Crime
Deadly Scissors
Level 2 · Medium
A woman is murdered in hospital. Investigators find scissors with plastic residue, but no cuts on her body. The killer has not severed any electrical cables.
- Choose a narrator: they read the answer privately and hide it.
- Read the premise aloud. Answers: yes, no or irrelevant.
- When the game ends, mark the puzzle as played.
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The answer
She depended on a ventilator and could not breathe unaided. The killer cut the hose carrying air to her mask and left. The machine remained powered but air no longer reached her. Staff heard the alarm too late to save her. The scissors damaged the breathing circuit, not her body.