MURDOK / PAPER EDITION

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MURDOK / FIELD INVESTIGATION · 086

The Twice-Used Stamp

Hard
6 × 6 · 20–30 min
DETECTIVE: ____________

Elm Street Sorting Office · A stamp custodian was killed while checking an auction envelope. The postmark on its stamp failed to join the mark on the paper, and two glue layers edged the stamp.

1.103
1.202
1.3Records Desk ××
1.4
1.5Compass Mosaic
1.601
2.1
2.2
2.3
2.4
2.5
2.6
3.1
3.2Service Door ××
3.3
3.4
3.504
3.6
4.105
4.2
4.3
4.4Compass Rug
4.5
4.6
5.1
5.2Potted Fern ××
5.3
5.4
5.5Inlaid Mosaic ××
5.6
6.1
6.2
6.3
6.4
6.5
6.6

02 / TESTIMONY & EVIDENCECheck each verified statement

1

Mara I was in the same column as the Inlaid Mosaic.

2

Noor There was nobody else in my room; I was right beside the Records Desk.

3

Vale I was in the same row as the Service Door; I was west of Ren.

4

Ivo There was nobody else in my room.

5

Ren · VICTIM I was in the same row as the Potted Fern.

6

Elian I was in the same column as the Potted Fern.

03 / DEDUCTION NOTES

The victim’s room companion: ________________MURDOK · 086 · 01 / 01