The Detective’s DeskOmar Lake
Carrier
What happened from your point of view?
I carried the closed hamper directly to the hall.
What should I check to test that account?
The receiving clerk photographed its tie before opening it.
EASY · CASE FILE
The Empty Hamper
Easy · A charity collection hall
An empty hamper reaches the collection table. Trace when its contents disappeared instead of blaming its final carrier.
Read the case file below, or open the interactive desk to examine records, keep notes and submit your reasoning. These are the case materials, without the solution.
The scene
A single sealed hamper is handed between volunteers. The closure’s printed number survives.
People and accounts
Nia Reed
Store volunteer
What happened from your point of view?
I did not open H4 while it was in my cupboard.
What should I check to test that account?
I replaced a damaged tie before giving it to Omar.
Luca Bell
Packer
What happened from your point of view?
I packed six jars and sealed hamper H4.
What should I check to test that account?
The packing table scale prints a weight ticket.
Case records
Read each record on its own terms. A claim made by a person is different from a fact established by an independent record.
Case record · Packing table
Packing weight
H4 weighs 4.2 kg after six jars are packed and tie 71 is attached.
Case record · Collection table
Receiving tie photograph
The intact tie 88 photographed at collection matches Nia’s departure photograph. It is opened only at the table.
Case record · Cupboard
Tie replacement entry
Nia records cutting tie 71 and fitting tie 88 during her sole cupboard shift.
Case record · Cupboard
Cupboard departure weight
H4 weighs only the empty-hamper mass before Omar collects it. The departure ticket is signed by Nia.
Questions to resolve
Whose custody contains the loss and replacement closure?
Had the contents already gone before Omar collected it?
Use the interactive case desk to select your finding and cite the records that support it. The answer is checked there, and your progress stays in your browser.
Build your finding
Compare the records with each account. Work out what the evidence establishes, then separate that finding from anything it does not prove.