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🔍 قضية #4552

A Photograph in Dead Time

The Rare Paintings Vault - Murad's Mansion Between 8:30 PM and 9:30 PM 450 نقطة 🔴 صعب

الضحية

Murad

A ruthless businessman in his sixties, notorious for destroying his rivals and blackmailing those closest to him to ensure their loyalty.

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تفاصيل القضية

On the opening night of his private exhibition, the antiques empire mogul 'Murad' was found dead from a single gunshot wound in the rare paintings vault beneath his mansion. The body was discovered at exactly 9:30 PM when his wife went down to check on him. The vault is windowless and has only one entrance. Beside the body lay an instant camera and a printed photograph of the crime scene showing the corpse, suggesting either the killer took it as a defiant message, or the victim snapped it before drawing his last breath. The five suspects were scattered across different floors of the mansion, and each tells a seemingly coherent story about their movements that night.

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الأدلة والقرائن

3 دليل

A Polaroid photo of the crime scene found next to the body. The corpse is clearly visible, and in the background, the vault's smart digital wall clock clearly reads: 09:10. The room's lighting in the photo is bright and white, and the lenses of the glasses worn by the victim are completely clear.

The vault's control panel is strictly pre-programmed and cannot be altered: every day at exactly 9:00 PM, the regular white lights automatically turn off, and ultraviolet (UV) spotlights turn on to protect the paintings, flooding the vault with intense blue/purple light until morning.

The prescription glasses on the victim's face in the photo and at the crime scene are equipped with advanced photochromic lenses. These lenses are chemically designed to turn pitch black (like sunglasses) the moment they are exposed to any amount of ultraviolet (UV) light.

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المشتبه بهم

5 مشتبه به

Nader

The Victim's Nephew

A reckless young man drowning in debt, who had been demanding a portion of his inheritance from his uncle to save his life from gambling syndicates.

الأليبي:

"I was in the mansion's second-floor library from 9:00 to 9:30 looking for a rare book."

Lina

The Victim's Assistant

A brilliant art expert who recently discovered that Murad had been claiming all her research and discoveries as his own, threatening to fire her if she objected.

الأليبي:

"I was alone in the break room making coffee and organizing my papers from 9:05 until the body was discovered."

Tariq

Business Rival

A prominent antiques dealer who lost half his fortune due to malicious deals orchestrated by the victim. He was invited to the opening night as a form of humiliation.

الأليبي:

"I arrived at the mansion's main gate at exactly 9:00 PM and sat in the lobby with the security staff, in plain sight of everyone, until 9:30."

Hala

The Wife

An elegant socialite trapped in a loveless marriage. There are rumors that Murad was planning to cut her out of his will.

الأليبي:

"I was in my private suite getting ready for the party from 8:00, and I came down at 9:30 only to find the body."

Dr. Sameh

The Curator

An elderly man who dedicated his life to curating the exhibition, only for the victim to publicly humiliate and fire him this morning.

الأليبي:

"I was in the backyard chain-smoking from 8:30 until I heard the wife's screams at 9:30."

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