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MURDOK / FIELD INVESTIGATION · 083

The Painted Boundary Stone

Medium
5 × 5 · 12–20 min
DETECTIVE: ____________

Canal Survey Office · A survey assistant was killed while marking a property edge. A boundary stone had been painted white, but beneath it lay the number on the neighbouring deed.

1.102
1.2Records Desk ××
1.3Compass Mosaic
1.401
1.5
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
3.103
3.2
3.3
3.4
3.5
4.1Compass Rug
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5Service Door ××
5.1
5.2
5.3Inlaid Mosaic ××
5.404
5.5

02 / TESTIMONY & EVIDENCECheck each verified statement

1

Elian There was nobody else in my room.

2

Vale · VICTIM I was in the same column as the Records Desk; I was west of Noor.

3

Mara I was in the same column as the Service Door.

4

Ivo I was in the same row as the Compass Rug.

5

Noor I was in the same row as the Inlaid Mosaic.

03 / DEDUCTION NOTES

The victim’s room companion: ________________MURDOK · 083 · 01 / 01