Written Puzzle - The Mansion Mystery ANSWERS

[> It wasn't Max. He stressed several times of being afraid of the rain. He didn't want anything more to do with the mansion; let alone go out in the rain and try to burn it down.

[> It wasn't Xian. He's a misguided smoking teenager that can't even finish his homework / make sure his laptop is charged. He just didn't possess the intelligences (or motivation) to pull it off.

[> It wasn't Vanessa. Though she had great motive, her negatives for the photo shoot she took were somewhere on the mansion's porch. She wouldn't put those at risk.

[> It wasn't Jason. Sadly, his response to ANY situation he can't handle is simply to drink.

[> It wasn't Travis. He was trying to buy the mansion, he wouldn't burn it down. Burning the mansion would have still resulted in him failing to obtain it, which was what he was trying to avoid.


[> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yup...it was Misty!! She burned the mansion down. Lets go back and look at the clues.

1] The only way Misty could get out of the contract with working for Travis was for Travis to lose his streak of acquiring buildings for hotels. This is MOTIVE (par 5)

2] Max gave Misty Xian's cigarettes and lighter, And she never returned them. The lighter was what she used to start the fire. This is METHOD (par 11)

3] Misty had to stay up all night to finish the paperwork for appealing the motion on the mansion. This gives her the TIME. With this, she had motive, time, and a method to burn it down. (par 12)

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