Fancy yourself a detective, do you? Think you’ve binged enough crime television that you think you can solve a murder? Well, here’s your chance to put your armchair detective knowledge to the test.
Someone was murdered and the detective had made an arrest, but did they get it wrong?
You are given the evidence, the clues, and the suspect’s own words to help determine whether the detectives are right.
Through a process of elimination, you will be able to determine the murder weapon, the location where the murder took place, and who the killer really is. Now it’s up to you – can you help clear or convict the detained suspect of this crime?
Here’s what you’re given regarding the case
The police were called to a scene of a grisly murder.
A victim lay murdered in their own home.
The forensics team collected the evidence. The detectives investigated and formulated a theory.
That theory led to an arrest – the victim’s next door neighbor Nelson. But was their theory correct?
You have to sort through the information to determine just what really happened, and by who.
The questions you need to ask along the way are:
- Is all the evidence collected valid or could there be some red herrings misleading the investigation?
- How was the victim killed?
- Who does the evidence eliminate from the vast suspect pool?
- Have the police really caught the killer, or have they arrested an innocent person?
Read the clues, look over the evidence, determine how the victim died, where they were found, and who killed them.
The Rules
In order to determine if the police came to the correct theory and arrested the correct person, you must sift through the evidence, clues, and the suspect’s own words and see where that leads you. The data presented to you should help you eliminate all superfluous information and leave you with the correct weapon, tell you where the body was found, and the name of the killer.
Review everything carefully. The evidence and clues presented to you are to help you eliminate the wrong options. Understand that early on in an investigation, not everything collected may actually be associated with the crime. Often, items and information initially gathered are later determined not to be connected to the case at all. When you determine that a weapon, place, or name does not fit the information from the scene, you must cross it out. While names should not be repeated in the suspect pool, mistakes can happen. Be sure not to fall for abbreviations or other variations of a name, place, or thing. That is, unless the evidence leads you there. Remember – red herrings may be in play.
What you are tasked with is to review all the facts of the case and given the data, cross out those items, places, and names that do not fit with the information you’re given. You should be left with one item, a location, and one name. Once you have those items, you can determine if the police formulated the correct theory and arrested the right person.
The Evidence and Interrogation
The list of items and facts collected at the scene are there to guide you to a conclusion as to what had occurred. Remember, some items or facts noted may not be deemed relevant as the investigation goes forward. Review what was recorded by the team. This was also what the detectives had to work with in determining the crime and what led to them making an arrest.
The Interrogation snippet is there to show you what additional information the police were working with once they identified a person of interest. The line of questioning, and the answers given was what contributed to the theory the police derived at in order for them to make an arrest. This helps you see how they could have made that decision and could possible illuminate what red herrings tripped up the investigation.
The Clues
This listing of information is to help you whittle down the choices provided to help you get to the root of the investigation. These clues are in addition to all other content surrounding the case. Each line is there to help determine which words to cross out for weapon, place, and name. Some clues are straightforward while others may take some thought.
Now that we’ve done the recap, are you ready for the reveal? Click HERE if you’re ready to review the detective’s theory and reveal the weapon, place, and killer in this crime.
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