So poor Father O’Mallard is dead - murdered in his own church. Little Duckington is in uproar. Everybody is talking about it, nobody is going out after dark, everyone is under suspicion. What a terrible thing to happen, who would do such a thing, and maybe more importantly - why? Father O’Mallard didn’t have any enemies… did he?
The police are baffled and their feathers have been ruffled. Luckily Claude Canard is on the case, he’s been asking questions, investigating the scene of the crime and he has theories, suspects, he even has some evidence…
Evidence item number 1. - The screwdriver that was used to dispatch poor Father O’Mallard.
Evidence item number 2. - A playing card, dropped behind the alter.
Evidence item number 3. - A lilac silk tie found in the aisle of the church.
Claude works on facts. The facts are as follows:
- Claude knows from the autopsy that the murder happened around the same time the bridal couple drove away on Duckymoon – so three out of his six suspects can easily be eliminated.
- He knows that the screwdriver is of the electrical type.
- He knows that there was a game of cards taking place at the reception and he also knows who was playing.
- He has the tie. Unfortunately all of his suspects were wearing similar wedding day ties. The difference with this tie is that it has a distinguishing mark and Canard remembers who was wearing one with a similar mark on the day of the wedding.
Canard knows who dun it and has a theory on why, Do you?
The answers are in the words and pictures – go on give it a go it isn’t so hard. Are you as good a detective as Canard?
Click HERE and HERE and HERE to gather your clues.
is it Fr O'Mallard's nephew D'Arcy?
ReplyDeleteI think it was the sparky, Dzik owned money to Father O'Mallard, because of his secret poker den he run's on a bi-monthly basis in the chancel, but to add further outrage Dzik had taken a drunken paddle in the font, so it was either him or Dzik (The Wild Duck) and we can see the outcome.
ReplyDeleteI think it was jan moir.
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