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An investigator looking for and gathering clues.
Who is the detective?
100
An action that breaks the law.
What is a crime?
100
A reason that a person does something - can include anger, hatred, love, or greed.
What is a motive?
100
A discovery that helps solve the crime.
What is a breakthrough?
100
Something that is unknown.
What is a mystery?
200
An investigator.
Who is a sleuth?
200
Drawing a conclusion.
What is a deduction?
200
A guess or feeling not based on facts.
What is a hunch?
300
Person who has a motive to have committed a crime.
Who is the suspect?
300
An excuse that an accused person uses to show that he or she was not at the scene of the crime.
What is an alibi?
300
A false clue that throws the investigator off track.
What is a red herring?
400
Person who has knowledge about a crime.
Who is the witness?
400
A thing or statement that helps to prove who committed the crime.
What is evidence
500
The person who committed the crime.
Who is the culprit?
500
A fact or object that gives information toward solving the crime.
What is a clue?