Burned: Accident/ Suicide/Murder

'I know her, she would never commit suicide, yes he marriage was in trouble and he is a hell of a man, he must have killed her for sure. He was abusive and used to hurt her. He always denied such acts and she feared him so much that she would always say, those scars were accidental, like one time she had this cut, she said it was a knife cut while cooking'

I loved her Sir, she was my everything, she was a bit overboard, flirty kind of, we were married but her affairs never ended. I tried everything from being an understanding husband to a restrictive one but I can never dream of hurting her, I loved her. That day I really hope, I was not using earphones, I could have saved her'.

Watson, how contradictory is the version of a husband and the best friend of the dead lady. What do you think, was it a suicide or a murder.

Sherlock, to begin with, was home, he says he was in the hall while the kitchen was on fire. The victim, unfortunately, is dead and so the man is definitely a possible killer.

Precisely so, let's go and ask the kitchen.

What...

( Sherlock observes the burned kitchen, touches the floor, smells around)

Come on Watson, time to read the digital data. Get me her phone records.

Have you ever had an affair Watson?, You know how people try to hide things? Ok, let me make it simple for you.

What if you were an attention seeker and you had an affair but the person stopped giving you attention, what would you do?

Do something desperate to get attention??

Precisely so and that desperation would end out being the end. Case solved.

How, What?

The friend thinks it's a Murder because the lady always showed that her husband was abusive and also he was home when the incident happened.

The husband says it's Suicide because he never hurt her and he was home and never heard anyone come and go. Also, he claims she could have been guilty of her affairs and might have killed herself.

But you know John, there is a third option and that is Accident, she was having an affair, she wanted attention and so claimed her husband was abusive. To get attention from her boyfriends she would play tricks like cutting her hand and this time the trick failed, she thought it would be easy to lit a little fire but she choose the wrong place.

So, you think it was all accidental without proof?

No, Watson, data is proof, her last chat to her boyfriend says' See this lighter, this kerosene, I am going to die, If you love me, save me, Call me fast'

John, it was a simple case but you know what made it complicated, judgemental attitude. We judge fast on what we see, maybe just a little research would change the entire reality.