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MURDOK / FIELD INVESTIGATION · 045

The Train in the Cabinet

Hard
7 × 7 · 20–30 min
DETECTIVE: ____________

Rail Memory Museum · A model-railway curator was killed before a handover. A locked engine whistled during a power cut, although its label specified an electric sound unit.

1.101
1.2
1.3Leaf Mosaic
1.402
1.5
1.6
1.704
2.1Service Door ××
2.2
2.3Records Desk ××
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2.5
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3.103
3.2
3.305
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4.6Leaf Rug
4.7
5.1
5.2
5.3Inlaid Mosaic ××
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7.1
7.2
7.306
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7.5Woven Rug
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7.7Potted Fern ××

02 / TESTIMONY & EVIDENCECheck each verified statement

1

Vale I was in the same column as the Records Desk; I was in the same column as the Inlaid Mosaic; I was east of Tess.

2

Ivo I was north of Tess.

3

Ren I was south of Vale; I was north of Noor; I was west of Tess.

4

Noor I was north of Tess; I was west of Mara; I was east of Elian.

5

Tess · VICTIM I was north of Mara; I was north of Elian.

6

Mara Only Tess shared my room.

7

Elian There was nobody else in my room.

03 / DEDUCTION NOTES

The victim’s room companion: ________________MURDOK · 045 · 01 / 01