In the first couple pages, the author described how a young man was murdered. The man, named Ronald Adair, was killed silently at night, with the door of his room shut completely and locked from the inside. There were no signs leading out the window, which was the only other way out, so the scheme of the murder must have been planned out professionally. This made me infer that the killer had years of experience in crime. I think this because the only way they could have organized everything perfectly and secretly, was if they knew exactly what they were doing and if they had a cunning plan before the murder. These two abilities for felony come with time, talent and experience, so I think the assumption would be reasonable in this case. In my opinion, I believe that this inference would be helpful if I …show more content…
When the book described Ronald Adair’s death, it stated that it was possible he was shot through the open window with a revolver, but that would be extremely hard to pull off for the killer, since the aim from such distance would have to be incredible. Not only that, but it said that no one in the house heard the shot, so this made me think, if the man was really shot, did the weapon have to be a special one to be used for such preciseness? Are there any other possibilities of death for this poor young man? One answer I could think of for the first question is: yes, I think the weapon would have to be a special and proficient for long distance shots. I think this because I know there are many weapons made for different reasons, some less powerful but for short distances but some extremely strong for long distances. So, since the shot was from a long distance, it was probably a gun with lots of power, so it could be able to shoot long distances. Also, since no one in the house heard the shot, it was probably dead quiet. Therefore, the gun was probably also created to be quiet, so that it would be unnoticed by