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BECAUSE THE WOMAN SUSPECTED THAT IF HE REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS HIS ROOM THEN HE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOCKED AT THE DOOR. THE MAN MIGHT HAVE AN INTENTION TO BREAK IN, IN ORDER TO STEAL SOMETHING, IF NO ONE WAS IN THE ROOM. HE KNOCKED TO MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE WAS IN THERE 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?" 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 WHEN YOU WERE INSIDE THE ROOM, THE MURDERER REPLACED THE PADLOCK WITH HIS OWN ONE THAT WAS IDENTICAL TO YOUR ORIGINAL PADLOCK. WHEN YOU LOCKED THE STORE ROOM, YOU DID NOT REQUIRE A KEY AND THERE WAS NOTHING ABNORMAL FOR YOU. WHEN YOU LEFT, THE MURDERER OPENED THE PADLOCK WITH HIS KEY, PLACED THE DEAD BODY INSIDE AND REPLACED HIS PADLOCK WITH THE ORIGINAL PADLOCK BACK IN PLACE. HE THEN LOCKED IT WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM