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Case File · Forensic · No. 015
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The Lighthouse Ledger
≈ 4 min
Keeper Aldous Merritt was found dead at the base of the lighthouse stairs on the morning of July 10th. His assistant, young Thomas Vane, claims he left the station the previous afternoon and returned to find Merritt already dead. The district coroner suspects foul play and has asked you to reconstruct the exact sequence of events on the day of Merritt's death. Using the physical evidence, biological findings, and station records, determine the single chronological order of the six key events.
The scene
A remote coastal lighthouse station, 1923
The events
- Thomas Vane returns and discovers Merritt's body
- Merritt refills the lighthouse lamp reservoir with oil
- Merritt falls to the base of the stairs and dies
- Merritt records the morning weather in the station logbook
- A violent struggle occurs at the top of the lighthouse stairs
- Thomas Vane departs the station by rowboat
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