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