Lord Blackwood was found dead in his study during a fierce winter blizzard. The thermostat on the wall read 45 degrees Fahrenheit. The window was frozen shut from the inside with thick frost. His tea mug was stone cold. Yet, the coroner's report stated he died of severe heat exhaustion. How is this possible?
He was murdered in a sauna and moved.
The cold study was not the scene of the crime. The killer murdered him in a hot environment (causing heat exhaustion) and then moved his body to the study to confuse the time and cause of death.
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