MYSTERY COLLUMN
By Tyler Y., Bennett T., and Jacob S.
Mrs. Pierce came to work early Friday morning to reshelf books only to find that her extremely rare first edition Harry Potter and The Sorcerers Stone book was stolen. It can be sold for a very high price. Mrs. Pierce is worried about her very valuable book.
THE SUSPECTS ARE Motive
Phil Fluber Student, Loves Harry Potter
Benny Johnson Student, Needs Money For New Videogame
Bob Marson Assistant Librarian, With Minimum Wage
Joe Jambalaya Janitor, Has A Grudge Against Mrs. Pierce
Alibis
Phil claims he was sick all week. His mom verified that.
Benny went straight home after school with his mom
Bob claims he took a morning shift
Joe claims he cleans up the library on Tuesday afternoon
Mrs. Pierce said she was the only one with access to the book. She said that no one asked for the key from her. The book was shown in a glass display, in her office. The library is always unlocked, but only Mrs.Pearce and Bob have a key to the office. She found the display case shattered. Now it doesn’t matter who had the key.
In the scene of the crime, footprints were found 1½ feet away from the case. A professional detective arrived on the scene and found out the exact time the footprints were made. He found that it was made at 5:30 A.M. The company that the shoe was from was Gliders.
Phil came to school wearing Joggers and said that he always wore them. Benny wore Gliders but said that he just got them this morning and was originally wearing a shoe from a company called Car Substitute. Security cameras near the display case caught a shadowy figure and on the very corner of the scene, a mop.
Joe Jambalaya wasn’t at the school on Friday. Benny wasn’t there on Friday to. Benny’s grandmother (Benny’s grandmother is babysitting Benny since his mom and dad took a vacation to Canada. She was sleeping on Friday morning) didn’t call Benny sick.
The detective went to Joe’s house. He and his wife weren’t found there. The detective suspects that the Mrs. Jambalaya was in on the crime. All janitors were called to search the school for Joe. His mop was found under a bookshelf with a shard of glass stuck into it.
| Suspects: | Motives: | Alibis: | Clues: |
| Phil Fluber | Student, Loves Harry Potter | Phil claims he was sick all week. His mom verified that | Was not at school on Friday. |
| Benny Johnson | Student, Needs Money For New Videogame | Benny went straight home after school with his mom | Wears Gliders |
| Bob Marson | Assistant Librarian, With Minimum Wage | Bob claims he took a morning shift | The only one with access to the key |
| Joe Jambalaya | Janitor, Has A Grudge Against Mrs. Pierce | Joe claims he cleans up the library on Tuesday afternoon | Mop found near crime scene |
Joe was found cleaning the library 1 week later. He said he said that he had a family crisis in which he left a quick e-mail to the principal that he won’t be at school in the following week. They searched the principal’s inbox and found e-mail from Joe Jambalaya. It read: Dear Mr. Principle, I won’t be at school this week.
Sincerely, Joe Jambalaya
The detectives and some other people investigated the suspects’ houses. When they got to Bob Marson’s house, he wasn’t there. The Detective sent a notice to police protecting the border between Canada and the U.S.A. Bob was caught trying to bribe a policeman that was guarding the border with a golden edition Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone to cross the border. He was taken into the police and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He said that he always wanted to go to Canada and made deal with a friend that he could go to Canada in 2 weeks and if he didn’t, he would have to pay his friend $10,000. He also said that his friend gave some advice that the Harry Potter book could be given to a certain policeman guarding the border to cross the border . His friend bet that he could get to Alaska in 5 days and if he didn’t, he would pay $10,000. He didn’t know that his “friend” lived in Alaska. His friend was a pen pal. It turns out that Bob stole Joe’s mop to try to frame him. Bob’s house was searched once again to confirm that Bob did the sin. Shoes from the company, Gliders were found in his basement.
