Bonne note SVP …

2. A reason for doing something.
4. To carry out research to discover and examine the facts in order to solve a crime.
5. A book, play or film that tells a very exciting story, especially of crime and violence.
7. The murderer uses it to kill the victim. It can be a firearm, a rope, a knife, etc...
8. The place where the crime was committed.
11. A person who has a motive to have committed a crime.
12. A person who knows things about a crime or who saw it.
14. A person who helps a murderer commit a crime.
16. Something that tends to prove or disprove something. The police can only accuse the suspect if they have one.
18. Someone or something that proves who committed the crime.
20. A clue intended to be misleading or distracting to throw the investigator off track.
23. Something that can't be explained or understood.
24. A story or play about a murder in which the identity of the murderer is not revealed until the end.
26. An unpleasant and strong feeling caused by danger.

1. A dead body found on the crime scene.
3. A trace left by the murderer on different objects and that can help identify him or her.
6. A laboratory or the scientists responsible for tests used for solving crimes.
9. A state of uncertainty about something that is not decided or known. It causes anxiety or excitement.
10. A person who suffers pain or death as a result of other people's actions.
13. Details that can help policemen to solve a crime.
15. A person who is responsible for a crime.
17. A suspect can't have been at the scene of the crime: it's his / her ...
19. It is the declaration that a witness tells the police.
21. Responsible for a wrongdoing or a bad action like a crime for example.
22. To kill a person illegally and intentionally.
25. A person or a thing regarded as a possible danger. / A sign indicating a coming danger.