Mystery Terms and Elements

Detective/Sleuth

• A person who investigates crimes and gathers evidence.
• The person who commits a crime
• DNA evidence
• A Red Herring

Victim

• The person who commits a crime
• The police officer investigating a crime
• Someone who is deceived or cheated or suffers some loss
• An attorney 

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Suspect 

• Police Officer
• The victim
• The judge/jury
• A person who is believed to be guilty of a crime.

Witness

• Someone who commits a crime
• Someone who finds the criminals
• Someone who see or can give a first-hand account of something.
• The person you call when your internet goes down.

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Alibi

• Proof someone offers to show they couldn't have committed the crime.
• A white-collar criminal
• A type of investigation 
• A fruit

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Motive

• A means of transportation
• An emoji's cousin
• Something that causes someone to act a certain way
• A type of candle

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Setting

• The main idea of the story
• The characters in a story
• The time, place, and circumstances of a story.
• Plates and dishes

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Mystery

• Something that is secret and unknown
• They name of Spongebob's seahorse
• Something you know the answer to
• The setting of a story

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Clue

• A game
• A movie
• An attorney
• Evidence or hints that helps solve mysteries

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Evidence

• A witness, statement, or object that is used as proof in a crime
• A secret
• A private investigator 
• Sherlock Holmes's assistant

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