Death of Isidor Fink
Locked room mystery
On the night of March 9, 1929 neighbours saw Isidor Fink returning home around 10:15 PM, after delivering laundry to his clients. About 15 minutes later they heard screams from the room where Isidor Fink lived. One of the neighbours brought a policeman who was on patrol nearby to check what happened, but the policeman was unable to get in. The door were locked from the inside and all the windows were nailed-in from the inside.
A small boy was lifted through the transom and was able to unbolt the door. Inside they have found Isidor Fink dead with three bullet wounds - two in the chest and one in the left wrist. There was money in his pockets, and the cash register had not been touched, which obviously excluded the robbery as a motive. But the problem was that there was no weapon found anywhere. The second problem was that though the neighbours did hear screams from inside the apartment none of them actually heard any shots fired.
The premises were searched, but nothing was found that would give any clues on how Fink died and why. The police was hoping to find any trap door, hidden opening in the walls, but they found nothing. Up to this day this case is unsolved and most probably it will remain unsolved since there is no way to gain any further information.
Can you solve a case like this?
Death of Isidor Fink comments
The whole point of silencer is to make the shot sound not like a shot, but the silencer theory is weak, because silencers were developed in late 19th century, so it is unlikely that someone would use a piece of equipment that is hard to get your hands on to kill some penniless immigrant in a tiny apartment for no particular reason.
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Have you guys considered that the killer might be one of the Mr Fink’s neighbours. Here’s the reason of my conjecture: I looked at Wikipedia, stating that the neighbours called the police as soon as they heard the scream, hence it is almost impossible for the killer to escape. However,the killer( pretending that he is a neighbour of Fink) might have just slipped past by calling the police.
Anonymous ()
Gun silencers dont actually silence guns except on tv. They do change the sound and make it hard to pinpoint where its coming from. You can see videos of what gun silencers sound like on YouTube. So thats probably not the explanation for why a gun wasnt heard.
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