Mystery Vocabulary

Something that is secret and unknown is a ____________.

• Clue
• Evidence
• Mystery
• Alibi

A _________________ is someone who is harmed or suffers some loss because of a crime.

• Alibi
• Victim
• Suspect
• Witness

A __________________ is a person who is believed to have possibly committed the crime.

• Suspect
• Detective
• Red Herring
• Alibi

A person who investigates mysteries and gathers information is a _________________.

• Detective
• Suspect
• Evidence
• Witness

Someone who saw the crime being committed and can provide some information is a ___________________.

• Evidence
• Crime
• Victim
• Witness

_{This is a synonym, or another name, for detective.}

• Slueth
• Witness
• Victim
• Alibi

A false lead that throws the investigator off track is a __________________.

• Clue
• Evidence
• Red Herring
• Alibi

^{A __________________ is a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries.}

• Crime
• Victim
• Clue
• Witness

A _________________ is an act that is against the law.

• Red Herring
• Crime
• Clue
• Victim

An excuse that a suspect uses to show that he or she was somewhere other than at the scene of the crime is an __________________.

• Alibi
• Evidence
• Red Herring
• Crime