A wealthy man lives alone in a small cottage. Because he was handicapped he had everything delivered to his cottage.

The mailman was delivering a letter on Thursday when he noticed that the front door was ajar. Through the opening, he could see the man’s body lying in a pool of dried blood.

On the porch were 2 bottles of milk, Monday’s newspaper, a catalog, flyers, and unopened mail.

When Sherlock Holmes got to the cottage he told the police the killer was [..............] . How did he know?

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On Monday, November 27, 2023 at 12:47:26 PM UTC-8, henh...@gmail.com wrote:

A wealthy man lives alone in a small cottage.

Because he was handicapped, he had everything delivered to his cottage.

The mailman was delivering a letter on Thursday when he noticed that the front door was ajar. Through the opening, he could see the man’s body lying in a pool of dried blood.

On the porch were 2 bottles of milk, Monday’s newspaper, a catalog, flyers, and unopened mail.

When Sherlock Holmes got to the cottage, he told the police the killer was [..............] . How did he know?

A catalog on the porch -------- sounds like the Sears Catalog.

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