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ROGERS COULD NOT HAVE KNOWN THAT HIS EX-WIFE HAD BEEN SHOT UNLESS HE HAD THE GUILTY KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRIME. THE MAID DID NOT SAY WHY SHE HAD BEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. YET ROGERS' FIRST WORDS ON ENTERING THE HOSPITAL WERE, "WHO SHOT HER?" THE POISON FROM THE PUNCH CAME FROM THE ICE CUBES. WHEN THE MAN DRANK THE PUNCH, THE ICE WAS STILL FULLY FROZEN. GRADUALLY, AS THE ICE CUBES MELTED THE POISON WAS RELEASED INTO THE PUNCH PETE TOLD THEM TO FORM A CIRCLE AROUND HIM. ALL THE SQUAD WAS FACING IN AT PETE, READY TO SHOOT, WHEN THEY REALIZED THAT EVERYONE WHO MISSED WOULD LIKELY END UP SHOOTING ANOTHER SQUAD MEMBER. SO NO ONE DARED TO FIRE, KNOWING THE RISK. THUS AT SUNDOWN HE WAS RELEASED THE POISON WAS IN THE ICE. WHEN THE GIRL DRANK THE ICED TEA, THE ICE WAS STILL FULLY FROZEN. GRADUALLY, AS THE ICE CUBES MELTED THE POISON WAS RELEASED INTO THE DRINK