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Murder Mix Up (Posted on 2013-01-24) Difficulty: 3 of 5
The owner of the mansion has been murdered. The visitors to the mansion were Allen, Bixby, and Crain.
  1. The murderer, who was one of the three visitors, arrived at the mansion later than at least one of the other two visitors.
  2. A detective, who was one of the three visitors, arrived at the mansion earlier than at least one of the other two visitors.
  3. The detective arrived at the mansion at midnight.
  4. Neither Allen nor Bixby arrived at the mansion after midnight.
  5. The earlier arriver of Bixby and Crain was not the detective.
  6. The later arriver of Allen and Crain was not the murderer.
Who was the murderer?

  Submitted by K Sengupta    
Rating: 4.0000 (2 votes)
Solution: (Hide)
• Allen, the detective and murderer, arrived at midnight.
• Bixby arrived before midnight and Crain arrived after.

For an explanation, refer to the analytical solution submitted by Steve Herman in this location.

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  Subject Author Date
No SubjectK Sengupta2023-01-29 22:45:59
No SubjectGohar Saab2020-05-30 03:06:55
No SubjectShad Moody2020-03-27 04:10:09
SOLUTIONtsmiartm2013-03-21 23:31:45
Solutionanalytical solution (spoiler)Steve Herman2013-01-24 13:55:41
Solutioncomputer solutionCharlie2013-01-24 13:33:52
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