Mystery Vocabulary

person who investigates and gathers information

• detective

• victim

• red herring

• evidence

people who are believed to have possibly committed the crime, Who did it?

• sleuth

• witness

• alibi

• suspect

someone who saw the crime being committed and can provide some information

• red herring

• suspect

• witness

• detective

an excuse that a suspect uses to show that he or she was somewhere other than the scene of the crime when the crime was committed

• alibi

• suspect

• sleuth

• witness

a false lead that throws the investigator/detective off track

• witness

• victim

• red herring

• clue

something that proves who committed the crime

• clues

• evidence

• crime

• detective

an act that is against the law

• clue

• suspect

• crime

• witness

a fact or object that helps to solve mysteries

• crime

• evidence

• alibi

• clue

An investigator or detective is a __________.

• sleuth
• suspect
• clue
• witness

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.4.2D

Before anyone disturbs a crime scene, the ___________ has to look through the scene and search for evidence.

• sleuth
• police
• witness
• suspect

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.K.5A