A museum guard claimed a masked thief jumped out of a second-story window carrying a heavy stone bust. Detective Cruz inspected the alley below and noticed the snow was completely undisturbed beneath the window. Cruz arrested the guard for insurance fraud. Why?
The snow
A heavy stone bust and a person jumping from a second-story window into fresh snow would leave deep impressions and footprints. Pristine snow proves the event never happened.
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