Death at Fleming Manor: Episode 7 Walkthrough

• Revolver: Revolver
• Fireplace: Fireplace

Scene 2: Upstairs Hallway

Note the stain on the carpet. There are no words in this scene.

Scene 3: Left Bedroom

• Radiator: Radiator

Scene 4: Middle Bedroom

Note Florence’s broken nail.

• Jewelry Cleaner: Jewelry Cleaner
• Spilled Glass: Glass
• Cigar: Cigar
• Painkiller Box: Painkiller
• Florence’s Head: Hairpin

Scene 5: Right Bedroom

• Tie on the Chair: Tie Clip

Scene 6: Medical Book

TBI, Asphyxia, Suffocation, Strangulation, Smothering, Choking, Hanging, Ligature, Manual, Complete, Incomplete, Contact, Close-Range, Intermediate, Distant, Perforating, Penetrating, Graze, Salicylate, Acidosis, Morphine, Barbiturates, Cardiac Arrest, Cyanide, Respiratory Failure, Arsenic, Organ Failure, Amphetamines, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Succinylcholine

Scene 7: Family Tree

• Family Tree: Ainsworth, Clara, Harry, George, Florence, Oswald
• Guest Lodge Guide: Drawing, Stairs, Lily Room, Laurel Room, Rose Room, Upper-Floor Corridor

Form 1: Estimated Time of Death

• All four bodies seem to have died at about the same time. Use algor mortis and the stomach contents to estimate when.
• In Episode 6 Avery did the algor mortis math for you. This time it is your job: body temperature = 98.6 − 1.5 × hours since death.
• You have statements from the maid and from Oswald. Is there a reason to trust one more than the other?
• George’s prescription gives you the date.
• Every body is at about 97.1°F. That is a drop of 1.5 degrees, which works out to one hour.
• Algor mortis is only reliable at room temperature. Cold makes a body look like it died earlier, heat makes it look more recent, and someone who knows that can use it.
• Compare the gunshot types in the medical book with Oswald’s leg wound and Harry’s wound. Do they fit what Oswald says happened?
• It is a mild night, yet every radiator is on full and the fire is lit.
• George’s prescription was three packets a day for three days, so the box started with nine.

Forms 2 and 3: Harry and Clara

• At this point you only have forensic results for Harry and Clara. Asking about Clara unlocks luminol, which shows hidden blood. The one new find is a trail from the stairs to Clara’s body.
• There is also a paraffin hand cast to test with gunpowder reagent. Anyone whose hand glows blue fired a gun.
• Set Oswald’s statement aside. It goes against every piece of forensic evidence.
• Most of these forms are about describing the gunshot wounds properly: was the bullet retained, how far away was the shooter, at what angle did the bullet travel, and did it hit from the front or the back?

Form 2: Harry

• The bullet went through his head, so use the entry and exit wounds to get the trajectory. Join the two holes with one straight line.

Form 3: Clara

• There is no exit wound. Her X-ray shows the bullet still in her after she was shot in the stomach.
• The luminol shows that her body was moved up the stairs.
• The staircase and the upper-floor corridor count as different rooms.
• She was shot on the stairs, so the shooter fired from above or below. Which way did she fall after a shot to the stomach?

Form 4: Additional Forensic Testing

• This round covers one more blood test (the five victims, the bullets in the drawing room and Florence’s nails), the Barr body test, which is not graded, and George’s toxicology.
• Only one poison can be detected in George. Which one fits all of his symptoms, how does it work and how was it given to him?
• Luminol shows a little blood from George’s mouth.
• The liver filters toxins out of the blood, but only if the poison stays in the body long enough to reach it. George died so quickly that liver tissue can be ruled out.
• Avery found bright red skin, a burnt stomach lining and cyanosis.

Form 5: George and More Toxicology

• The toxicology results only arrive after you finish Florence’s form. Then request a second test for the same poison and come back for the result.
• You already know the poison. What you still need is where it came from and how he took it.
• He was not poisoned at dinner. This poison works fast enough that he would have collapsed in front of everyone.
• Anything dissolved in that glass of water would need to be stirred so it did not settle and show.
• The medical book says cyanide cleans silver but eats away at gold. Did anyone bring jewelry?

Form 6: Florence

• George and Florence died in the same room, so it has to be the Laurel, Lily or Rose Room. Look for the visible giveaway.
• She was clearly strangled, but there is no obvious ligature.
• The rest is simple: fill in the blood typing and Barr body results.

Form 7: Statement Dispute

• Almost everything Oswald said is false, but you only dispute what the evidence directly contradicts. If something clashes with your theory but cannot be proven wrong, leave it alone.
• Here is what the earlier forms established. Clara and George killed each other: Clara poisoned him, and George strangled her with his last breath. Oswald shot Harry in the drawing room, shot Clara while she was on the stairs, moved her body and then used the radiators to hide the time of death.
• Only use evidence you actually have. Skip anything that is not in the case file, such as the gunpowder hand test.
• Clara’s shooting is the hardest one. You know Harry did not shoot her, but the evidence only contradicts Oswald once you picture how Harry would have had to fire if Oswald were telling the truth.

There are five contradictions:

• Page 1, statement 5 (“At 11 PM”): Gastric Contents. The stomach contents put the deaths at 9 PM.
• Page 2, statement 3 (Harry was strangling Florence): Broken Fingernail. The blood type under her nail shows it was not Harry.
• Page 3, statement 2 (Harry fired at Clara in the upper-floor corridor): Clara’s Chest X-Ray. The bullet entered her chest at an upward angle. Oswald shot her from the drawing room while she was on the stairs, then dragged her to the radiator so she faced the stairs. Shot from the bedroom, the angle would have been level.
• Page 3, statement 5 (he was shot in the leg from across the room): Oswald’s Leg Wound. The wound is point blank.
• Page 4, statement 5 (Harry pressed the muzzle against his forehead): Harry’s Head Wound. Harry’s wound is not point blank.

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