Isaiah 40:28a

Really Really Dumb Criminals 27 ~ Mystery Question

Patricia Bradley Mystery Question 44 Comments

Really Really Dumb Criminals 27 is this week’s Mystery Question. Again from the archives…I really had trouble believing some of these from last week, and this week’s are hard to believe as well…

Now for the photo and verse. There are some really good things about an 11-hour drive, especially if through the mountains. This photo was taken near the North Carolina/Tennessee border on I-26. That area near the Blue Ridge Parkway is very scenic. Isaiah 40:28 is such a true verse…not that they’re not all true. 🙂

Now on to last week’s Mystery Question: Really Dumb Criminals #26. Four scenarios, three true one false. Which one is false?
  1. A woman posed as a deputy and showed up at the prison where he was being held with bogus papers for his release. They got away with it until the actual deputy called to say he was coming to retrieve the prisoner.
  2. A teenager hacked into a government server on a lark and within twenty-four hours, federal agents swarmed his parents’ house, holding them for questioning for another twenty-four hours before they took the boy away in handcuffs.
  3. Officials canceled a Silver Alert for a 70-year-old man after a detective pulled him over and noticed a woman who appeared to be dead buckled into the passenger seat. He’d been driving with her in the seat for a week after she died at a hotel.
  4. A man was arrested after he drove his lawn mower, complete with trailer, into the side of a squad car. His driver’s license had previously been suspended and when he registered three times the state limit on the Breathalyzer, he claimed the state spiked his bloodstream.

And the answer is…#2. Congrats to all who guessed correctly!  I had trouble believing #3, but I googled it here and found this report…

Now for this week’s Mystery Question: Below you will find four headlines in the news. Three actually happened. I made up one. Can you guess which one?
  1. Man confesses to crime the day after he thought the statute of limitations had passed. Unfortunately, he was off a day and was charged with the crime.
  2. Fugitive makes a deal with PD to surrender if his wanted poster got 15K likes.
  3. Man detailing how he built bombs at his trial advised by the judge to exercise his Fifth Amendment rights.
  4. Man escapes murder charge due to victim dying from a fatal disease at the exact time the killer was completing his task.

Okay Super Sleuths, which one did I make up? Leave your answer in the comments, and I’ll enter you in a July drawing for something… a water bottle!  June’s winner is…Becky! (I should’ve announced it last week)

Here is today’s song. I clicked on the link Gail put in the comments on Friday, and while listening to the song she highlighted, this one came up on the side. I hope you enjoy! PS, I’m so glad he came to know our Lord and Savior!

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Comments 44

  1. Gail Hollingsworth

    A few years ago my husband and I traveled the Blue Ridge Parkway and hit a deer along the way. It truly is a beautiful area. I have a cousin that lives in that location. I’m guessing #4. Maybe I’m not exactly understanding the situation but terminal disease or not, it would still be murder?

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      Patricia Bradley

      Oh, Gail, I hate that your ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway involved hitting a deer! I’ve been on the Parkway once. It was a beautiful day in the valley, but when we got to the Blue Ridge, we were socked in with a cloud. I’m going back soon. 🙂 We’ll see next week if it’s #4…

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  3. Priscilla Bettis

    What a beautiful photo and verse! This week I’m going with number 1 because I think too many criminals excuse what they did instead of owning up to what they did, so they wouldn’t confess, regardless of the status of the statute of limitations.

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  7. Tim Johnson

    Hard to beat a mountain photo, and you can’t beat God’s Word. Thank you for sharing, Pat. And congratulations to Becky!

    Oh, these crazy criminals.
    #1. Guess when the statue of limitations clock starts?
    #2. Love those vain criminals.
    #3. So the judge is playing defense attorney?
    #4. Time of natural death that well known?
    I think it’s between #3 and #4. If the person’s defense attorney didn’t raise that point, the accused could have requested retrial for incompetent defense. For #4 how would anyone know the decedent would have died at that particular time? I think the verdict has to be guilty as charged. In light of that, I think you made up #4.

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  8. Barbara Diggs

    These are hard! Even harder trying to figure out which one YOU made up. After all, you are a suspense writer! I think I’m going with #3. Can a judge do any advising during a case?? Maybe, maybe not. We’ll see next week, huh?

    I know that road well. You got a great shot of it, Pat!

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  11. frazierhlhs

    I’m going with #4 this week. They all sound rather far-fetched though.

    As usual, the verse the photo, and the song were all perfect.

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  14. Edward Arrington

    My first thought upon seeing the picture was that it was taken on I-40 crossing Black Mountain east of Asheville, NC. I guess I got part of it right: interstate in North Carolina somewhere close to Asheville. But I think you’re messing with my mind. I-26 crosses the Blue Ridge Parkway south of Asheville only about 30 miles from the NC/SC border. The NC/TN border is about 55 miles north of there. Regardless, it is a beautiful picture and has a wonderful matching verse.

    I think #4 was made up. That would be quite a coincidence for those two events to be so close together. Who would be crazy enough to risk a murder charge to attempt killing someone with a fatal disease?

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      Patricia Bradley

      You do know I’m directionally challenged, don’t you Edward? I’m not sure– North and South Carolina are the same…right? I was near Sam’s Gap. lol We will see next week if it’s #4…

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        LOL! Are you sure the Blue Ridge Parkway was anywhere close by? According to Google Maps, I-26 near Sam’s Gap crosses the Appalachian Trail just before going into Tennessee. The Parkway is over 60 miles south of there. By the way, if you’re directionally challenged, I guess that makes the instruments on the airplanes you fly even more important.

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  17. Mary G

    Wow! Gorgeous photo and, as always, fitting verse Pat.
    Love the song, Why Me Lord, and no one sings it like Kris Kristofferson!
    I agree with Barbara these are hard.
    Guessing #4

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  19. Becky

    I think #2. Love the “Do you not know, Have you not heard” verse! The picture is lovely and so like what we saw as we traveled to the East coast this past week.

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  21. Dottie

    I’m going with #4 Patricia. The picture of the mountains is pretty no matter where it was taken. Reminds me of Black Mountain on NC side to me.
    Love, love this song. Nobody does it like Kris!

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