Quote Originally Posted by quickdodgeŽ
Is it really that easy? I have some info that you may not have thought about but that is right in front of you when you read that scenario.

"A man was found murdered on Sunday morning."

Right there. One key word can negate your "easy" choice. That word? Found. He was found on Sunday. Didn't say he was murdered on Sunday. Only the coroner will know when he was murdered. The mail runs on every day of the week other than Sunday. The maid could have been out getting the mail from Saturday or the previous few days. Even if he was shown to be murdered on Sunday, the maid isn't the obvious choice as still, she could be collecting mail from the previous day.

So there. Later, QD.
Just a few ideas.

1) If he wasn't murdered Sunday, he was most likely murdered late Saturday night. The wife would have realized he didn't come to bed that night or someone else would have found him during the course of the day on Saturday. So we can assume late Saturday/Sunday morning.

2) If the man is wealthy enough to hire a cook, butler, and permanent maid, you can be assured the man wouldn't stand to have the maid not get the mail when it came. She obviously disliked him enough to kill him.