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Who Dunnit?
"Solve
the mystery behind this crime."
(No crimes were committed during the
Valentine's Day issue)
THE CRIME: A small bank is robbed right at closing time.
THE SUSPECTS: A new man in town, the local drug dealer, an ex-bank teller, a dying teacher
THE CRIME: Several business windows are spray-painted over in gold and green colors.
THE SUSPECTS: Members of a rival town's school, a group of local teenagers, a left-wing political group, 3 men thought to be trying to start a new religious group.
THE CRIME: All the new saplings at a tree farm are stripped bare and left to die.
THE SUSPECTS: A former client, a rival tree farm owner, a high school dropout, wild animals.
CRIME: A sack of snakes is released during the Jr./Sr. prom.
SUSPECTS: The janitor, a former student, a basketball player, the prom queen.
THE CRIME: The cables to a resort hotel’s elevator are cut, causing one death and 3 critically injured people sent to the hospital.
THE SUSPECTS: An American couple on vacation, a German man on business, an Australian Olympiad in training, an English woman looking to start a new life.
THE CRIME: A pop star’s swimming pool is contaminated with dangerous and toxic chemicals.
THE SUSPECTS: The new groundskeeper, a known stalker, a former lover, the star’s manager.
CRIME: A school mascot suit is found torn to pieces in the principal’s front yard.
SUSPECTS: Members of a rival school, the suit’s occupant, the football coach, the head cheerleader
CRIME: A warrior prince suddenly dies during an annual festival.
SUSPECTS: His step-mother, his physician, his younger brother, his favorite concubine.
CRIME: 3 suits of armor are stolen from a British museum.
SUSPECTS: A member of a local cult, an archaeological student, an older gentleman suffering from schizophrenia, a French art thief.
CRIME: Several wheat fields surrounding a small farming community are set on fire.
SUSPECTS: A farmer whose fields went untouched, a group of boys from a neighboring town, the son of one of the ruined farmers, the wife of the bank president
CRIME: The crop from a local apple orchard is contaminated with a hallucinogenic narcotic.
SUSPECTS: The “crazy guy” who lives at the edge of town, the local hoodlums, a group of bikers passing through the area, a rival grower
CRIME: A house thought to be haunted is vandalized and nearly
torn down.
SUSPECTS: A group of thrill-seeking teenagers, a group of
religious fanatics, the parents of a missing girl,
the spirit of the former owner.
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