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Case File · Forensic · No. 004
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The Locked Lighthouse
≈ 4 min
Lighthouse keeper Angus Drummond has been found dead at the base of the lighthouse stairs, and foul play is suspected. A colleague discovered the body on the morning of June 30th, but the precise sequence of events the night before remains unclear. You have been handed six witness statements and forensic observations recorded in jumbled order. Your task is to arrange them into the single correct chronological sequence to determine exactly how the night unfolded.
The scene
A remote coastal lighthouse on the Scottish coast, 1952
The events
- The lighthouse beam goes dark mid-night
- Signs of a struggle appear in the lamp room
- The body is discovered the following morning
- Drummond eats supper alone in the keeper's cottage
- Drummond falls down the lighthouse staircase
- The lighthouse beam is activated for the night
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