The victim was found in a locked penthouse with a single gunshot wound. A digital voice recorder lay beside him. Detective Reed pressed play and heard: 'I can't take this anymore, goodbye,' followed by a gunshot. Reed turned to the widow and said, 'He didn't record this.' How did Reed know?
The gunshot sound on the recording
A person cannot record a gunshot and simultaneously be the victim who was shot, because the recording device would have stopped or the sound would overlap unnaturally, or simply: the victim couldn't record the sound of his own death after he died.
About this riddle
Detective riddles are tiny mysteries. Look for the detail in the story that does not fit; it is usually the clue that solves the case.
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