7th - Mystery Vocab - Detection Set 1

Front

Different name

Back

alias

Front

Story of someone's actual location.

Back

Alibi

Front

Investigation that remains open until new evidence emerges.

Back

cold case

Front

Reasoning to a specific point

Back

Deduction

Front

Links someone to a crime without proof

Back

circumstantial evidence

Front

Study of evidence at a crime scene

Back

Forensics

Front

Study of heredity

Back

Genetics

Front

Reason for doing something

Back

Motive

Front

Someone who commits a crime

Back

Perpetrator

Front

A detective

Back

sleuth