Rita
the neighbor in apartment 2B“I got home from the grocery store around 4:30, and the lobby was empty. I didn't see any box.”
Case file
The case
Case closed
It was Owen.The tracking photo proves the box wasn't delivered until 3:15, so it could not have been in the lobby when Owen says he left at 3:00. Owen saw the box because he was in the lobby after it arrived. Owen took the telescope.
The Missing Telescope Box
At the Elm Street Apartments, Mr. Alvarez was waiting for a big blue box with his new telescope inside. The delivery company's tracking photo shows the driver setting the box down by the lobby mailboxes at 3:15 p.m. When Mr. Alvarez came downstairs at 4:00, the box was gone. Three neighbors passed through the lobby that afternoon, and none of them admits to taking it.
The suspects
Owen
the neighbor in apartment 3A“I left to walk my dog right at 3:00 and was gone about an hour. On my way out, I had to step around a big blue box sitting by the mailboxes.”
Mr. Brooks
the building manager“I was fixing a leaky sink in apartment 1C from 2:30 until almost 4:00. Mrs. Diaz in 1C can tell you I was there the whole time.”
Who took the telescope box?
Hint: Compare each person's timeline with the tracking photo.