Critical Thinking Project

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Ryan Bowen

Professor Millhouse

Math 120

February 27, 2006

Critical Thinking Project

Allistaire McConnely was found dead at Fairview Campsite #5 in Pocono State Park late in the afternoon. He was reported dead by three of his college friends, Peter Davenport, Andrew VanCourt, and Britt Kennedy. Every year the groups of friends take a hunting trip together arriving on Friday night and then leaving at around 10 AM on Saturday morning to hunt. The next day after the three friends met together at about 4:30 PM and returned to their campsite they found Allistaire dead with wounds to the head and arm. The problem is to figure out using the statements given by the friends and the evidence gathered at the crime scene who it was who killed Allistaire McConnely.

This year was different from their previous hunting trips for two reasons, the first was that one of their friends, Samuel Alabanche, was not along with the group because he was angry with Allistaire for not loaning him money to help pay off his debts. The other reason was because Allistaire was only along for the social activities and was unable to hunt due to a broken fibula he injured by falling down the stairs at his home. Their Friday night went as normal with the friends talking of their old college days at LCCC, Peter was not drinking alcohol because he is a recovering alcoholic and his prints were on water bottles only, Andrew was drinking Yuengling cans on Friday night and his finger prints were on those cans. From using the evidence given I first eliminated Peter as a

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suspect