Chapter 11
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After everyone finished searching their respective floors they retutned to the main floor. Everyone except Kendall and Zack returned with weapons they'd found. Jackson convinced everyone to put the weapons in a cabinet. He then locked the cabinet and threw the key outside.
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Zack: It seems someone was planning a party.
Jackson: Not neccessarily. In the basement we found a pipe and a wrench, a maintanence man could have been attempting repairs, merely placed them where they couldn't be accidentaly discovered and misused. Also this is an old house, candlelight might have seemed romantic to one of Luciano's mistresses, the knife could have just been mis-placed.
Lena: What about the gun me and Ryan found in Erica's room?
Jackson: Erica owned a gun for protection, given the number of stalkers who wrote threatening letters. I'm not entirely certain, but I believe this may have been her gun. David, could you please tell everyone what you've learned.
David: After performing an autopsy on Erica I detected lethal amounts or curaree, a poison that is oderless and tasteless. The poison was also found in her bottle of wine, but not in any of the food. Whoever the killer was clearly had access to the mansion. If someone had wanted us all dead they could have easily put this poison into the food, and we'd all be dead by now. Instead they went out of their way to ensure that only Erica died.
Bianca: What about the fact that the wine bottle was sent to my room instead of Erica's.
Jackson: A simple mistake, although the note clearly indicates that Erica was the target.
Ryan: And the tape?
Jackson: I believe David's theory makes the most sense. One of the workers at the hospice was obsessed with Erica, and decided to murder her. Zack, did you discuss this mystery with your father in any of your visits?
Zack: I think so, and one of the workers there overheard and decided to put this plan into action.
Jackson: Exactly: They withheld your father's pain medication until he was desperate, at that point he would have confessed to kidnapping the Lindburgh baby for pain relief. When we get home the police will question everyone who was working at the hospice at the time. Not to mention discover if any of them fled to Cuba just before we came here. I think you should all be advised, they will also consider all of us suspects. The fact that Erica was the only target, does not neccessarily mean we didn't have motive and opportunity.
