- For simplicity, let’s assuming this is your country, in some random rural area
- The dead person has a kitchen knife plunged into their chest, blood is still fresh
- The dead person is a random stanger, you’ve never met them, they are just a random average (non-famous) person
- There is no one else in the house
- You have a tiny bit of blood on your clothes, but not a lot, you are unsure of whose blood it is
- You have no injuries
- You were never drugged or anything, you just happen to mysteriously, spontaneously get teleported there, while sleeping. You went to sleep on your bed and just woke up only to find yourself in this scenario. (Bloodtests will show nothing)
- You wake up right in the morning, at sunrise
- There is electricity and running water, small amounts of food in the refrigerator, enough for maybe a day
- You don’t have any items with you, not your phone, nothing beside the clothes you slept with (if any). There are clothing in this house belonging to the dead person
- There only electronics devices (besides appliances) in the house is the dead person’s smartphone, in their pockets (no lockscreen codes or anything), and a laptop (no password). This house has wifi.
- This house does not have any security cameras.
- There is a car in the driveway, belonging to the dead person. No other vehicles, no bikes or anything like that.
- Nobody (yet) knows this person is dead. They live alone.
So, would you think that you did the murder, and just turn yourself in; or assume someone set you up and try to escape? How would you escape this scenario and avoid prison?
Remember, this is a rural area, not that many cameras.
So do you make a run for it? How?
Or do you just call the authorities and hope you don’t get charged with the murder? Very awkward interrogation tho, nobody would believe you. I doubt “I don’t remember how I got there” is a strong defence.
What is your “game plan”?
A few days ago I watched an episode of Death in Paradise with close to this kind of setup. The guy in question assumed he’s the murderer because he held the weapon in his hand once he woke up with a concussion. Though he had absolutely no reason to kill the victim, but because of how he woke up he simply assumed he did. He turned himself in.
As for me in your scenario, I think I’d try to figure out first who the victim was. Shouldn’t be too difficult if the phone and laptop are unlocked and there’s unlimited internet access. Fleeing is probably kind of hard because my DNA might be all over the place. I mean, I already don’t know how I got there, so who knows what’s happened while I was teleported-sleeping? Where the fuck would I be and flee to anyway? Might as well investigate as much as possible and hope this victim has no nosy neighbours. Contacting my close friends via internet and try to make it clear to them (with pictures!) what’s going on.
This all probably after having screamed my lungs out first.
They will most likely call the police, but whether the police will find you is, of course, another question.
A couple of them are extremely trustworthy enough to join in the investigation with me. I’m not going to contact every damn friend I have, that’d be silly!