“A Grizzly Discovery” 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 Easy, with 5 rooms. Every person — 7 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
R1
Ch
T
Tr
R2
T
G
Ch
Tr
B
R3
T
W
Tr
R4
C
C+S
W
Tr
R5
O
S
W
T
R6
S
S
S
C+S
T
Ch
R7
S
O
C
T
Ta
Floor plan of “A Grizzly Discovery”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below.
Parking Lot (outdoors) — 12 tiles: Car, Street, Oil slick
Objects on the board
S Street (can be stood on)
T Tent (can be stood on)
C Car (can be stood on)
Tr Tree (blocks the tile)
Ch Chair (can be stood on)
W Water lily (can be stood on)
O Oil slick (can be stood on)
B Bear (blocks the tile)
G Grill (blocks the tile)
Ta Table (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 blond hair and a beard
He was beside a bear and he was in column 6
Bella — a woman with brown hair and glasses
She was beside a grill
Carol — a woman with white hair
She was on a water lily and she was beside a wall
Dylan — a man with a bald head and a beard
He was on a car
Edison — a man with a bald head, a beard and glasses
He was the only person on a chair
Freya — a woman with brown hair and glasses
She was beside a tree
The victim, Valerie, 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: a single tile — their own clue settles it
Bella: 4 possible tiles
Carol: 2 possible tiles
Dylan: 4 possible tiles
Edison: 3 possible tiles
Freya: 6 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.