Murder, She Wrote

A murder has been committed at Ashlyns CS department. Your task is to decode the clues to find the identity of the murderer, the weapon, and the room.

Case Briefing: Play to Start Investigation

Case Folder: Suspects

  • 🕵️‍♂️ Mr Valli
  • 🕵️‍♂️ Mr Roberts
  • 🕵️‍♀️ Mrs West
  • 🕵️‍♂️ Mr Marks
  • 🕵️‍♂️ Mr Bennett

Possible Weapons

Metre ruler Chair Scissors Compass Textbook Pencil Stapler

Room List

18
23
24
25
28
29

Clue 1

Use the Pigpen key from your notes to decode this weapon:

Clue 2

12345 1ABCDE 2FGHIJ 3KLMNO 4PQRST 5UVWXY/Z
(3,3)(4,2)(4,4)   (5,2)(1,5)(4,4)(4,5)
(5,2)(1,1)(4,4)   (2,4)(3,4)
(4,5)(2,3)(1,5)   (2,3)(1,1)(3,2)(3,2)

Clue 3

A=1, B=2, C=3...

13,18 22,1,12,12,9 23,1,19 9,14 20,8,5 7,25,13

Clue 4

Intercepted text message:

From: UNKNOWN
4 4 7 / 6 2 6 3 / 4 2 7 / 3 4 8 3 / 5 3 8 8 3 7 7

Clue 5

Hint: Mirrored alphabet (A=Z, B=Y...)

GSV ILLN RH Z NFOGRKOV LU ULFI

Clue 6

Shift of 1 (A becomes B)

UIF OBNF TUBSUT XJUI N

Clue 7

- .... . / .-. --- --- -- /
.... .- ... / . .. --. .... - /
..-. .- -.-. - --- .-. ...

🚨 Close the Case