“And Then the Woods Went Quiet” is a Murdoku case from the Campground category: a board of 7×7, 6 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: 7×7, rated Medium, with 4 rooms. Every person — 7 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
R1
H
H
T
W
R2
Ha
W
R3
C
R4
Ba
G
Tr
B
B
R5
P
Tr
W
W
R6
Ha
W
R7
H
T
Floor plan of “And Then the Woods Went Quiet”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A dashed edge marks a door.
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 beside a tent
Bella — a woman with white hair and glasses
She was beside a tree
Carol — a woman with red hair
She was not on a water lily
Dylan — a man with white hair and a beard
He was in the same column as a tree, in a different room
Edison — a man with red hair and a beard
He was north-west of every boat, in the same room and he was alone with a male suspect
Floyd — a man with blond hair
He was south-east of every tree and he was in a corner
The victim, Vincent, is a man. 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
Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:
Alex: 3 possible tiles
Bella: 3 possible tiles
Carol: 36 possible tiles
Dylan: 7 possible tiles
Edison: 6 possible tiles
Floyd: 2 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Floyd: only row 7 possible – blocked for others.
Bella & Dylan: only columns 3, 4 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.