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Sharky,a leader of the underworld was killed

 
Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:47 pm  by tartle

Sharky,a leader of the underworld was killed by one of his own band of four henchmen. Detective Sharp interviewed the men and determined that all were lying except for one. He deduced who killed Sharky on the basis of the following statements:
a. Socko: Lefty killed Sharky.
b. Fats: Muscles did not kill Sharky.
c. Lefty: Muscles was shooting craps with Socko when Sharky was knocked off.
d. Muscles: Lefty did not kill the Sharky.
Who killed Sharky?
 
   
Tue Aug 13, 2013 2:45 pm  by Red

Muscles killed Sharky

d. Muscles: Lefty did not kill the Sharky= True
because
b & c both say that muscles DIDNT kill him, since only 1 answer can be true both b&c are lies.
and
'a' can't be true, because then 'b' would say that muscles also killed him.

so it can't be a,b, or c
so 'd' has to be true
so
the truth is
a-Lefty didn't kill sharky
b-Muscles DID kill Sharky
c-Muscles DIDn't have an alibi
d-Lefty DIDn't kill Sharky
so
Muscles killed Sharky
 
   
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