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Puzzle 5: Death of a Salesman

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"Sux" Toby Mee was an excellent vacuum cleaner salesman. Unfortunately, his product, the ElectroSux, was terrible - which is why his body was found earlier today, stuffed into a trashcan on Bates Court. The following facts have been determined; can you find the killer?
  1. No self-employed man living on Bates Court has children.
  2. All self-employed women living on Bates Court have children.
  3. Everyone on Bates Court who owns an ElectroSux either watches Oprah or has children, or both.
  4. Everyone on Bates Court who owns an ElectroSux and also watches Oprah is female.
  5. All women living on Bates Court who don't own an ElectroSux also don't have children.
  6. No unemployed man living on Bates Court watches Oprah.
  7. Everyone on Bates Court who is unemployed and has children watches Oprah.
  8. No one on Bates Court who is unemployed and watches Oprah owns an ElectroSux.

The list of suspects has been narrowed to the following four residents of Bates Court; of those four, only the one who had previously purchased an ElectroSux from Mr. Mee had sufficient motive to kill him. Who wasted the salesman?

Mr. Addams, who is self-employed
Ms. Benson, who is self-employed
Mr. Copeland, who is unemployed
Ms. Davis, who is unemployed

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