Kahi: Your honor, this new piece of evidence suggests something to the court: that we can have ANOTHER suspect in this case besides MT.
Venom: What? What is it?
Kahi: The knife, your honor. The knife suggests that we have another suspect on our hands. You know why? Because it has another set of fingerprints!
Kahi:Thus, I feel it this needs a bit more clarification before we convict MT!
Cronk: That’s true! I never thought of that!
Varderan: Hold it right there, Kahi. You’re forgetting a crucial piece of evidence that suggests only MT could have been the murderer.
Kahi: Er… What would that be?
Varderan: I thought I taught you better. You’ve overlooked the glass of juice found at the scene. You know, that piece of evidence that you probably thought was meaningless? It is the only trace of the murderer we have in the room.
Kahi: AAAAAAAAAAAAGH! Completely forgot about that!
Varderan: You see, it only has the prints of Mr. Zehvor on it, thus he is the one that could be convicted here. Besides, we haven’t tested the knife all the way yet. For all you know, Mr. Indigo could have been the one that used it!
One could also make the hypothesis that MT was over for dinner, used the knife and glass during the meal, left, and then the killer came in and killed Indi with the knife, hence the 2nd set of prints. Just going on what evidence we have right now, either scenario could be true.
So for 5 minutes around the time of death it can be confirmed that MT was not in the process of killing anyone. Afterall, there was a violent struggle and that takes time.
Edit: @PekekoaOfJungle are you arguing for or against MT? Because what you just said makes MT seem more guilty imo
Varderan: Just answered your own question. Plus, the sword lacked any prints, and the murderer would have no time to clean it to get rid of blood. Plus, it’s not impossible that a murderer could kill someone with a butter knife. Especially if they make a clean shot right through the ribs and into the heart.
Kahi: Varderan! None of this evidence proves that my client is guilty! In fact, all it proves is that he could NOT have murdered Indi! You even lack a good motive for him! I think this case just took a nice turn for the defense, wouldn’t you say.
No, I’m saying the murderer could have used the sword to kill Indi, but instead must have chosen to use the knife because it has MT’s fingerprints on it. If the killer used the sword, which MT likely did not touch, then only the killer’s prints would be on it, and he wouldn’t be able to pin it on MT.