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Task 3: Who Lied to Police?
One suspect lied to police about their whereabouts on the morning of September 14th, 2019. For this task, you need to figure out who lied and which 4 pieces of evidence show they lied.
Complete Task
One suspect lied to police about their whereabouts on the morning of September 14th, 2019. Select the suspect who lied to police, and the 4 pieces of evidence that show they lied.
Hints
Free Hint
Read the witness statements and police interviews carefully (this is one of the three pieces of evidence you need to select).
Hint #1
Read the Officer Notes notebook carefully. Is there any information in it that corroborates or contradicts what a suspect told police in their witness statement or interview about where they were on the morning of September 14th, 2019?
Hint #2
The Officer Notes notebook mentions that an officer pulled over "Cynthia Artell" for speeding. Who is Cynthia?
Hint #3
Have a close look at the baptism token.
Hint #4
Look at Summer's blog posts. Can you connect any of them to the baptism token?
Hint #5
On July 24th, 2019, Summer blogs about attending her niece's baptism. The baptism token (which was found at Summer's residence—see the Evidence Inventory) says Jamie Artell was baptised on July 24th, 2019. We know Summer is an only child (see the "Happy Birthday to me!" blog post), so Summer's niece must be the child of one of Harrison's siblings. Harrison has a sister named Cynthia, who has an infant named Jamie (see Harrison's witness statement). We can infer that the baptism on July 24th, 2019, for Jamie Artell was for Harrison's sister (Cynthia) and her child (Jamie).
Read Summer's blog post titled "Reunion".
Read the witness statements carefully. Do any of them mention anyone named Cynthia or Jamie? Can you connect any witness statements to information in the Officer Notes notebook (see Hint #2)?
Hint #6/Answer
- Harrison's witness statement says he was at his sister Cynthia's house from 9-11AM on September 14th, 2019, to help out with his sister's infant, Jamie, and that neither he nor his sister left during that time.
- A baptism token for Jamie Artell (with a baptism date of July 24th, 2019) was found at Summer's house.
- Summer's blogs on July 24th, 2019, about her niece's baptism. Summer is an only child, so Jamie Artell must be the child of one of Harrison's siblings. Harrison has a sister, Cynthia, who has an infant (as of 2019) named Jamie. We can infer that Harrison's sister, Cynthia, has a child named Jamie Artell.
- Harrison's sister, Cynthia, changed her last name (from Lachance) when she got married (see Summer's blog post titled "Reunion). We can infer that she changed it to Artell (like her child's last name). Harrison's sister is Cynthia's Artell.
- The Officer Notes notebook says Cynthia Artell (Harrison's sister) was pulled over at 10:16AM on September 14th, 2019, for speeding. Harrison said he was with his sister at this time. Harrison lied.
Harrison lied to police about his whereabouts on the morning of September 14th, 2019, and the 4 pieces of evidence that show this are: the Officer Notes notebook, the baptism token, Harrison's witness statement, and Summer's blog.
