“End of Watch” 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 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
S
S
S+C
T+C
C
R2
Ch
T+C
Ch
T+C
Ch
Ch+C
P
R3
Ch
T+C
Ch
T+C
Ch
Ch
T
Ch
R4
P
C
Ch
R5
P
C
P
T
R6
Ch
C
B
B
To
R7
C
C
W
B
B
T
R8
Ch
P
W
To
Floor plan of “End of Watch”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.
Rooms
Evidence room — 6 tiles: Wooden crate
Open Office — 22 tiles: Shelf, Chair, Table, Carpet, Plant
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 blond hair
She was in the Reception area
Bella — a woman with white hair
She was in column 5
Cyrus — a man with blond hair
He was not beside a wall
Dalia — a woman with brown hair
She was beside a shelf
Elsa — a woman with white hair
She was north of Floyd
Floyd — a man with black hair
He was in column 8
Grant — a man with white hair
He was south of Anna
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:
Anna: 6 possible tiles
Bella: 7 possible tiles
Cyrus: 4 possible tiles
Dalia: 5 possible tiles
Elsa: 46 possible tiles
Floyd: 5 possible tiles
Grant: 46 possible tiles
The first deductions after that, in the order the solver finds them:
Elsa is north of Floyd – impossible cells removed.
Grant is south of Anna – impossible cells removed.
Bella: only column 5 possible – blocked for others.
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.