Now is your chance to show your detective skills, below are the details of two fictional murders; read the information and use the clues to solve the murder, write who you think did it and why in the comments. Good luck detectives!
By
Mr. Bennett
Case 1
One evening there was a murder in the home of married couple, their son and daughter. One of these four people murdered one of the others. One of the members of the family witnessed the crime.
The other one helped the murderer.
These are the things we know for sure:
1. The witness and the one who helped the murderer were not of the same sex.
2. The oldest person and the witness were not of the same sex.
3. The youngest person and the victim were not of the same sex.
4. The one who helped the murderer was older than the victim.
5. The father was the oldest member of the family.
6. The murderer was not the youngest member of the family.
Who was the murderer?
Case 2
No two suspects have the same wife's first name, color umbrella, color car, color shirt, or height.
The suspect who was carrying a black umbrella was wearing a black shirt.
Bob Morrison was carrying a white umbrella.
David Davis is 6 feet tall.
The murderer was wearing a white shirt.
The suspect who was wearing a yellow shirt is not the one who has a wife named Sue.
The suspect who has a wife named Sally is not the one who is 6 feet tall.
Jim Smith has a wife named Betty.
The suspect who was wearing a white shirt has a wife named Betty.
The suspect who was carrying a black umbrella has a wife named Sally.
The suspect who was carrying an orange umbrella is not the one who owns a red car.
The suspect who has a wife named Joyce was carrying a purple umbrella.
Fred Stevenson owns a purple car.
Larry Graig has a wife named Jill.
The suspect who was wearing a green shirt was carrying a purple umbrella.
CASE ONE
ReplyDeleteI think that the son was the murderer, Dad helped and Mother was the witness. Daughter was murdered.
CASE TWO
I think that Jim Smith murdered Marty Edison.
Erik T
great big writing group mr bennett
ReplyDeleteCase 1
ReplyDeleteThe youngest person wasnt the same sex as the victom so it wasnt killed. it wasnt the killer. It wasnt the helper because the helper was older than the victim. So it had to be he witness who wasnt the same sex as the dad so the youngest person was the daughter. Because of that we know the victim was a boy.The person that helped the murderer was older than the victim so the dad wasnt the victim so the boy died.so the murderers were the dad and mum.
I think jim smith was the murderer because the murderer had a white t shirt. the suspect whith the with t shirt had a wife called betty. And then it says jim smith had a wife named betty and no two suspects wife have a same first name and no two suspects have the same name.
ReplyDeletecase 1: I think that the victim was the son and the whitness was the daughter and mum was the helper and dad was the murderer
ReplyDeletecase 2: I think that the murderer was Jim Smith because he had a white t shirt and his wifes name was Betty
frank
Case1 I think that the daughter got murdered, the son was the murderer, the dad helped and the the mum was the witness.
ReplyDeleteCase2 I think it was Jim Smith who murederd Marty Edison because he had a white shirt and the clues said that the man was wearing a white shirt and he was wearing one.
By Gilbert
Case 1:
ReplyDeleteDad is the murderer
i thnk so too
DeleteCase 1: Father
ReplyDeleteCase 2:Jim