Detective Miller walked into a freezing cabin during a blizzard. The victim sat frozen solid in a rocking chair, hands clutching a hot mug of cocoa. A space heater hummed quietly in the corner, and the window was wide open. What exposed the murder disguised as exposure?
The hot mug of cocoa
Cocoa cannot remain hot in a freezing cabin with an open window during a blizzard while a person is frozen solid; the hot cocoa would have cooled down long before the person froze to death.
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