A valuable painting was stolen from a locked art gallery during a stormy night. The security logs showed no one entered or left. The night watchman claimed he fell asleep because he was exhausted from his second job. Vance shined a UV light on the watchman’s uniform and found a smudge of fresh oil paint. The watchman insisted he never went near the canvas. How did the paint get there?
The watchman was the thief
The watchman stole the painting himself while it was off the wall, transferring the fresh oil paint to his uniform, and then lied about never going near the canvas.
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