A jeweler reported a robbery at midnight. He claimed a thief smashed the display window from the outside and stole a ruby necklace. Detective Thorne inspected the glass shards and immediately arrested the jeweler for insurance fraud. What did Thorne see?
The glass shards were on the outside of the store.
If the window was smashed from the outside, the majority of the broken glass shards would have fallen inside the store on the floor. Since the shards were found outside on the pavement, the window was broken from the inside out.
About this riddle
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