| A | B |
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| alibi | a plea offered by an accused person of having not been at the scene of the crime |
| clue | something that appears to give information toward solving the crime |
| deduction | collecting the facts and drawing a possible conclusion |
| evidence | someone or something that proves who committed the crime |
| red herring | a false lead that throws the investigator off track |
| sleuth | an investigator or detective |
| suspects | people who appear to ahve a motive to have committed the crime |
| witness | people who appear to have a motive to have committed the crime |
| extract | to pull out or remove |
| analysis | to examine or make dterminations |
| forensic | relating to or dealing with the application of scientific knowledge to legal problems |
| morgue | the place where the bodies of persons found dead are kept until identified and claimed by relatives/others |
| apprehending | to arrest or seize |
| mystery | a piece of fiction dealing with the solution of a mysterious crime |
| forgery | the crime of falsely and fraudulently making or altering a document |
