Somebody has killed her, cutting her throat with a knife.. THE MONEY They have also stolen all her money and jewelry Mrs.. Sovin was very rich, but misery, very misery.. Somebody knew w
Trang 1THE POLICE
Inspector Robins, from Scotland Yard is at poor Mrs Sovin’s House. THE VICTIM
Mrs Sovin is dead Somebody has killed her, cutting her throat with a knife. THE MONEY
They have also stolen all her money and jewelry
Mrs Sovin was very rich, but misery, very misery Somebody knew that Somebody knew where her money and jewels were That person has killed her, and stolen everything
Mrs Sovin had been alone in the house all morning
Only four people had keys to the house :
THE SUSPECTS
Joanna, James, Stanley, Peter,
the maid the gardener the nephew the chauffeur
THEIR ALIBI
Joanna said she had gone to Sussex because of her aunt’s illness She took the nine
o’clock train
James, the gardener, had stayed in his house, because it was his free day.
Stanley, Mrs Sovin’s nephew had been to university because he had a lesson there Peter, the chauffeur, had gone to the theatre to buy some tickets for poor Mrs Sovin.
Explain how do you think the murder happened, who did it and why Use past deduction with modal verbs
Examples:
He/she must have killed Mrs Sovin because…
He/she could/might/can’t have killed her because….