A museum detective investigates a stolen ruby found missing near a fake skeleton exhibit. The floor is covered in a uniform layer of fine plaster dust. Three suspects were questioned: Suspect 1 wore high heels, Suspect 2 wore boots with a broken left heel, and Suspect 3 wore smooth sneakers. The footprints in the dust show normal deep heel impressions on the right side, but extremely shallow heel impressions on the left side. Who stole the ruby?
Suspect 2.
The uneven heel depth—deep on the right and shallow on the left—matches someone walking on boots where the left heel is broken off.
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