprints? Yes... saliva? No teethmarks? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2638 Registered: 2-2011 |
was technology used to identify the footprints? the type of footwear? his footwear specifically? did they make a cast of the footprints? hold on - were the footprints in soft ground, sand etc? or were they indoors? on a tiled floor? wood? carpet? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16220 Registered: 4-2010 |
was technology used to identify the footprints? Yope the type of footwear? Yes his footwear specifically? Yes did they make a cast of the footprints? No hold on - were the footprints in soft ground, sand etc? No or were they indoors? Yes on a tiled floor? wood? This carpet? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1338 Registered: 1-2011 |
Did he have unique shoes? Did he boast about having unique shoes? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2657 Registered: 2-2011 |
did they take a photo of his footprints? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16233 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he have unique shoes? Assume yes Did he boast about having unique shoes? Irrel did they take a photo of his footprints? Eventually | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2661 Registered: 2-2011 |
was he wearing high heels? sandals? orthapaedic shoes? boots? stilts? roller skates? golf shoes? football boots? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16234 Registered: 4-2010 |
was he wearing high heels? sandals? orthapaedic shoes? boots? stilts? roller skates? golf shoes? football boots? Irrel. The point is that once the police got the footprints, they knew who the owner of the shoes was and identified the criminal. | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5243 Registered: 9-2010 |
did he wear two different size shoes? and he had to specially order them from the store? because he had two different size feet? my feet are like that...O_O | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16237 Registered: 4-2010 |
did he wear two different size shoes? and he had to specially order them from the store? because he had two different size feet? Irrel my feet are like that...O_O Really? I did not know that. Interesting. You don't need to know what's special about the shoes. What you do need to know is how the footprints were found. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2665 Registered: 2-2011 |
UV light? were they not visible to the naked eye? thermal imaging? microscope? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1345 Registered: 1-2011 |
Did he leave the footprints inside the house? outside the house? Did he leave the footprints while trying to clean up the crime scene from the signs of his presence? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16245 Registered: 4-2010 |
UV light? Yes were they not visible to the naked eye? Yes (see above) thermal imaging? No microscope? No Did he leave the footprints inside the house? Yes, No to rest outside the house? Did he leave the footprints while trying to clean up the crime scene from the signs of his presence? | ||
| Redwine (Redwine)
New member Username: Redwine Post Number: 1365 Registered: 1-2011 |
Did he protect his shoes with a substance which enabled him to leave no ordinary footprints? But the substance is visible under UV light, what he didn't know? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16265 Registered: 4-2010 |
Did he protect his shoes with a substance which enabled him to leave no ordinary footprints? No But the substance is visible under UV light, what he didn't know? No, but a substance visible under UV light is relevant. | ||
| Amu (Amu)
New member Username: Amu Post Number: 60 Registered: 2-2010 |
Traces of his own blood on his shoes? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16276 Registered: 4-2010 |
Traces of his own blood on his shoes? No | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2680 Registered: 2-2011 |
any other body fluids? semen? urine? detergent? jellyfish? something he'd walked in? or an intrisic part of the shoes? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16287 Registered: 4-2010 |
any other body fluids? semen? urine? This, but... detergent? jellyfish? Neither something he'd walked in? This or an intrisic part of the shoes? | ||
| Amu (Amu)
New member Username: Amu Post Number: 64 Registered: 2-2010 |
His own urine? His dog's urine (and only he has that type of dog in the neighbourhood)? | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2684 Registered: 2-2011 |
not human urine? had he walked through the cat's litter box? urine which had been processed in some way? fertilizer? dye? bleach? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16295 Registered: 4-2010 |
His own urine? No His dog's urine (and only he has that type of dog in the neighborhood)? No but OTRT not human urine? Right had he walked through the cat's litter box? No, but it was cat urine urine which had been processed in some way? fertilizer? dye? bleach? No to these RECAP because you've almost got it: A burglar broke into a house, but was caught after leaving footprints created because he'd stepped in cat urine, which glows under a blacklight. Need to determine: How did he step in the urine? Where did the urine come from? | ||
| Amu (Amu)
New member Username: Amu Post Number: 75 Registered: 2-2010 |
Was it the owners' cat? The burglar's cat? Some other random cat's urine? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16307 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was it the owners' cat? This The burglar's cat? Some other random cat's urine? | ||
| Amu (Amu)
New member Username: Amu Post Number: 82 Registered: 2-2010 |
Hmm,I wonder how they could identify him with cat urine footprints... Did they realise he had stepped in urine, and then checked something else? Like the cat scratched him? Or did the footprints themselves give away his identity? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16311 Registered: 4-2010 |
Hmm,I wonder how they could identify him with cat urine footprints... This part's pretty much been figured out: cat urine glows under a blacklight, and while searching the scene with one, they found the footprints. Did they realise he had stepped in urine, and then checked something else? Like the cat scratched him? Or did the footprints themselves give away his identity? This. All you need to know is why there was cat urine on the floor. You know it was from the owner's cat, but there's a little piece left. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16312 Registered: 4-2010 |
Hmm,I wonder how they could identify him with cat urine footprints... This part's pretty much been figured out: cat urine glows under a blacklight, and while searching the scene with one, they found the footprints. Did they realise he had stepped in urine, and then checked something else? Like the cat scratched him? Or did the footprints themselves give away his identity? This. All you need to know is why there was cat urine on the floor. You know it was from the owner's cat, but there's a little piece left. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2690 Registered: 2-2011 |
was it a male cat? had it sprayed? | ||
| Amu (Amu)
New member Username: Amu Post Number: 86 Registered: 2-2010 |
Did he step in the urine outside and brought it in the house on his shoes? Or the urine was already inside e.g. for Shez's reasons? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16315 Registered: 4-2010 |
was it a male cat? Irrel had it sprayed? Don't know what this means; I guess No Did he step in the urine outside and brought it in the house on his shoes? No Or the urine was already inside Yes e.g. for Shez's reasons? No | ||
| Kayleetonkslupin (Kayleetonkslupin)
New member Username: Kayleetonkslupin Post Number: 5267 Registered: 9-2010 |
Male cats spray urine to 'mark their territory'. Basically Shez was asking if it had urinated somewhere to mark the place or thing. | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16317 Registered: 4-2010 |
Male cats spray urine to 'mark their territory'. Basically Shez was asking if it had urinated somewhere to mark the place or thing. Ah. In that case, No. | ||
| Emeraldink (Emeraldink)
New member Username: Emeraldink Post Number: 549 Registered: 4-2007 |
Was the cat scared? ill? Or was it something else that the burglar did that cause a natural reaction in the cat? | ||
| Balin (Balin)
New member Username: Balin Post Number: 16323 Registered: 4-2010 |
Was the cat scared? Yes ill? No Or was it something else that the burglar did that cause a natural reaction in the cat? Not exactly, but I think you've got enough now. **********SPOILER********** A burglar broke into a house in order to rob it. However, his presence scared the home's cat, who urinated on the floor in fright. The burglar stepped in the cat urine during the course of the robbery, leaving footprints that were discovered with the aid of a UV light during the investigation (cat urine glows under a blacklight). The footprints were used to identify the criminal. Nice work, everyone, and watch where you step. | ||
| Shez (Shez)
New member Username: Shez Post Number: 2698 Registered: 2-2011 |
darn it! I had given up because I couldn't see how a cat could have done that just anywhere! nice puzzle Balin |
