A museum guard reported a break-in during a torrential rainstorm. He claimed the thief jumped through the ground-floor window, tracked mud across the gallery, and fled with a painting. Detective Hayes looked at the muddy footprints and arrested the guard for lying. Why?
The footprints went inward only
If the thief tracked mud in from the stormy outside, there would be matching muddy footprints leading back out. Since there were only inward-facing prints and no exit trail, the guard staged the break-in from the inside.
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