Thrilling, thought-provoking, and invigorating, murder mysteries consist of detectives who are given the facts of the case and witness statements. With much backtracking, they connect what they discover to solve the murder. One murder mystery that generates these above feelings is the murder of Augustus Millbrae (“The Art of Murder”). Six subjects admitted to Millbrae’s murder; however, one artist stood out the most, Filippo Morte. According to the New York Police Department memo, on July 13 at 3:43 pm, Augustus Millbrae was murdered (Millbrae, “Memo” 1). Lab results confirmed that Millbrae’s blood alcohol consumption (B.A.C.) was .11% and the cause of death was excessive blood loss from an open wound in the chest (Millbrae, “Memo” 1). Of equal …show more content…
In Nakamori's police report, Wallace brings her in for questioning to find out why she murdered Millbrae. She responds, “I came to set up around 2:30… I heard Augustus yelling… He yelled at the man who does Deathscapes… He also yelled at the lady who takes photos… Then Augustus came to yell at me… He had been drinking… he insisted on engaging me… he touched me inappropriately… I could not tolerate that. I pushed him back. He stumbled through the curtains and the results was unfortunate (Nakamori, STMT 1). Nakamori didn’t mention why she wanted Millbrae dead, however, Millbrae touched Nakamori inappropriately and antagonized her. She tried to keep her distance from hurting the poor man, but Millbrae ended up impaled on a …show more content…
Firstly, Nakamori lied about killing Millbrae due to the fact she wasn’t even there at the crime scene. In her police report, Wallace mentions that he found a receipt for scones and tea in Nakamori’s purse (Nakamori, STMT 1). The receipt says, according to Derek Morgan’s Murder Board, she purchased her tea and scones at 3:40 pm. However, specified in The Art of Murder memo, Millbrae’s time of death was at 3:43 pm (Millbrae, “Memo” 1). Of equal importance, with the help of Derek Morgan’s murder board, shows a map of the city. The trip Nakamori made to the coffee shop, which is distant from the exhibition, couldn't have taken three minutes. Therefore, she lied. Next, her admitting to not killing Millbrae. Due to the amount of evidence to prove Nakamori was not at the gallery, she has run out of lies by owing up stating, “How would it have looked if I was the only one who didn’t say I murdered Augustus?” (Nakamori, “STMT” 1). By Nakamori allowing herself to be a suspect for a crime she did not commit, she could go to prison for