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Case 5: The Midnight Fridge Raid
Case File
Your birthday cake had one perfect slice left. By breakfast it was gone, and the fridge had been opened four times in the night: 1, 2, 3 and 4 a.m. Remember: the culprit lies.
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Start with clue 2. Crumbs on the hoodie means Sam, with the crunchy cereal. So Sam didn’t eat the cake, which makes his statement true.
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Sam was down at 1 a.m. The cake went at 2 a.m. Now test each of the others as the liar. If Joe ate it, would Ray’s statement still be true? If Ray ate it, where would Joe’s statement put Joe?
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Cousin Mia (2 am, cake). Sam has crumbs on his hoodie, so he had the crunchy cereal (2), not the cake. Sam is innocent, so his statement is true: he was down at 1 a.m. The cake went at 2 a.m. (1). If Joe ate it, honest Ray’s “pickles or cereal” would be false. If Ray ate it, honest Joe’s “Ray came after me” would put Joe at 1 a.m., which is Sam’s slot. So Cousin Mia ate the cake at 2 a.m., and “I didn’t touch the cake” is her lie. Joe had the pickles at 3 a.m. and Ray the cheese at 4 a.m.
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