Murder Mystery Puzzle (Law of Syllogism and Detachment)

Help students improve their logic skills with these murder mystery puzzles. You get 5 different puzzles. Each person was questioned and give 3 statements. Only the murderer lies. Improve student's critical thinking while helping them to apply the Law of Syllogism and the Law of Detachment to combine statements. As a hint of where to start, look for statements that contradict! Answers are included!!

Instructions: Someone was murdered! Use the laws of logic to determine who was the murderer. All suspects are all truthful people (except of course the murderer.) When no name is specified, the subjects are talking about the murdered person. Can you figure out who is telling the truth and who is lying?

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