Mystery Vocabulary

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