Mediluck Hints – Pt3: Phil Smith

Phil is the Post-Room Operative at MediLuck Medicines. It has been noted that he is one of the 3 suspects in the building at the time of the murder. Could Phil have gotten access to Lab 7G-12? Turn your attention to the ‘Security Codes Query’ in Part 3.

Yes!… Bill Cavanagh confirms that the Post Room people do have access to the labs, so it could have been Phil. However, Nell’s notes (part 1) suggest that Patrick has a high clearance pass that lets him into all of the labs too.

Follow the clues for Patrick before moving any further with the hints on this page.

We need to trace Phil’s footsteps around the Mediluck building. Take a look at Phil’s statement in Part 3.

Phil states that he was waiting for a delivery at around 8:30 pm…when was Nell actually killed? The coroner’s report (part 1) gives a one-hour window for the “time of death”. If we’re going to find the murderer, we need to ascertain a highly accurate “time of death” (to within a couple of minutes).

The murder took place between 8:34pm and 8:36pm. Nell’s last message to Mick was sent at 8:34pm (see the text chain between Nell and Mick –PART 1); and the perpetrator was seen fleeing the building at 8:36pm (see CAM27 image from PART 1).

What was Phil up to during this time? His statement is too broad to determine his whereabouts, and it doesn’t match up with another suspect’s accounts of the evening. There are two pieces of evidence that’ll help you here.  

To ascertain Phil’s movements, check the:

1. Fridge Report (found in the webmail)
2. Delivery Receipt (have you accessed the online delivery tracking website yet?…

Try scanning the QR code, or entering the website address provided on the delivery receipt).

The parcel delivery was confirmed at 20:36:26, however, there is no signature or receiver name. How do we know this was Phil? What do you notice about this picture? Try turning your attention to Declan’s poetry blog in Part 1 and Phil’s statement in Part 3.

Declan previously wrote a poem called ‘Ode to Mr Frank’. If we read the paragraph before this, it eludes to a ‘rather strange guy…..wearing motorcycle boots’. Phil also states that he arrived on his motorbike that day!

We know that the murder took place in the 2-minute window between 8:34 pm and 8:36 pm. The fridge report shows that the fridge has a biometric log attached to it, which pinpoints Phil’s location, at 8:34, as being in the postroom/goods in the room. 2 minutes later (8:36 pm), Phil is seen receiving a parcel, delivered by LCDeliveries, at the same time the murderer is seen fleeing the building. We know that it’s Phil signing for the package because the person receiving the package is wearing motorcycle boots and has a motorcycle glove in the “proof of delivery” image.

It looks like there is only one suspect left – Tom, but you must be able to prove his guilt before submitting the answer.