A diamond merchant was robbed in his seventh-floor apartment. The thief left via the balcony, using a rope ladder that dangled all the way to the pavement. Detective Wolfe looked at the pristine snow on the ground directly beneath the ladder and arrested the merchant's partner. Why?
There were no footprints in the snow beneath the ladder
If a ladder dangled to the pavement, anyone climbing down would leave footprints in the snow underneath it. Pristine snow proved nobody used that escape route.
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