Mystery Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. A fact or object that gives information toward solving the crime
  2. 8. A discovery that helps solve the crime
  3. 10. An investigator
  4. 11. An action that breaks the law
  5. 13. An investigator looking for and gathering clues
  6. 14. A thing or statement that helps to prove who committed the crime
Down
  1. 1. A reason that a person does something — can include anger, hatred, love, or greed
  2. 2. An excuse that an accused person uses to show that he or she was not at the scene of the crime
  3. 3. Drawing a conclusion
  4. 4. A guess or feeling not based on facts
  5. 6. Something that is unknown
  6. 7. Person who has a motive to have committed a crime
  7. 9. A false clue that throws the investigator off track
  8. 12. Person who has knowledge about a crime