A museum curator was found tied to a chair with his mouth taped shut. A priceless golden chalice was gone. The curator claimed a masked intruder ambushed him from behind at opening time. Detective Hayes noticed the curator's wristwatch was still ticking loudly, but the grandfather clock in the corner had stopped at 9:00 AM—the exact time of the robbery. What exposed the staged kidnapping?
The curator could not wind the grandfather clock while tied up
If the curator was tied up at 9:00 AM, he could not have set or interacted with the grandfather clock to stop it at that specific time. The clock was stopped manually to fake the timeline.
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