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Welcome junior sleuths, you have all been invited to Scotland Yard to aid in an unsolved case. So far, this criminal mastermind has eluded our best authorities. The facts of the case are as follows: The Crime took place during the Famous Mystery Authors Convention, the murder was committed around eleven o'clock in the evening last night. Here are the few other clues we have gathered:
- Victim is Frederick Dannay
- A suicide note was found next to the victim’s body, but the Chief Inspector believes that this is a homicide.
- The paper the note is written on is rare and can only be found in a small boutique in England.
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The letter reads:
If you determine to abandon me—
Here I take my farewell—
Neglected.
- The note smelled of alcohol, but no alcohol was found in Dannay’s blood.
- The murder weapon was found next to the victim’s body, it was a hospital scalpel.
We do not know much more than what we have just told you. It is now your case should you choose to accept it. We suspect from the clues that we have gathered that the murderer is one of the suspects listed below.
Hurry sleuths, for the game is afoot!
Through this WebQuest you will:
- Conduct research and participate in realistic problem solving using the methods and tools of real criminologists and detectives.
- Learn how to use the problem solving method that detectives use in crime solving while developing a thorough understanding of the history of the mystery genre.
- Learn where to locate and how to use Internet research methods and tools.
- Gain background knowledge and biographical information of famous mystery authors, sleuths, and the mystery genre.
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