The victim was found in his office with a gunshot wound to the chest. A tape recorder was found on his desk. When the detective pressed play, it said: 'I can't take this anymore,' followed by the sound of a gunshot, and then silence. The detective turned off the machine and arrested the business partner for murder. Why wasn't it a suicide?
Rewinding the tape
If the victim shot himself, he could not have rewound the tape recorder to the beginning before dying.
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