Detective Blake arrived at a seaside cabin during a gale. The homeowner was found drowned in a locked bathroom with no bathtub or shower, just a toilet and a sink. The floor was completely dry except for a puddle around the sink. How did the drowning happen?
He was holding his head underwater in the deep basin sink
The basin sink was large, filled to the brim, and the victim held his head underwater long enough to drown.
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