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SCIENCE
PERSON
MYSTERY
MYSTERY
MYSTERY
100
The unique patterns of ridges on the tips of fingers and thumbs.
What is a fingerprint
100
A person who has been proven guilty of a crime.
What is a convict?
100
to stop or interrupt the progress of something
What is to intercept?
100
Things that will lead an investigator off the path?
What is a distraction?
100
A criminal act or plan
What is a caper
200
A thing or statement that helps to prove who committed the crime.
What is evidence?
200
A person or people who has seen something happen such as a crime or accident.
What is an eyewitness?
200
A fact or object that gives information toward solving a crime.
What is a clue?
200
A place where a crime has been committed or where investigators look for evidence to solve it.
What is a crime scene?
200
A law enforcement officer who investigates a crime scene to search for forensic evidence.
What is a crime scene investigator (CSI)?
300
It positively identifies a person by the instructions found in the nucleus of a cell.
What is DNA?
300
An investigator looking for and gathering clue.
What is a detective?
300
A reason that a person does something.
What is a motive?
300
A person who secretly gives information about a crime.
What is an informer?
300
A discovery that helps solve the crime.
What is a breakthrough?
400
A place where scientific materials are analyzed for forensic evidence.
What is a crime lab?
400
A person who has a motive to have committed a crime.
What is a suspect?
400
A guess or feeling about something that is not based on facts.
What is a hunch?
400
a person's character, as judged by other people
What is a reputation?
400
A false clue that throws the investigator off track.
What is a red herring?
500
A multi-digit number that is imprinted on a vehicle, which is unique to a car or truck.
What is a VIN number?
500
An investigator
What is a sleuth?
500
A person's origin, education, and experiences
What is a person's background ?
500
A excuse that an accused person uses to show that he or she was not at the scene of the crime.
What is an alibi?
500
Drawing a conclusion made from overall evidence.
What is a deduction?