Murder Mystery: Who Killed the Chemical Engineer?
Got this riddle on WhatsApp today, found it interesting so sharing it here.
Read the riddle and then put your detective hats on to crack this murder mystery.
A known chemical engineer professor was found murdered at his home this morning.
The detectives investigated and narrowed it down to six suspects.
The names of the suspects were as follows;
Frank, Mark, Alex, Nicolas, jonathan and Steve.
The detectives then found a note with the body which had the following numbers:
28-27-57-16
The detectives arrested the murderer on finding this note.
Who was the killer?
So were you able to solve the murder mydtery? If yes, leave your answers in the comment section below.
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Answer: Nicolas.
Explanation:
The biggest hint in this riddle lies in the fact that the victim was a chemical engineer.
So the numbers have to be associated with chemicals. So the detectives pulled up a periodic table and found the symbols of the chemicals to which the numbers refer to.
So they found the following;
28- Ni
27- Co
57- La
16 – S
Hence, the killer was Ni-co-la-s.
Find the periodic table below for your reference;
