UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!
Clues added daily starting April 1.
All solutions to the mystery MUST be submitted by 4pm on Wednesday, April 10th, to be eligible for the Grand Prize!
Suspect One: Jennifer CintasOffice Manager, Dinner Guest...Cold Blooded KIller?
Suspect Four: Jessica VictorTeacher, Colleague...Seeking Revenge?
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Suspect Two: Anna PerezCustodian, Neighbor...Murderess?
Suspect Five: Yimabel CevallosTeacher, Mentee, Friend...Killer?
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Suspect Three: Dr. Lori BrownTeacher, Colleague...Killer?
Suspect Six: Mike CintasMaintenance Supervisor, Dinner Guest... Murderer?
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Witness Statements
1. An anonymous witness indicated that he heard yelling coming from the lab end of the building, sometime after 5pm on Saturday.
2. A neighbor heard what sounded like gunshots, coming from ATC, around 545 pm Saturday…She also stated she saw someone of more petite stature quickly leaving the scene shortly afterwards. She estimated that she was about 100 feet away from the school when she witnessed this.
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2. A neighbor heard what sounded like gunshots, coming from ATC, around 545 pm Saturday…She also stated she saw someone of more petite stature quickly leaving the scene shortly afterwards. She estimated that she was about 100 feet away from the school when she witnessed this.
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Evidence
Data Collected from In-Class Experiments
Algebra 1 Statement from from Dr Boyd: My class has been learning about how to use the TI-84 to find linear regression lines and correlation coefficient. Ms Ferguson and I chatted about my doing a lesson which instructs students to approximate the height of the suspect by the length of the stride at the crime scene. Let's use this definition.
Stride length is defined as the distance between successive ground contacts of the same foot. AWAITING DATA ANALYSIS RESULTS 4/2 Chemistry Lipstick Chromatography Results: Students narrowed down lipstick samples to possible beloning to Dr. Brown or Anna Perez Results of White Powder Testing: Not Soluble in Water, Alcohol or Acid; Life Science: DNA profiling Results: The sample(s) from the crime scene, after gel electrophoresis analysis, indicate that the killer has atleast one blue eye allele. Blood Typing Results: Blood at the crime scene is 100% type AB+; which was confirmed as the blood type of Professor Linestein Alegebra 2: Bullet Trajectory Results: Students analyzed several scenarios including different angles of bullet entry into the wall behind the victim, heights of possible shooters, distance from the victim when the shooter fired, and whether the shooter and victim each were seated or standing when the shot was fired. The general consensus was that the shot was fired 18' from the wall, the shooter was short (5'2" or 5'3") and standing. Physics: Blood Spatter Lab Results: High velocity splatter from bullet wound; at a likely distance of 17-19 feet. Blood evidence from one donor only- Professor Linestein. Physics: Time of Death (Logrithm Lab) Results: Calculated Time of Death: 5:38 pm If Temperature of Body (T0) at Discovery was 13 degrees Celsius and Room Temperature was 7 degrees Celsius and Temperasture of Body after 1 hour (T1h) was 12.436 degrees Celsius. Toxicology: 1. Professor Linestein was not found to have drugs, alcohol or poison in his body at the time of death. 2. The analysis of the white powder at the crime scene indicates it is a wheat flour substitute. Click Here to Enter your Crime Scene Solution!The Winners!Congratulations to... (l-r) Angel McEncroe, Fiona McGillivray, Clara Foutz, Josette Gurule, Veroaylin Campos and Cameron Hicks (not pictured)!! Excellent Detective Work!
The Solution (per winning team(s))MOTIVE: There was an article found at the crime scene stating the Professor Linestein had a revolutionary new project. It has been determined that Dr. Brown and the professor were working on a project about creating a gluten free bread substitute, Dr. Brown has a gluten intolerance. The professor was taking the credit for the project that both him and Dr. Brown were working on, as shown on an article found at the scene. This jealousy is clear and undeniable motive for Dr. Brown to murder Professor Linestein.
TIMELINE: She stated in her witness statement (per an interview) that she had stayed overnight. She said that she got back at 5:30 pm on Sunday and stopped by ATC on her way home to pick up student work for her to grade. This contradicts her witness statement, in which she said that she got back from Albuquerque in the morning. If she had in fact gotten back at this time, there would have been police and investigators swarming the school, but she said that there was only one car in the parking lot. SUPPORTING EVIDENCE: Brown matches descriptions of the shooter, being both 5’3” and her mother having blue eyes. The shoe prints were her size, and were hiking boots, which she said is one of her hobbies in her witness statement. Evidence was also found that there were two bullets at the crime scene, Dr. Brown has a pinched nerve in her hand, thus showing that her hand was causing her pain and forced her to miss-fire and take another shot. The fingerprints on the wine bottle were of a left hand. All of the suspects are right handed, but, as stated before, Dr. Brown occasionally uses her left hand when the nerve in her right hand pinches. Dr. Brown’s right hand pinched, causing her to switch hands and pour the wine with her left. |
MORE EVIDENCE FROM OUR WINNERS:
In accordance with Anna and Mike, who were at the school responding to an alarm that went off, a few other cars were in the parking lot. Witness statements say shouting could be heard at around 5:30 PM, not long before the murder. Having calculated the height of the shooter to be around 5'2" or 5'3", Brown's relative height, and the footprints at the crime scene being measured a women's size eight, Brown's shoe size, it is easy to place the Doctor at the scene of the crime. The presence of a wheat flour substitute having been spilled all over the floor is explained by Dr. Brown's gluten intolerance. Previously, we had thought Anna Perez could have been the murder; after all, she has constant access to the lab Linestein was found dead in and was likely at the school just an hour or so before the murder. But Perez's diagnosis of diabetes would mean she wouldn't have bought wine (a bottle was found at the crime scene, along with a receipt for it) if she was to have dinner with Linestein, nor could any set motive be determined, and we know that wine was consumed; there was a lipstick stain on a wineglass found at the crime scene. Dr. Lori Brown is also known to wear red/pinkish lipstick, and would have left the mark on the glass. Also, Brown couldn't list a time she was at school in her alibi (just stating she ran inside to pick up some papers to grade). To tie up a few loose ends, the footprints belonged to boots, and Brown enjoyed hiking and has been seen wearing boots herself; the cars in the parking lot likely belonged to Professor Linestein, Dr. Lori Brown, and Jessica Victor at around 4:00 PM; and it was chromatography that pinpointed Anna or Brown at the crime scene. |