Mystery Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. A fact or object that gives information toward solving the crime
  2. 4. Something that is unknown
  3. 7. Person who has a motive to have committed a crime
  4. 9. An investigator looking for and gathering clues
  5. 11. Drawing a conclusion
  6. 12. An investigator
  7. 14. A discovery that helps solve the crime
  8. 15. A thing or statement that helps to prove who committed the crime
  9. 16. a plea offered by an accused person of not having been at the scene of the crime
Down
  1. 1. the person that something bad has happened to
  2. 2. A reason that a person does something can include anger, hatred, love, greed
  3. 3. An action that breaks the law
  4. 5. anticipation the author creates in a mystery genre
  5. 6. A guess or feeling not based on facts
  6. 8. A false clue that throws the investigator off track
  7. 10. Person who has knowledge about a crime
  8. 13. the person responsible for the crime