Hercule Poirot: The Third-Floor Flat
Murdered:
Miss Ernestine Grant murdered in her own flat. She was shot and put behind the curtain.
Sequence of Event:
1) Pat forgot to bring her house key. Jimmy & Donavan climbed into the 3rd flat instead of the 4th flat from the chute.
2) Donavan could not switch on the kitchen light.
3) Jimmy switched on one light and they found the room was not Pat's flat.
4) They went back to open the door for the girls at the 4rd floor.
5) There was blood at Donavan hand but he did not hurt himself.
6) Jimmy suggested to go down the apartment to investigate.
7) Donvan daresay that there wasn't anything really wrong
8) Jimmy found the dead lady, Mrs Ernestine
Clue:
-Donavan got stained with blood while touching the red table cloth-> The murder was committed near the table and the body was moved to the window and hid behind the curtain.
- Miss Ernestine's maid turned in about 10 o'clock, everything was quiet and she thought her mistress had gone to bed. She took in the letters which had come by evening post.
- Maid went out at 5 o'clock so the estimated time of death was 8pm.
- There was small letter in the pocket of the dead woman:
-> 'I will come to see you in this evening at half past 7' ( no fingerprints on it)
- found silk handkerchief with Initials - J.F =>John Fraser.
Suspects:
1) John Fraser, still an unknown person
- murderer was careful in leaving no fingerprint and cautiously hid the body but could not have possibly left behind the letter and the handkerchief.
Leads:
Poirot pulled off some tricks and found a letter and a key in Donavan's pocket.
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