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Case File · Forensic · No. 008
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The Harborside Ledger
≈ 4 min
Merchant Ezra Cobb was found dead in his locked harborside office on the morning of July 4th. His business partner, Thomas Reel, claims he last saw Ezra alive the previous evening and that a fire broke out in the office after Ezra's death. Investigator Clara Moss has been asked to reconstruct the exact sequence of events on the night of July 3rd and into the morning of July 4th. Six key events have been identified — your task is to place them in the correct chronological order using only the four forensic clues provided.
The scene
A small coastal trading post, New England, 1887
The events
- The body is discovered by the night watchman
- Thomas Reel arrives at the office
- A small fire is started near the filing cabinet
- Ezra signs a contract entry in the ledger
- The body is dragged to the corner of the room
- Ezra Cobb is struck and fatally wounded
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