Donovan Ell was killed on a lonely road 2 miles from Trenton at 3:30 am on February 14th. Five men were arrested a week later and questioned. Each man made 4 simple statements of which 3 were absolutely true and only one of them was false. One of these 5 men killed Donovan.

Question

SHORTY: I was in Chicago when Donovan was murdered. I never killed anyone. Red is the guilty man. Joey and I were pals.

HANK: I did not kill Donovan. I never owned a revolver in my life. Red knows me. I was in Philadelphia the night of February 14th.

TONY: Hank lied when he said he never owned a revolver. The murder was committed on Valentine’s Day. Shorty was in Chicago at the time that the murder was committed. One of the 5 of us is guilty.

JOEY: I did not kill Donovan. Red has never been in Trenton. I never saw Shorty before. Hank was in Philadelphia with me the night of February 14th.

RED: I did not kill Donovan. I have never been in Trenton. I never saw Hank before now. Shorty lied when he said I’m guilty.

Who killed Donovan?

Answer 1

red?

Answer 2

I think it is Tony but I am not for sure? This is for my geometry class.

Answer 3

it's either tony joey or red
i don't think its shorty or hank

Answer 4

i think its tony cause he never said he didn't do it and he said one of us did(aka him)
:)

Answer 5

Tori -- i used your same logic -- also no one ever said Donovan was shot, so the revolver item isn't relevant to who killed him........ my first instinct was b/c he never mentioned not killing anyone