Day 21 -- Riddle

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Sherlock breaks into a crime scene that no one has yet entered. The victim is the owner of the property who is slumped dead on a chair and has a bullet hole in his head. A gun lies on the floor by the man's open hand and a cassette recorder is found on the table.

On pressing the play button, Sherlock hears the message 'I have committed sins in my life and now I offer my soul to the great lord'....a gunshot follows.

Sherlock smiles. It's not a suicide, of course its a murder.

Why did he think so?

(I almost called this Day 221 Riddle XD)

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