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Case File · Forensic · No. 014
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The Locked Greenhouse
≈ 4 min
Retired botanist Edmund Hartley was found dead on the floor of his private greenhouse on the morning of Thursday, 10 July 1923. The local constable suspects foul play but cannot determine the sequence of events leading to Edmund's death. You have been given six key events and four forensic clues recovered from the scene. Your task is to place the six events into the single correct chronological order.
The scene
A Victorian country estate, England, 1923
The events
- Edmund is struck on the back of the head
- Housekeeper Mrs Beale discovers the body at dawn
- Edmund writes a letter to his solicitor
- Edmund is repositioned onto his back
- Gerald arrives at the estate unannounced
- The oil lamp is knocked over and smashes
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