Mystery Words

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Across
  1. 2. An investigator or detective
  2. 6. Someone or something that proves who committed the crime
  3. 9. to steal something
  4. 13. making an important discovery
  5. 15. Collecting the facts and drawing a possible conclusion
  6. 16. a major category or type of literature
  7. 18. Something that appears to give information toward solving the crime
  8. 19. The time and place of a story
  9. 20. one who is hurt, killed, or suffers
Down
  1. 1. a person who investigates crimes and gathers information
  2. 3. a reason for doing something
  3. 4. Reach a conclusion from the information given.
  4. 5. A false lead that throws the investigator off track
  5. 7. A guess or feeling not based on facts
  6. 8. Sequence of events in a story
  7. 10. something that is secret and unknown
  8. 11. An act against the law
  9. 12. A person who appears to have a motive to have committed the crime
  10. 14. A person who has personal knowledge about the crime
  11. 17. A plea offered by an accused person of not having been at the scene of a crime