Puzzle (Answer below)
The DCI arrived at the crime scene to find the deceased slumped over their desk in the study, with a revolver in one hand and a voice recorder in the other, and it appeared that the deceased had shot themselves. The DCI played the last recorded message and heard the deceased’s voice over a radio playing in the background that said, “I’m done and this is for the best“, the sound of a gunshot and the message abruptly ended.
Immediately the DCI said “This is a murder, not a suicide!” How did the DCI know?
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Skills
Attention to Detail, Critical Thinking, Logical Thinking
Answer
If the deceased had made the recording there would have been a period of recorded radio noise after the gunshot, but as the message ended someone else would have stopped the recording.
