# MuSR / 

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{"choices":"['Eric', 'Priscilla']","narrative":"When Howard was found dead in his home office, strangled by a coil of barbed wire, it fell to Detective Winston to sift through lies of the prime suspects: Eric and Priscilla.\n\nWinston sipped his lukewarm coffee, staring at the scrawled notes in front of him. The murder of Howard wasn't a simple case. Howard, a workaholic, often spent late hours alone in his home office. This detail was well-known among the local community, and was confirmed by his visibly lit office window at night. Night after night, the sensor lights in Priscilla's driveway snapped on. The neighbor's dog howling in protest was a nightly routine in that silent suburb. The city records had also confirmed there was no power outage to explain this.\n\nWinston spent his evening in his car, watching Priscilla's house fade into the twilight. Exactly at 11:00 PM, the lights went out. The city was at rest, but not him.\n\nThe following morning, he reached Howard's property. The land was notably fenced with barbed wire. The house felt eerily quiet for a place that was buzzing till late every night, a direct contradiction to Howard's usual late-night work routine in his office. Detective Winston crossed the threshold of the house, standing in the middle of the late man's office.\n\nA neighbor from across the street approached him warily. Fear and curiosity in her dark eyes, she shared how she had occasionally seen Priscilla's car parked outside Howard's house. She specifically mentioned a time that coincided with the time of murder, which made Priscilla an even more interesting person of interest.\n\nLater on, Winston paid a visit to Priscilla. She was a lean woman with sharp eyes, an indication of her military background. To his surprise, she had no alibi for the time of Howard's murder. Her familiarity with the layout of Howard's house was apparent as she effortlessly guided Winston through the house, talking about her frequent visits to this place.\n\nWinston noted down her tidbits, like how she used to be involved in some criminal activities involving barbed wire. He, however, made no comment. She justified it by her time in the military, stating it was an easily accessible and efficient material back then.\n\nBack at his office, Winston couldn't shake off an uneasy feeling. The constant motion-sensor light flicker, the familiarity with the house, the absence of an alibi, and neighbor's observation of her car at the crime scene... they were just pieces of a big puzzle waiting to be solved. \n\n\"Hey Winston,\" a fellow officer dropped by his desk, \"got yourself a late-night mystery.\"\n\nBut Winston just sipped his now cold cup of coffee in response. It was a long, long night ahead.\n\nWinston exhaled a slow stream of smoke from his cigarette, staring down at the case file in front of him. Howard, dead in his own home office, secluded away in a secret crescendo of the house, known only to one person - Eric. \n\nEric, a local pet groomer and the last known visitor at Howard's house, was the only one seen in the vicinity that day as confirmed by street surveillance. Winston rang the doorbell of the Pet Grooming Station, and soon a youthful man in a set of coveralls answered, his hands marked up with a variety of small scratches.\n\n\"You Eric?\" Winston asked, flashing his badge.\n\n\"That's me,\" Eric acknowledged, offering a friendly nod.\n\n\"I understand you're the regular pet groomer for Howard?\" Winston inquired.\n\n\"I am, sir,” Eric responded cordially, “I was just over at his house earlier today, grooming his pets. His office was the cleanest room; Howard always took pride in it.\"\n\nWinston hummed and checked off something on his notepad. Eric, worn out, decided to sit down and pulled a diary from his pocket. Flipping through the pages, Eric showed a particular entry. It was a confession of his love for a woman named Gloria, \"I've always loved this girl named Gloria. She shows me signs of affection, but she's engaged to Howard,\" Eric read out loud.\n\n“You carry your work tools with you, right?” asked Winston, a note of suspicion entering his voice.\n\n\"Yes,” Eric replied, a flicker of surprise crossing his features, “I like to be prepared. I even carry fencing materials like barbed wire for temporary partitions when grooming pets.\"\n\nWinston let a slow smile spread across his face. \"It so happens the place where Howard was found dead was wrapped in barbed wire, with traces of pet fur on it.\"\n\n\"A horrible coincidence indeed,\" Eric responded, warily.\n\nWinston gave a nod, buttoning up his coat. “Thank you for your time, Eric.”\n\n“Anything for the law, Detective,” Eric said, lingering at the door until Winston drove out of sight.\n\n“So here’s a twist for you,” Winston muttered to himself, checking off another item on his case notes and wondering about the potential romantic triangle. From the background noise of screeching pets at Eric's establishment, he drove back to Howard's crime scene, ready to sift through the evidence once again.","question":"Who is the most likely murderer?"}

Source: https://zayne-sprague.github.io/MuSR/

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