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Donatella was in a corner of her area, with somebody two rows north of her; outside Alessandro's row and column that leaves her R4C2, R4C5, R5C3 and R5C4. If she were in row 4, somebody beside the cart would have to be in row 2 – but the squares beside the cart (R3C3) are R3C2, R3C4 and R4C3 (R2C3 above it is the racing car), none of them in row 2 – so R4C2 and R4C5 are out. R5C3 and R5C4 are both in row 5: row 5 is hers, and R5C2, R5C5 and R5C6 are empty. So the person beside the cart was in row 3, at R3C2 or R3C4, and as a row holds only one person, the rest of row 3 is empty: R3C5 and R3C6."},{"place":["B"],"cand":{"C":[[3,2]],"D":[[5,4]],"E":[[2,6]],"V":[[2,6],[3,2],[3,4],[4,2],[4,4],[4,5]]},"text":"Column 6 has a single square where anybody can be, R2C6: R1C6 is the scoreboard, R4C6 the computer and R6C6 the desk, and R3C6 and R5C6 were just emptied. Only Enzo or Valentina can be at R2C6, but somebody must be there, so the rest of row 2 is empty: R2C2 and R2C4. Beatrice was the only one beside the racing car (R2C3), so she had R1C3, R2C2 and R2C4 – with the last two gone, <b>Beatrice is at R1C3.</b>"},{"place":["C","D"],"cand":{"E":[[2,6]],"V":[[2,6],[4,5]]},"text":"Beatrice's row and column cross out two of Carlo's three squares: he was beside a stool (R1C4 or R4C2), which left him R1C5, R3C2 and R4C3, and R1C5 is in row 1, R4C3 in column 3: <b>Carlo is at R3C2.</b> Donatella's squares were R5C3 and R5C4; R5C3 is in Beatrice's column, so R5C4 remains: <b>Donatella is at R5C4.</b>"},{"place":["E","V"],"cand":{},"text":"Enzo was not in the Garage, because the cart was not in his area. Row 1 is Beatrice's, row 3 Carlo's, row 5 Donatella's and row 6 Alessandro's, R2C1 is in Alessandro's column, and R2C2 and R2C4 are empty, so only R2C6 is left: <b>Enzo is at R2C6.</b> Valentina made no statement, so her square follows from the others': only row 4 and column 5 are still free, which leaves R4C5: <b>Valentina is at R4C5.</b> It is in the Garage, where the only other person is Carlo, at R3C2."},{"final":true,"text":"Case closed: Valentina was alone in the Garage with Carlo, the team principal – the man she had told that she would leave for a rival team after the race. <b>Carlo is the murderer!</b>"}],"solver":{"rules":[],"occupiable":["stool","chair"]},"verification":{"tool":"tools/murdoku_solver.py","unique":true,"guessFree":true,"checked":"2026-10-18"},"score":4.1115}