Across
- 2. Any instrument used to kill.
- 5. To analyse, examine and search for clues to find the murderer.
- 6. The time, place, environment and surrounding circumstances of a story.
- 7. What causes a person to do something or act in a certain way.
- 9. The sequence of incidents in a story.
- 11. Something, such as a witness statement or an object, that is used as proof in a crime.
- 14. The act of killing someone else for various motives.
- 16. An act committed in violation of the law.
- 17. An excuse that an accused person uses to show that he was not on the crime scene.
Down
- 1. The killing of a human being, with no prior intent to kill.
- 3. Another name for detective.
- 4. Someone who saw, heard and can give an account of something.
- 8. A fact or object that helps to solve mysteries.
- 10. To find out by logical reason.
- 12. A person who investigates crimes and gathers information.
- 13. To take something that isn't yours.
- 15. To kill with a knife or a dagger.