A thief is caught with stolen jewelry, but he has a solid alibi. He was at a concert that had thousands of witnesses. How did he get caught?
Category: Mystery · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Consider the thief's motivation after the initial theft.
Answer
He returned to the scene to retrieve the rest of the loot.
Explanation
Returning to the crime scene suggests that the thief was trying to gather more stolen items, leading to his capture.
This is a expert mystery riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is He returned to the scene to retrieve the rest of the loot..
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