The Games Weekend Murder
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The Games Weekend Murder
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The Games Weekend Murder
P2: Eliminate a Suspect Quiz
Hints: Scavenger Hunt Teams
Hint 1 (General)
Read the two truths and a lie statements carefully. See if you can figure out who they belong to, and then compare them to the scavenger hunt team names.
Hint 2 (General)
Read Elise’s witness statement carefully.
Hint 3 (McLovins)
McLovin is a character in Superbad.
Hint 4 (Man's Best Friend)
This hint is for ‘Man’s best friend’. Which ‘2 truths and a lie’ reference animals?
Hint 5 (The Romantics)
This hint is for ‘The Romantics’. Who writes poetry?
Hint 6 (The Romantics)
This hint is for ‘The Romantics’. Who wrote down that it was a ‘lie’ that they hate rom-coms?
Solution (Man's Best Friend)
Isaiah and Elise are on Man’s Best Friend.
We know that couples paired up together (Elise mentioned it in her witness statement), and Isaiah and Elise are a couple. One of Elise’s truths is that she's vegan. This is also referenced in an email. One of Isaiah's truths is that he has five corgis. The handwriting for "Man's Best Friend” also matches Elise’s handwriting.
Lenny and Bryn are on The Romantics.
Phil and Claire are on McLovins.
Solution (The Romantics)
The Romantics is Lenny and Brynn. They are a couple, and we know that couples paired up together
Hint 7
This note can be decrypted by referencing the playing cards photograph. This photograph shows that different heart and diamond cards map to different letters in the alphabet.
Start by mapping ace of hearts to the letter A, then map the next letter of the alphabet to the first diamond card (i.e. ace of diamonds). Alternate between hearts and diamonds to map the rest of the alphabet (i.e. 2 of hearts maps to C, 2 of diamonds maps to D, 3 of hearts maps to E, 3 of diamonds maps to F etc.)
Decrypted, the note reads:
HES A LIAR AND A BACKSTABBER. WONT OWN UP. ILL MAKE HIM FEEL AS HELPLESS AS HE MADE ME.
Hints — P2: Eliminate a Suspect
Hint 1
This suspect can be eliminated because they have an alibi for when the EpiPen was stolen. If you're not sure when the EpiPen was stolen, read Elise's witness statement carefully.
Hint 2
Examine the Rock Photograph carefully.
Hint 3
The EpiPen was stolen between 4:05pm and 4:30pm, while Isaiah was in the shower (see Elise's witness statement).
The Rock Photograph was taken at 4:19pm. The person who took the Rock Photograph couldn't have stolen Isaiah's EpiPen.
Who took the Rock Photograph? Examine the scavenger hunt maps and figure out who was on what team.
Make sure you've figured out who wrote each "Two Truths and a Lie" before continuing
Hint 4
If you've figured out who wrote each two truths and a lie, you should be able to figure out one member of each scavenger hunt team. Match the handwriting for each scavenger hunt team name to the handwriting for one of the two truths and a lie.
There are two people on each scavenger hunt team. To figure out who the pairs are, read Elise's witness statement.
The McLovins and Man's Best Friend both took photos of a rock shaped heart.
Isaiah and Elise finished the scavenger hunt (noted in Elise's witness statement).
Isaiah and Elise could not have taken the time stamped photo of the rock because they were back at 4pm (and the photo was taken at 4:19pm).
Which team were Isaiah and Elise on?
If you're not sure, look at the 2 truths and a lie and Elise's witness statement.
Hint 5
Elise's witness statement tells us the scavenger hunt teams were as follows: Elise and Isaiah, Lenny and Brynn, Phil and Claire.
Elise's handwriting on her witness statement matches the handwriting for Man's Best Friend, so the team members on Man's Best Friend were Isaiah and Elise.
The other two teams are: The Romantics and McLovins. Lenny and Brynn are on one team, and Claire and Phil are on the other.
Someone on McLovins took the rock photo at 4:19pm.
You can figure out who was on the Romantics and the McLovins by comparing handwriting,
The 5th (bottom center) 2 truths and a lie is Elise's (it matches her handwriting, and we know Elise is vegan).
We can infer that the sixth (bottom right) 2 truths and a lie is Isaiah's (because one of the truths is "I've had 5 corgis" which fits with the team name 'Man's Best Friend').
Who is on the Romantics (either Lenny/Brynn or Phil/Claire) and who is on McLovins (either Lenny/Brynn or Phil/Claire)?
If you're not sure, read the "Phil has..." Note and examine the "Never Have I Ever" photograph.
Also compare the handwriting of The Romantics and McLovin to the 2 truths and a lie (remember that we know who the 5th and 6th, i.e. bottom center and bottom right, belong to).
Hint 6
The handwriting for the Romantics matches Lenny's handwriting.
Solution
Elise and Isaiah were on "Man's Best Friend." Lenny and Brynn were on the Romantics, which means Phil and Claire were on McLovins.
Solution
Phil can be eliminated because he was taking a photo of a rock-shaped heart at Gabriel Pond at 4:19pm. The EpiPen was stolen sometime between 4:05pm and 4:30pm.
Because of the location of Gabriel Pond, Phil could not have taken the photo and also stolen the EpiPen.
We know Phil took the photo because only two teams took photos of the rock-shaped heart (McLovins and Man's Best Friend), but only one team could have taken the photo at 4:19pm (Phil's team—McLovins).
The McLovins and Man's Best Friend took photos of the rock shaped heart. Elise and Isaiah were on the Man's Best Friend team, which we know because their team name matches Elise's handwriting. They couldn't have taken the photo because they were back by 4pm.
We know Phil was on the other team that took a photo of the heart-shaped rock (McLovins) because he couldn't have been on any other team (Man's Best Friend was Elise and Isaiah, and the Romantics was Lenny and Brynn). We know the Romantics was Lenny and Brynn because the first and second two truths and a lie (i.e. top left and top center) match The Romantics (both the handwriting and the content).
We can also figure out that Phil was on McLovins because the handwriting for McLovins matches the handwriting on Phil's Never Have I ever note.