Slip or Trip
Slip or Trip
When we arrived at the scene, we found Queenie looking over her dead husband. Queenie claimed that her husband, Arthur, had gone for a drink and had accidentally tripped down the stairs. She explained that way why Arthur still had the drink in his hand. An autopsy found that Arthur was indeed drunk and had died from a wound to his head. The autopsy seems to correlate with Queenie’s story, however further investigation supports that Queenie was indeed the murderer. First of all Queenie had a motive. Prior to the “accident” Queenie and Arthur had gotten into a fight. In addition, Queenie had the perfect opportunity to complete the murder. Queenie came home ten minutes before anyone else, and in that time she could have easily managed to kill Arthur. It is also suspicious that Arthur is facing upwards. If he had indeed fallen when coming down to get a drink, it is unlikely that he would have ended up lying of his back. As a general rule, people fall face first if they trip when coming down the stairs. Also, the glass in Arthur’s hand is unbroken and the carpet is undisturbed. If Arthur had fallen, he would have most likely attempted to grab something for support and dropped the glass. His weight should have disturbed the carpet, yet the carpet is not askew. The last point of evidence against Queenie is there is a burning pan on the stove. The condition of the pan shows that it has been disregarded for some time. The burnt food indicates that Queenie was not paying attention to the pan, and was instead focused on something else…such as murdering her husband.
When we arrived at the scene, we found Queenie looking over her dead husband. Queenie claimed that her husband, Arthur, had gone for a drink and had accidentally tripped down the stairs. She explained that way why Arthur still had the drink in his hand. An autopsy found that Arthur was indeed drunk and had died from a wound to his head. The autopsy seems to correlate with Queenie’s story, however further investigation supports that Queenie was indeed the murderer. First of all Queenie had a motive. Prior to the “accident” Queenie and Arthur had gotten into a fight. In addition, Queenie had the perfect opportunity to complete the murder. Queenie came home ten minutes before anyone else, and in that time she could have easily managed to kill Arthur. It is also suspicious that Arthur is facing upwards. If he had indeed fallen when coming down to get a drink, it is unlikely that he would have ended up lying of his back. As a general rule, people fall face first if they trip when coming down the stairs. Also, the glass in Arthur’s hand is unbroken and the carpet is undisturbed. If Arthur had fallen, he would have most likely attempted to grab something for support and dropped the glass. His weight should have disturbed the carpet, yet the carpet is not askew. The last point of evidence against Queenie is there is a burning pan on the stove. The condition of the pan shows that it has been disregarded for some time. The burnt food indicates that Queenie was not paying attention to the pan, and was instead focused on something else…such as murdering her husband.