A famous yacht captain was found murdered in his cabin on a calm sea. The ship's logbook was open on his desk, and the last entry, written in his own handwriting, was dated October 12th at midnight: 'Approaching storm, dropping anchor.' The coroner established the time of death as October 10th at noon. How did the detective know the logbook entry was a fake?
The captain could not write in his logbook two days after he died.
The logbook entry was dated October 12th, but the captain was murdered on October 10th. A dead man cannot write an entry in a logbook.
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