Back to Stupid Criminals 7 ~ Mystery Question

Patricia Bradley Mystery Question 44 Comments

Back to Stupid Criminals 7 is this week’s Mystery Question. I can’t believe what people think they can get away with! I’ve been traveling, and it has really been hot in Mississippi! It can be the same temperature anywhere else, but the humidity will make it feel much hotter here! lol. We always say, it isn’t the temperature here that will kill you, it’s the humidity. 🙂 One time the meteorologist actually said it was 105% humidity…

Now for the photo and verse. It’s another one taken on Okachobee Lake by my son-in-law as he headed out for another morning of fishing. That verse has been one of my favorites when I’m tired and weary.

Now last week’s Mystery Question. As usual, three of the stories are true and one I made up. Leave your guess as to which one is false in the comments, and I’ll enter you in the drawing for something!
  1. A man dropped his television set and it tumbled down the basement stairs. The insurance company replaced the set with a new one. The insured bragged to a co-worker about the prompt and efficient service he received from his insurer. She told her husband who soon afterward called his own insurance company to report that he had dropped his set and taken it to the dump. Unfortunately for him, the same insurance adjuster handled both claims. He went to the dump and discovered that the make, model and the serial number of the TV set in the second case were the same as in the earlier case.
  2. A beautiful piece of sculpture was stolen in a home break-in. Its owner filed two claims for the theft of the same sculpture one in English and one in French. Fortunately, the claims adjuster was bilingual and spotted the scam.
  3. A man turned in a claim stating his patio furniture had been stolen off his balcony. The company was about to pay the claim when someone checked the address and discovered the man lived in a building with no balconies.
  4. A man said he was standing in his bathtub taking a shower when suddenly his whole house shook. He slipped and suffered a nasty injury. Apparently, a passing motorist had lost control of his truck and slammed into the house. The local paper had carried a story about the accident. It quoted an eyewitness who was standing outside the house at the time and saw the whole thing. Unfortunately for the claimant, the eyewitness was the same guy who filed the claim.

And the answer is…#3 Congrats to those who got it right. 🙂

Now onto this week’s Mystery Question. A woman decided to hire someone to kill her husband. The plan was for her to put something in his drink when he came home from work, then the two men she hired would carry him to his car and then drive him to a cliff and push the car with him in the driver’s seat over the cliff. Three of the following facts are true. I made up one. Can you guess which one?
  1. She failed to put enough of the drug into his drink and he woke up when the two men picked him up and there was a fight.
  2. They shot him three times.
  3. They put him in the car and drove to the spot chosen and pushed the car with him inside over the cliff.
  4. They were caught when one of the men who had a record left his prints on the back of the rearview mirror.

Okay, Super Sleuths, which one did I make up? Leave your answer in the comments, and I’ll enter you in a drawing for something…

Now for a blast from the past! This week it’s Crosshairs, the second book in the Natchez Trace Park Rangers series. I had a blast traveling all over Natchez, researching this series. Natchez is a beautiful town in Southwest Mississippi and is the terminus of the Natchez Trace.

Crosshairs (Natchez Trace Park Rangers Book #3): (Romantic Suspense Series with Murder Investigation and Clean Romance in Small-Town Mississippi)

Investigative Services Branch (ISB) ranger Ainsley Beaumont arrives in her hometown of Natchez, Mississippi, to investigate the murder of a three-month-pregnant teenager. While she wishes the visit was under better circumstances, she never imagined that she would become the killer’s next target–nor that she’d have to work alongside an old flame.

After he almost killed a child, former FBI sniper Lincoln Steele couldn’t bring himself to fire a gun, which had deadly and unforeseen consequences for his best friend. Crushed beneath a load of guilt, Linc is working at Melrose Estate as an interpretive ranger. But as danger closes in on Ainsley during her murder investigation, Linc will have to find the courage to protect her. The only question is, will it be too little, too late?

You can find buy links on my website!

Now, here’s Tuesday’s song: This is a favorite, and sung by my favorite gospel singer!

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  6. Tim Johnson

    Another great and peaceful photo. What better than to know that Jesus has conquered all our troubles? Thank you, Pat.

    And now for those crazy criminals. This one is a bit different.
    #1: Certainly plausible.
    #2: Whoa. Dead giveaway (pun intended).
    #3: Seems like this was the plan.
    #4: Who knows when the print could have been left?
    I think it’s between #3 and #4. I can’t think of a reason they would have shot him, unless he did wake up and fought them. I think you made up #2.

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  15. frazierhlhs

    My guess is #2 this week.
    I love the photo and verse as usual.
    Thank you for bringing back a memory of my mom listening to George Beverly Shea. She had and album of his she would listen to often. Thank you for the chance to remember back that far.

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  17. Edward Arrington

    The day has slipped away from me, so my brain is almost too tired to think, so I am choosing 2.

    Great song by a wonderful singer who lived faithfully what he sang about. The picture and verse are calm and soothing.

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  19. deborahdumm

    Patricia, Thanks for doing these stupid criminals questions. I just love them. This is the first time I have heard this song and I love it! I say that you made up number 3.

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