Back to School

“Back to School” is a Murdoku case from the School category: a board of 4×4, 3 suspects and one victim. Read the clues, work out where everybody was standing, and name the suspect who was left alone with the body.

The Board

The floor plan as the case hands it to you: 4×4, rated Easy, with 2 rooms. Every person — 4 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.

C1C2C3C4
R1BBCh
R2
R3BBC
R4S
Floor plan of “Back to School”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window.

Rooms

  • Assembly Hall — 10 tiles: Bed, Chair, Shrub
  • Teachers' Room — 6 tiles: Bed, Carpet

Objects on the board

  • B Bed (can be stood on)
  • C Carpet (can be stood on)
  • Ch Chair (can be stood on)
  • S Shrub (blocks the tile)

The Suspects and Their Clues

Each suspect comes with what the witnesses remember. Read them all before placing anyone — a clue about one person is very often what pins down another.

Alex — a man with black hair and glasses

  • He was on a chair

Bernd — a man with brown hair, a beard and glasses

  • He was beside a bed and he was in row 4

Carol — a woman with black hair

  • She was beside a window

The victim, Vita, is a woman. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.

How Hard It Really Is

Deduction steps from the first clue to the verdict
8
Steps before anyone can be placed for certain
3

How to Start — Without Spoilers

Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:

  • Alex: a single tile — their own clue settles it
  • Bernd: 2 possible tiles
  • Carol: 3 possible tiles

That is as far as this page goes. From here on it is yours — the in-game hint giver explains each next step if you get stuck, without giving the answer away.

This case has exactly one solution, and it can be reached by forward deduction alone — no guessing.

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