OK, so we know that he was murdering people at his hotel and then giving the bodies (or parts thereof) to his local university. What more is there to know?
Do we need to know his motive for the murders?
Do we need to know the method of the murders?
Do we need to know how he selected his victims?
Was there any relevant reason for donating the body parts other than just getting rid of them?
Nah, I was thinking we can just call this one solved. I didn’t set out enough expectations.
It’s HH Holmes, who had a “murder castle” built. Trapdoors that lead down to acid vats, rooms with gas chamber vents to gas people.
We don’t know the full details of what he did, but he was a full blown psychohpathic killer and one of the earlier serial killers known in the US.
Ok, let’s try another legal one.
**Bob was charged with a crime he didn’t commit. Although completely unable to defend himself in court, he wasn’t punished. This was the outcome the police had intended.
What happened?**
Is Bob human?
Was this a real situation?
Any word play in this?
Are all the people in this human beings?
Was this a simulation or testing of some sort?
Was Bob an undercover police officer or informant?
Would it be helpful to know the country where this happened?
Would it be helpful to know the time period?
Was Bob unable to defend himself because…
He wasn’t physically present?
Defending himself would have exposed him to danger?
He was already dead?
Did someone else confess to the crime?
Mahaloth
Is Bob human? YES
Was this a real situation? YES
Any word play in this? NO
Are all the people in this human beings? YES
Was this a simulation or testing of some sort? NO
Fretful Porpentine
Was Bob an undercover police officer or informant? NO
Would it be helpful to know the country where this happened? MAYBE
Would it be helpful to know the time period? MAYBE
Was Bob unable to defend himself because…
He wasn’t physically present? NO
Defending himself would have exposed him to danger? NO
He was already dead? NO
Biotop
Did someone else confess to the crime? NO
**Bob was charged with a crime he didn’t commit. Although completely unable to defend himself in court, he wasn’t punished. This was the outcome the police had intended.
What happened?**
Is there something special about Bob’s that explains his inability to testify? Was it age? medical condition? mental condition? physical handicap?
Is there something special about Bob’s that explains his inability to testify? **YES **
Was it age? **YES **
medical condition? **NO **
mental condition? **NO **
physical handicap?**NO **
Was Bob an infant or small child?
Was this a “test case”, intended to challenge a law?
Was Bob an infant or small child? YES
Was this a “test case”, intended to challenge a law? NO
Did this involved establishing identity?
Did this involve establishing nationality?
Did this involved establishing identity? NO
Did this involve establishing nationality? NO
Was Bob physically capable of committing the crime?
Did Bob’s case actually go to trial? Was Bob acquitted of the crime?
Was Bob’s life improved by being charged and not punished (in comparison to never having being charged at all)?
Was Bob physically capable of committing the crime? NO
Did Bob’s case actually go to trial?
Was Bob acquitted of the crime?
I’m not quite sure how the specifics of the case played out, but probably the closest-to-accurate answers are YES to the first and NO to the second
Was Bob’s life improved by being charged and not punished (in comparison to never having being charged at all)?YES
Did bob have a medical problem? Did getting charged help with it?
Did getting charged help save Bob’s life?
Was the crime that Bob was charged with an actual crime that had really been committed by somebody? If yes, does it matter who the real criminal was?
Did this happen in the US? If no, could it plausibly have happened in the US?
Did / could this happen in the present day?
How was Bob’s life improved?
Was he better off financially?
Was he able to get medical help that he needed?
Was he able to live with his family?
Did he get publicity?
Was Bob aware of the situation and looking for this result?
Was someone else (besides the police) looking for this result?
Was the case used as a way to provide care for a child who could not otherwise have received it?
