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    The document provides clues about a woman who may have committed a perfect crime by killing her husband. Shortly after the man had his usual breakfast of eggs and canned beans, he became sick and died later that day. The woman came downstairs before her husband, got the newspaper and ripped out one article before he saw it. The article discussed how the brand of canned beans the man ate contained a deadly bacteria due to improper storage. She served him the poisoned beans, and when he died no one suspected she was responsible.

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    The document provides clues about a woman who may have committed a perfect crime by killing her husband. Shortly after the man had his usual breakfast of eggs and canned beans, he became sick and died later that day. The woman came downstairs before her husband, got the newspaper and ripped out one article before he saw it. The article discussed how the brand of canned beans the man ate contained a deadly bacteria due to improper storage. She served him the poisoned beans, and when he died no one suspected she was responsible.

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    The Perfect Crime: Modal Verbs To Make Guesses

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    The document provides clues about a woman who may have committed a perfect crime by killing her husband. Shortly after the man had his usual breakfast of eggs and canned beans, he became sick and died later that day. The woman came downstairs before her husband, got the newspaper and ripped out one article before he saw it. The article discussed how the brand of canned beans the man ate contained a deadly bacteria due to improper storage. She served him the poisoned beans, and when he died no one suspected she was responsible.

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    Modal Verbs to Make Guesses Some examples of using modal verbs to make guesses: The murderer could be the

    maid because she had a strong motive. He can't be telling the truth. He said he left at 3 but his meeting wasn't until 4. She might have seen the robber and that's why he killed her. It must be Mrs ohnson. She's the only one who has no alibi. The broken vase could be a clue. It might be the murder wea!on.

    The Perfect Crime


    A woman kills her husband but the police never investigated it. How did she do it? Now, read the clues below one by one. After you read each one, discuss what is significant about this new information and how it changes your theory on how she murdered her husband.

    Shortly after breakfast, the man got sick and died later that day.

    The woman didn't add anything to his usual breakfast of eggs and canned beans.

    The man was irritated that an article on the front page of the newspaper had been ripped out.

    The woman came downstairs before her husband, got the newspaper and read the front page. She then ripped one article out of the paper.

    How did she do it !hen you"re ready take a look at the solution below

    n the front page was an article that the brand of canned beans her husband ate in the morning had been stored incorrectly. As a result, the beans had a deadly bacteria in them. She tore out the article so that he wouldn't see it and then served him the poisoned beans. !hen he died, no one suspected that she had

    !hat do you think: #id she commit a crime

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