Murder Up High

“Murder Up High” 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 Medium, with 4 rooms. Every person — 8 in all — takes a row and a column of their own.

	C1	C2	C3	C4	C5	C6	C7	C8
R1	Ca		S		Bo		Tv
R2			B	B	C
R3		B	B	T		C	Tv
R4		Tv	T	T	T
R5	Bo		T	P	B	B		Ca
R6					Tv		T
R7	C	Ca	P	B	B	B
R8			C	B			Tv

Floor plan of “Murder Up High”. Letters mark the objects; the key is below. A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.

Rooms

Guest Room — 33 tiles: Carpet, Shelf, Box, Bed, Chair, Table, TV, Plant
Attic — 13 tiles: TV, Chair, Carpet
Laundry Room — 10 tiles: TV, Bed
Living Room — 8 tiles: Chair, Carpet, Plant, Bed

Objects on the board

B Bed (can be stood on)
T Table (blocks the tile)
Tv TV (blocks the tile)
C Chair (can be stood on)
Ca Carpet (can be stood on)
Bo Box (blocks the tile)
P Plant (blocks the tile)
S Shelf (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 white hair

He was on a bed

Bella — a woman with white hair and glasses

She was in the same column as a shelf and she was beside a door

Cyrus — a man with brown hair, a beard and glasses

He was beside a plant

Dylan — a man with a bald head and glasses

He was in column 4

Elsa — a woman with blond hair

She was the only person on a carpet

Floyd — a man with blond hair and a beard

He was beside a bed and he was west of a shelf

Greta — a woman with black hair and glasses

She was west of a carpet (R5/C8)

The victim, Viola, is a woman. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.

Clues About the Whole Scene

Exactly 3 people were on a bed.

How Hard It Really Is

Deduction steps from the first clue to the verdict

Steps before anyone can be placed for certain

Reasoning the solve needs

How to Start — Without Spoilers

Before anything else, count where each suspect could be if you only read their own clues:

Alex: 10 possible tiles
Bella: a single tile — their own clue settles it
Cyrus: 5 possible tiles
Dylan: 5 possible tiles
Elsa: 3 possible tiles
Floyd: 2 possible tiles
Greta: 40 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.