Detective Sterling arrived at a high-end art gallery. A painting was stolen, and the frame was left empty on the wall. Three staff members were present: the curator, the janitor, and the accountant. Each blamed the other. Sterling looked at their shoes: the curator had pristine shoes, the janitor had sawdust on his soles, and the accountant had red clay on his heels. The stolen painting was a watercolor of a desert canyon. Who took it?
The accountant.
The accountant had red clay on his heels, matching the soil found in the desert canyon depicted in the stolen watercolor.
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