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(Message started by: Iceman on Apr 8th, 2008, 7:21am)
Title: Lonely hearts
Post by Iceman on Apr 8th, 2008, 7:21am
Detective Somerset is investigating a murder case in Belmond, and all evidence shows that this is the 4th victim. The victim’s name is Crystal, and the killer put notes in her hands 'find me Somerset' and 'lonely hearts'.  The prior cases were Belinda in Altmar, Denise in Carthage and Amanda in Deposit.

The killer is nicknamed hairdresser, because he always takes curl of hair as a souvenir.

So Somerset is thinking about the case, and then it hits him, so the killer is pretty soon located and arrested. How? Mind you, it wasn't because the killer was sloppy and the detective didn't find additional objects.
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by pex on Apr 8th, 2008, 7:52am
[hide]Victim D in town C, C in town B, B in town A, A in town D... suspicious...[/hide]
But I haven't got any further yet.
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by Iceman on Apr 8th, 2008, 10:00am
You’ve noticed an important part 8) Pex. Stay on it, if you dare.

Btw, you’re allowed to invent stories here, in order to try to find out which story fits the best.  
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by gotit on Apr 8th, 2008, 11:20pm
I have noticed another thing. All the victims are female. May be all of them, at some point of time, had been the killer's girlfriend and had betrayed him. :-/

As for the killer, he could be a barber who was himself bald. ;)
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by gotit on Apr 9th, 2008, 12:16am
Or maybe the pattern in which hair was removed from the victims' head spelt out his name.
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by Iceman on Apr 9th, 2008, 12:22am
Nope.
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by gotit on Apr 9th, 2008, 1:32am
Has it got smething to do with [hide]Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck, who were called the "lonely hearts killers"? May be this killer seduced the girls, made love to them and then killed them. In that case, its just a matter of simple DNA testing[/hide]
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by Iceman on Apr 9th, 2008, 1:44am
Not quite. Nope.
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by gotit on Apr 9th, 2008, 5:02am
Somerset realized that [hide]the next murder will take place in Altmar( the place where it all started, since this will complete a cycle). The victim will be a lonely girl whose name starts with B and probably whose hair style matches the four other victims.[/hide]
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by Iceman on Apr 9th, 2008, 5:42am
Not bad, but he was arrested before the possibility of another murder.
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by Grimbal on Apr 9th, 2008, 6:59am
He called the staff of the matchmaking website "Lonely Hearts" (www.LonelyHearts.com) and checked who dated these 4 girls.

I hope you don't like the answer, because then you will never give the intended answer, if there is one.
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by Iceman on Apr 9th, 2008, 7:37am

on 04/09/08 at 06:59:09, Grimbal wrote:
He called the staff of the matchmaking website "Lonely Heart" (www.lonely-heart.com) and checked who dated these 4 girls.

You’re definitely on the right track, together with pex. Yes, he did date them, but he called them, and not vice versa. He was careful about it, or at least, about that particular part. After all, a part of him, evidently, wanted Somerset to catch him.

Btw, the police cannot just enter his home because of a hunch. No, even though you get the idea right, we still need a valid reason for the police to tear down his doors and search the house. Perhaps if you put your ideas together you’ll get the answer.  
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by gotit on Apr 9th, 2008, 7:52am
[hide]After finding the person's name in Grimbal's website, Somerset noticed the the person's name had the same relation with his place of residence as the victims' name had with theirs[/hide].(as mentioned by Pex)
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by JiNbOtAk on Apr 9th, 2008, 8:38pm
His name is Albus Brian Calvin Dumbledore. ABCD murder is his trademark.
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by Grimbal on Apr 10th, 2008, 12:54am

on 04/09/08 at 07:37:52, Iceman wrote:
Btw, the police cannot just enter his home because of a hunch. No, even though you get the idea right, we still need a valid reason for the police to tear down his doors and search the house. Perhaps if you put your ideas together you’ll get the answer.


Well, there is the usual trick to hide a little bag with white powder in his pocket.
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by Iceman on Apr 10th, 2008, 4:37am

on 04/09/08 at 20:38:50, JiNbOtAk wrote:
His name is Albus Brian Calvin Dumbledore. ABCD murder is his trademark.

This is very close, but what would his name be after 5th murder? But you’re right, this was ABC murder.

Btw, I dunno much about insertion advertisement, but the answer, evidently, revolves around it.
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by Iceman on Apr 10th, 2008, 4:39am

on 04/10/08 at 00:54:18, Grimbal wrote:
Well, there is the usual trick to hide a little bag with white powder in his pocket.

I suppose they did tear down his door because of a hunch after all. Oh well.  :-[
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by gotit on Apr 10th, 2008, 4:42am
May be he had plans to cover all 26 letters of the English Alphabet. Was he a crazy English Proffessor?
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by Iceman on Apr 10th, 2008, 4:42am

on 04/09/08 at 20:38:50, JiNbOtAk wrote:
His name is Albus Brian Calvin Dumbledore. ABCD murder is his trademark.

......the way I worded the riddle and intended answer, this one can pass. So I suppose congrats are in order. Whatever.
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by gotit on Apr 10th, 2008, 5:01am
Can we have the intended the answer please?
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by Iceman on Apr 10th, 2008, 5:44am
Well, his add, or whatever you call it, in the section lonely hearts, started with ABC. He included his full name and address. Like I said, I don’t know much about insertion advertisement, & sometimes my riddles are not that good. Later.
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by JiNbOtAk on Apr 10th, 2008, 8:20pm

on 04/10/08 at 04:42:40, Iceman wrote:
......the way I worded the riddle and intended answer, this one can pass. So I suppose congrats are in order. Whatever.



on 04/10/08 at 05:44:50, Iceman wrote:
.. sometimes my riddles are not that good. Later.


Just when I managed to get one right, and you start saying your riddles are not that good.  >:(

Anyway, having read the A.B.C. Murders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A.B.C._Murders), this riddle is kinda obvious.
Title: Re: Lonely hearts
Post by Iceman on Apr 11th, 2008, 7:35am

on 04/10/08 at 20:20:24, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Just when I managed to get one right, and you start saying your riddles are not that good.

I wasn’t criticizing you I was criticizing me. Sometimes you take things a bit too personal.



on 04/10/08 at 20:20:24, JiNbOtAk wrote:
Anyway, having read the A.B.C. Murders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_A.B.C._Murders), this riddle is kinda obvious.

Yup. That TV episode with Poirot inspired me. I just had to become the plagiarist.


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