“Please Don't Feed the Killer” is a Murdoku case from the Zoo 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 Medium, with 7 rooms. Every person — 8 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
R1
Pe
P
B
M
R2
W
B
P
M
P
P
R3
Pe
B
H
M
R4
Pe
B
R5
T
F
W
R6
Pr
Pa
F
R7
Pr
T
G
Pa
P
P
R8
Pr
Pa
Floor plan of “Please Don't Feed the Killer”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below.
Penguin Pool (outdoors) — 9 tiles: Penguin, Water lily
Flamingo Pond (outdoors) — 8 tiles: Flamingo, Water lily
Aviary (outdoors) — 10 tiles: Parrot
Picnic Meadow (outdoors) — 12 tiles: Tree, Park bench, Grill
Objects on the board
P Path (can be stood on)
B Bear (blocks the tile)
Pa Park bench (can be stood on)
M Monkey (blocks the tile)
Pr Parrot (blocks the tile)
Pe Penguin (blocks the tile)
F Flamingo (blocks the tile)
T Tree (blocks the tile)
W Water lily (can be stood on)
G Grill (blocks the tile)
H Haystack (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.
Anna — a woman with white hair
She was beside a flamingo
Bella — a woman with blond hair
She was south-east of every tree, in a different room
Carol — a woman with grey hair
She was in the same column as a haystack, in a different room
Dalia — a woman with blond hair and glasses
She was exactly 2 columns east of Freya
Edison — a man with red hair, a beard and glasses
He was not on a water lily
Freya — a woman with black hair
She was in the same row as a haystack, in a different room
Grant — a man with grey hair and a beard
He was north of every water lily, in a different room
The victim, Vanessa, 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:
Anna: 4 possible tiles
Bella: 2 possible tiles
Carol: 2 possible tiles
Dalia: 45 possible tiles
Edison: 43 possible tiles
Freya: 2 possible tiles
Grant: 4 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Dalia was exactly 2 columns east of Freya
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.