Death After Hours

“Death After Hours” is a Murdoku case from the Precinct & Office category: a board of 6×6, 5 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: 6×6, rated Easy, with 4 rooms. Every person — 6 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.

C1C2C3C4C5C6
R1
R2CB
R3B
R4TT
R5PP
R6T
Floor plan of “Death After Hours”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window.

Rooms

  • Open Office — 9 tiles: Carpet
  • Meeting Room — 9 tiles: Bed
  • Reception — 9 tiles: Table, Plant
  • Copy Room — 9 tiles: Table, Plant

Objects on the board

  • T Table (blocks the tile)
  • B Bed (can be stood on)
  • P Plant (blocks the tile)
  • C Carpet (can be stood on)

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.

Anna — a woman with black hair

  • She was beside a table

Bella — a woman with brown hair

  • She was not beside a wall

Carol — a woman with blond hair and glasses

  • She was on a bed

Dalia — a woman with white hair and glasses

  • She was beside a carpet

Elsa — a woman with black hair

  • She was in column 6

The victim, Vanessa, 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
18
Steps before anyone can be placed for certain
7
Reasoning the solve needs

How to Start — Without Spoilers

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

  • Anna: 4 possible tiles
  • Bella: 4 possible tiles
  • Carol: 2 possible tiles
  • Dalia: 3 possible tiles
  • Elsa: 4 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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