“The TV Junkies” is a Murdoku case from the Precinct & Office 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
T
T
S
T
S
R2
Tv
C
T
T
R3
S
R4
T
C
S
Tv
Tv
T
R5
Tv
R6
T
T
Tv
S
R7
C
T
Tv
S
T
R8
T
T
T
S
Floor plan of “The TV Junkies”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below.
Rooms
Open Office — 16 tiles: Table, Shelf, TV, Chair
Archive — 9 tiles: Shelf, Table
Boss's Office — 10 tiles: Chair, Table, TV
Storage — 4 tiles: Shelf
Conference Room — 11 tiles: TV, Table
Lobby — 14 tiles: Table, Shelf
Objects on the board
T Table (blocks the tile)
S Shelf (blocks the tile)
Tv TV (blocks the tile)
C Chair (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 and glasses
She was in the Conference Room
Bella — a woman with white hair and glasses
She was in the Boss's Office and she was not beside a TV
Carol — a woman with blond hair and glasses
She was in the Storage
Dylan — a man with blond hair
He was not beside a wall
Elsa — a woman with black hair
She was in row 7
Floyd — a man with brown hair, a beard and glasses
He was beside a chair
Grant — a man with black hair and a beard
He was not in a corner and he was in column 8
The victim, Vita, 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
Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:
Anna: 7 possible tiles
Bella: 4 possible tiles
Carol: 2 possible tiles
Dylan: 4 possible tiles
Elsa: 4 possible tiles
Floyd: 4 possible tiles
Grant: a single tile — their own clue settles it
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.