Tripod in the Dumpster
Cases unlock in order, like levels. This is case 190 of 200.
Scottsdale, Arizona, Thursday, June 29, 1978, 3:00 pm. In apartment 14B of the Palo Verde Residences, the actor Warren Keeley, 49, star of an old TV comedy series, was found dead in his bedroom at 11:30 am.
He was in town for the run of the play “Married by Mistake” at a dinner theaterdinner theater A venue where the audience eats a meal while a play is performed, usually on a stage in the same room.. He died of blows to the head; a videocassette recorder cord was tied around his neck, but it did not cause his death.
No weapon in the apartment, and nothing of value missing from the living room.
Three people crossed Warren's path in his last hours. One of them knows what left this room in the dead of night.
Living room of a rented Scottsdale apartment in 1978, with a big VCR on top of the TV.
Suspects
Lorraine TisdaleActress in the play, neighbor through the wall in 14C, who found the body, 29
Dwight MercerVideo equipment salesman at Kensei Video, friend of the victim, 39
Gus AmbroseSuperintendent of the Palo Verde Residences, who opens the car gate at night, 56
The real case
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