“Murder in the Bath” is a Murdoku case from the Campground category: a board of 12×12, 11 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: 12×12, rated Hard, with 10 rooms. Every person — 12 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
C10
C11
C12
R1
Ca
S
Te
M
C
Te
Te
C
R2
Ca
S
O
C
Te
C
M
Te
R3
S
Ca
Te
C
M
Te
R4
O
S
Ca
T
T
T
R5
Ca
S
B
W
C
R6
Ca
S
B
C
Cm
C
T
R7
Sh
Cr
Cr
Cr
T
T
C
T
R8
Ta
Ta
Cs
Cr
T
T
R9
Sh
C
M
M
T
R10
To
So
So
B
B
R11
Sh
Sh
M
T
W
R12
To
So
So
Floor plan of “Murder in the Bath”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below.
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 white hair
He was on an oil slick
Bella — a woman with blond hair
She was in column 9
Cyrus — a man with blond hair, a beard and glasses
He was beside a water lily
Dylan — a man with black hair
He was beside a table
Elsa — a woman with black hair and glasses
She was in a tent and she was beside a mud puddle
Freya — a woman with black hair
She was in row 10
Greta — a woman with white hair and glasses
She was beside a tent and she was west of every water lily
Hugh — a man with blond hair
He was beside a shower and he was south of every boat
Ivan — a man with black hair and a beard
He was not on a cash register
Jana — a woman with white hair and glasses
She was beside a campfire. Bella was beside the same campfire.
Kira — a woman with brown hair
She was beside a water lily and she was in the Lake
The victim, Victoria, is a woman. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.
Clues About the Whole Scene
No room was empty.
How Hard It Really Is
Deduction steps from the first clue to the verdict
Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:
Alex: 2 possible tiles
Bella: 10 possible tiles
Cyrus: 8 possible tiles
Dylan: 2 possible tiles
Elsa: 2 possible tiles
Freya: 12 possible tiles
Greta: 2 possible tiles
Hugh: 3 possible tiles
Ivan: 125 possible tiles
Jana: 4 possible tiles
Kira: 4 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Jana must stand beside the same object (a campfire) as another person – impossible cells removed.
Bella must stand beside the same object (a campfire) as another person – impossible cells removed.
Freya: only row 10 possible – blocked for others.
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.