Lateral Thinking Puzzles

36. A School Murder

Peter saw his classmate James dead in a restroom holding a gun. The investigator said that it was a murder and not a suicide. The investigator saw James holding a note in his right hand. The investigator said that he has 3 suspects: James` twin, James` girlfriend and a transferee. Who was it?
NOTE: All in this school are intelligent.

Submitted by dave08 · Added 18 January 2014

Solution:

The murderer is James' twin. Since they are identical, the twin could have easily staged the scene to make it look like a suicide. The note in James' right hand suggests it was not a suicide, as a left-handed person would have difficulty writing it that way. The investigator ruled out suicide, indicating the circumstances were manipulated to mislead the investigation.


Comments (12)

sthitta 21 January 2014

transferee because all in the school are imtelligent and wont leave the gun behind

dave08 22 January 2014

to make it looks like a suicide.

Nsj 4 February 2014

The murderer is Peter. It is impossible to shoot someone in a school without someone noticing the echo that's getting louder and louder. Especially in the restroom. Not to mention the time it took to wipe the gun, put it in his hand and get lost. So the shooter is the one that "finds" the cadaver.

agarhi 19 June 2014

Peter is the twin and the transferee and the murderer.

Gynwaith 21 June 2014

It would be pretty taboo but it could be all three. James could be dating his twin sister who just transferred to that school. But that's highly unlikely.

Atanu 23 June 2014

James' twin sister and girlfriend don't have access to men's restroom :lol:
So the murderer must be the transferee 8)

borealis123 29 May 2015

the transferee. James was left-handed.

hats 4 July 2015

IT was Peter, because he was holding a gun when he saw James

silver 3 August 2015

Assuming those 3 suspects were not one person,
Since all are intelligent, I have 2 suspects..

first: the twin..
why? : because the twin knows James very well.. normally you wouldn't know if a person is left handed or not.

second: the girlfriend
why? : since girls cannot enter the restroom, then that would be the best cover for the crime.

jdbray14 14 September 2016

I think it’s the transferee because if he had shot himself, then the note would have fallen out of his limp hand. Since everybody in the school is intelligent, the transferee would be the only one dumb enough to put the note in his hand and make people realize it’s not a suicide.

dave08, what is the answer?

Rocky_yadav 18 September 2016

Its very simple question.
Since the gun was left behind, it would have finger-prints. To make it look-like a suicide, only his twin would have done it.

GabbyD123 27 January 2017

It was probably James' left-handed twin since James was right-handed and could not have written the note (it's in his right hand) and shot himself in the head (gun in his left hand). Boom.

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