Report to Arthur's Death

To the chief of police,

When we arrived at the scene of crime at the private estate of the Volupides family located on the 4thAvenue at 02:00 on the 24th of August 1970, we were greeted by a body that was later identified as Arthur Volupides lying on his back, face up on the foot of the stairs with legs hanging on the third stair and Queenie, his wife, beside the body. A glass was still gripped in his hand and the stove was on. Arthur was dressed in formal and was wearing a robe on top.

Queenie said that, “Something terrible happened. Arthur slipped and fell on the stairs. He was coming down for another drink–he still had the glass in his hand–and I think he’s dead. Oh, my God–what shall I do? ”

The autopsy result of Arthur Volupides confirmed that Arthur had died from a wound and stated that he had been drunk. We have concluded that Queenie’s story does not match the evidence that we have found.

First of all, the glass in his possession was not broken. When a person falls down, the object they’re holding usually breaks or the other possible outcome is that you usually let go of that object as a protective reflex. The second evidence we got was that the object on the wall was not misplaced. The rule is that when someone falls down they would usually try to grab hold of something nearby to prevent theirselves from falling. The staircase carpet was not messed up which was illogical because when someone falls down carpet covered stairs; the carpet usually would be rumpled because of the friction. The biggest lead we’ve got is that victim was found lying on the floor, face up, while usually when someone falls downstairs, they would fall face first and the paramedics that would usually be called when someone experiences an accident, were not present.

After seeing all of the evidence, we can say that Queenie’s was lying and she will need to be interrogated for further investigation. If she’s proved to be guilty we will continue investigating and bring it to court.