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Riddle #43 (published March 5, 1999)

The billionaire was found dead in his library, and the police was investigating the case. They interviewed 4 people about their doings that terrible night, finding out that they all had a motive and an alibi. The detective wrote down the following 13 statements, but unfortunately, two of them are false. Which?

  1. Melinda is the name of the wife
  2. The person who was visiting his/her mother was upset that "the billionaire didn't want to leave his wife"
  3. The brother has a black car
  4. The person who was in the cinema had this motive: "he discovered that I was fiddling with his money"
  5. The person who was at a restaurant haa a blue car
  6. The brothers motive was "the billionaire didn't want to leave his wife"
  7. Alex was in the cinema.
  8. The person whose motive was "the billionaire didn't want to leave his wife" has a silver car
  9. Alex is the accountant
  10. Dave's motive was "I wanted money" but he was walking the dog
  11. The person with the silver car was walking the dog
  12. Janet's motive was not "the billionaire was having an affair"
  13. The mistress does not have a blue car

Which 2 statements are false? Notice - there may be more than one solution to this, but it was created with one particular solution in mind.

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