Free Puzzle Solution

This site designed by Leithauser Research shareware, which makes programs to lock Internet acess (like Internet Password Lock) or block Web sites (like Web Site Zapper ). Both of these programs can control Web access. There is also a program to prevent tampering with the computer clock. There is also  Date Calculator, which will calculate the number of days between any two dates, optionally only counting certain days of the week, such as Monday through Friday. It can also calculate the date a certain number of days before or after a given date, again optionally only counting certain user selected days of the week.

Larry Martin has a wife named Joyce. The suspect who has a wife named Joyce was carrying a white umbrella. Therefore, Larry Martin was carrying a white umbrella. The murderer was carrying a red umbrella, so Larry Martin is not the murderer.
The suspect who was carrying a red umbrella has grey hair. The suspect who has a wife named Betty has grey hair. The suspect who has a wife named Betty is 6 feet 2 inches tall. Therefore, one suspect has grey hair, was carrying a red umbrella, has a wife named Betty, and is 6 feet 2 inches tall. But Brian Jones has blond hair, Fred Stevenson is 5 feet 3 inches tall, Jim Edison has a wife named Sally, and Larry Martin was carrying a white umbrella. Therefore, the only suspect who could be this suspect is David Davis. Since this suspect, David Davis, was carrying a red umbrella and the murderer was carrying a red umbrella, he is the murderer.

Click here to return to puzzle

Click here to return to home page