[Vote] Leave On a Christmas Morning - Detective Game

🎄 On a christmas morning, in a park, this happened...🎄

📕Story Background

Early on Christmas morning, Mr. Townsend, a retired postmaster, set out for his usual walk in the park. He planned to visit a gift shop afterward to buy Christmas presents for his family. However, a few hours later, tragedy struck—his lifeless body was discovered near a park trail.

Mr. Townsend had a red mark around his neck, consistent with strangulation, and his valuables had all been stolen. The police arrived promptly, and after their initial investigation, they determined it was a calculated robbery and murder. The attacker had used items readily available at the scene and fled, leaving no trace of a weapon. The investigation revealed three potential suspects who were in the park that morning:

Mr. McGann

A man walking his dog early that morning. He claimed he had done nothing except stop to take pictures of the Christmas tree in the park's plaza.

Mrs. Carden

An elderly woman in frail health who enjoys crafting. She was seated on a park bench knitting Christmas stockings for her grandchildren with red wool. She insisted she had been entirely focused on her knitting and only learned of the murder later.

Charlie the Painter

An artist sketching a landscape painting of the park, which prominently featured the Christmas tree. He mentioned seeing Mr. McGann walking his dog and Mr. Townsend jogging, but claimed he paid them no attention.

The police believed the murderer used an item at hand to commit the crime. The challenge was identifying the culprit and the weapon.

Who do you think the murderer is? What weapon did they use?

Examine the clues and uncover the truth behind this Christmas morning mystery.

(This story is absolutely fictional. Any inconsistencies with common sense work for the plot)

🔍Known Clues

1. The murderer was in the middle of the three suspects
2. Mr. Townsend was strangled to death.

🕵️‍Questions and Discussions for YOU

1. WHO do you think the murderer is? WHAT weapon did they use?
2. If you could travel back in time, what Christmas would you like to go back to? Why? (Open-ended)

🎉Participation Rewards

The FIRST user to successfully deduce the identity of the "culprit" and their motive in the comment, will receive a reward of 2,000 GT points! Other participants will earn 200-500 GT points based on the completeness of their submissions. 💰

📅Submission Deadline

December 27, 2024

Reminder: This is the submission deadline if you want to claim the reward with your vote, but after this date the vote will still remain open for a period of time, so please feel free to participate at any time if you want to test your skills, detectives!

----- Previous answer (Mrs. Emory's Emerald) -------

The thief was B Klaus.

It occurred to Mrs. Emory that the thief must be color-blind, for instead of stealing only the emerald, he had then stolen all the stones, just to let his accomplice pick the emerald out of the pile, and so Mrs. Emory judged at once that Klaus, who was wearing one brown sock and one blue sock, was color-blind.

Link to the post: [Vote] Mrs.Emory's Emerald - Detective Game – Gtarcade Discussion Forum Official Forum

We will be rewarding 200 GT points to all players who voted correctly, and additional points to some outstanding responses.

Congratulations and enjoy your juicy GT points reward!!!

🎁 Additional Reward Rule

We greatly appreciate everyone's willingness and time to participate in our new community discussion event, the Detective Game.

While there is only one "correct" answer we've prepared, we will reward anyone who comes up with a genuine deduction process and actively engages in this event with a random amount of EXTRA GT Points based on the quality of their answer.

We will carefully review and select the best comments, so don't worry detectives, join in and earn your points!

Note: We have now reclassified the Detective Game back under the Votes category to enhance event navigation and streamline the reward claim process using the VOTE function. (Please note that this change is not permanent and may be subject to future adjustments)