9×9 Murdoku case · Medium · 9 people · murdokuonline.org
The two rules. Each person stands in their own row and their own column — the victim counts. The room holding the victim contains exactly one suspect, and that suspect is the murderer.
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5
C6
C7
C8
C9
R1
6
P
P
3
S
R2
P
P
S
R3
5C
P
4B
R4
C
2
Pc
Ta
B
R5
C
M
Ci
Ch
Ch
R6
C
R7
1T
M
L
R8
7
H
M
T
Sh
R9
H
H
T
To
Rooms
1Pasture (outdoors)
2Yard (outdoors)
3Garden (outdoors)
4Farmhouse
5Cowshed
6Pigsty
7Stable
Objects on the board
P Pig (blocked)
C Cow (blocked)
H Horse (walkable)
M Mud puddle (walkable)
T Tree (blocked)
B Bed (walkable)
Ch Chair (walkable)
S Shrub (blocked)
Ci Chicken (blocked)
L Lamp (blocked)
Pc PC (blocked)
Sh Shelf (blocked)
Ta Table (blocked)
To Toilet (walkable)
A thick blue edge marks a window. A dashed edge marks a door.
Clues About the Whole Scene
No room was empty.
Exactly 1 person was on a mud puddle.
The Suspects and Their Clues
Alex — a man with white hair and glasses
He was on a bed
Bella — a woman with black hair
She was in the same column as a shelf and she was alone with a female suspect
Carol — a woman with blond hair
She was on a mud puddle
Dylan — a man with blond hair and a beard
He was west of a horse (R8/C2)
Elsa — a woman with brown hair and glasses
She was on a horse
Freya — a woman with white hair and glasses
She was alone with a suspect who had black hair and she was in the same column as a mud puddle
Grant — a man with brown hair, a beard and glasses
He was in the same column as a chicken and he was alone in the room
Hugh — a man with blond hair
He was north of a shrub (R2/C9) and he was alone in the room
The victim, Vincent, is a man. Nothing else about them is known, and no clue depends on it.