Puzzle of the day - 4

category: murder mystery

difficulty: easy

Murder in a masquerade. Sounds like a perfect fit for the ballroom murder mystery archetype, right? One large room, the body found in the corridor, a supply closet perhaps, the dead body of the host. Wrong, wrong wrong. This party was not contained in one room, or even two. It sprawled across the entire hundred acre property, every room in the manor and every corner of the garden, so it should have been near impossible for someone to be killed without somebody noticing. But it happened. The host's estranged cousin, Miss April Locust, was found stabbed to death, hunched over the railing of one of the many balconies.

Victim:

April Locust

Age: 43

Last seen in: Main ballroom

Last seen at: Around 22:00, give or take fifteen minutes

Last seen by: Mrs. Winter Albero

Body found in: The third balcony from the ground furthest to the left in the middle building

Cause of death: Fatal stab wound to the heart from the back. However, there were two other stab wounds, oriented more to the left. They both hit a lung, but the ultimate cause of death was the stab in the heart. All three wounds were deep, one post-mortem

Time of death: 23:06

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This is a multiple part puzzle where you slowly figure out more and more until you ahve cracked the case. For this part, here is what you have to deduce:

• Is the killer left-handed or right handed?

• Was this most likely a passion killing?

• Is it likely the victim was snuck up on?

previous puzzle answer: pen

answer will be revealed with next puzzle