“Behind Closed Doors” is a Murdoku case from the House & Home 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 6 rooms. Every person — 7 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
R1
T
T
C
R2
P
R3
P
C
R4
P
P
R5
Tv
R6
T
C
P
C
R7
B
B
Ca
T
T
Floor plan of “Behind Closed Doors”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below.
Rooms
Kitchen — 6 tiles: Table
Living Room — 14 tiles: Plant, TV, Chair, Carpet
Study — 9 tiles: Table, Plant
Bedroom — 4 tiles: Table, Bed
Balcony (outdoors) — 12 tiles: Chair, Plant
Laundry Room — 4 tiles
Objects on the board
P Plant (blocks the tile)
T Table (blocks the tile)
C Chair (can be stood on)
B Bed (can be stood on)
Ca Carpet (can be stood on)
Tv TV (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 and glasses
She was in the Kitchen
Bernd — a man with a bald head, a beard and glasses
He was beside a TV
Cyrus — a man with black hair and glasses
He was not beside a wall
Dalia — a woman with black hair
She was alone in the Laundry Room
Edison — a man with blond hair, a beard and glasses
He was in the Living Room
Floyd — a man with white hair, a beard and glasses
He was on a carpet
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: 4 possible tiles
Bernd: 2 possible tiles
Cyrus: 2 possible tiles
Dalia: 4 possible tiles
Edison: 11 possible tiles
Floyd: 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.