“Valentin's Last Address” is a Murdoku case from the House & Home category: a board of 8×8, 7 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: 8×8, rated Easy, with 6 rooms. Every person — 8 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
R1
S
T
T
T
S
L
R2
C
Ch+C
Ch+C
Ch+C
C
T
R3
C
T
R4
L
C
Tv
W
R5
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
R6
C
P
C
C
P
R7
To
C
C
B
R8
Wa
B
B
B
Floor plan of “Valentin's Last Address”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.
Living Room — 20 tiles: Shelf, Table, Carpet, Chair, Lamp, TV
Hallway — 8 tiles: Carpet
Kids' Room 1 — 6 tiles: Carpet, PC, Bed
Kids' Room 2 — 6 tiles: PC, Carpet, Bed
Objects on the board
C Carpet (can be stood on)
T Table (blocks the tile)
B Bed (can be stood on)
Ch Chair (can be stood on)
L Lamp (blocks the tile)
P PC (blocks the tile)
S Shelf (blocks the tile)
W Wooden crate (blocks the tile)
To Toilet (can be stood on)
Tv TV (blocks the tile)
Wa Washing machine (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 a bald head
He was on a bed
Bella — a woman with brown hair
She was beside a toilet
Cyrus — a man with blond hair and a beard
He was beside a window and he was in row 3
Dalia — a woman with brown hair
She was beside a table
Edison — a man with blond hair and a beard
He was in the Hallway and he was in column 2
Floyd — a man with white hair and a beard
He was the only person on a chair
Greta — a woman with white hair
She was beside a bed
The victim, Valentin, is a man. 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: 4 possible tiles
Bella: 3 possible tiles
Cyrus: 2 possible tiles
Dalia: 6 possible tiles
Edison: a single tile — their own clue settles it
Floyd: 3 possible tiles
Greta: 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.