The case of the Barefoot Burglar

The Crime

At approximately 7:15 a.m., Friday morning, Mrs. King, the science teacher, thought something was fishy
as she walked down the hall and noticed that her door was open. She walked into her classroom and
immediately
discovered that the small aquarium had been broken and her prized gold fish were gasping in the sink.
Beside the broken aquarium were the shattered remains of the pink piggy bank that had been on the shelf
above the aquarium. A can of blue paint was spilled on the floor. Footprints of a barefooted burglar led to
an open window. Bits of a white powdery substance were found next to
the broken, empty, piggy bank. The only other item found was a half-eaten large chunk of chocolate candy.

When the police arrived they immediately began to gather forensic evidence.Peg the Leg

Height: 5'

Alias: Lucky Lady

Peg is a librarian known for hanging horseshoes and four leaf clovers in her library. Employees say she is so superstitious she insisted on carpeting in the library instead of laying tiles so she would not step on the cracks. She wraps construction zone tape around open ladders so no one can walk under them. Cola bottles litter her office, which she drinks with chocolate chunks. Her teeth are chipped from knocking the bottles against them. She is always throwing salt over her shoulder for good luck and keeps a salt shaker in her purse. Her alibi is that she was busy closing open umbrellas the morning of the crime.

Jake the Jock                                                                         Height 6'6"                                                                      Alias: Armchair Quarterback                                                                                          Jake the Jock is known for quoting statistics on every sport from boomerang throwing to sled dogging. His neighbors report that he is the neighborhood pitcher for baseball games. Last year a baseball hit him in the mouth and knocked out his front tooth. This has cramped his eating style of chocolate chunks, candied apples, and corn on the cob. His wife claims that on the morning of the crime Jake was rubbing his hands with cornstarch to keep them dry in preparation for an important baseball game.

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Dan the Man Dan the Man Height : 5'8" Alias: The General Dan was wearing a woolen general's uniform with small holes when apprehended in the woods. He claimed to be gnawing on wood for moisture and insects to practice his survival training. His teeth look like a beavers from gnawing. His wife complains that she never has any baking soda due to Dan's compulsion about storing clothes in mothballs. He thinks the baking soda takes away the mothball smell, so he stuffs his pockets with the substance. Also, his wife reports that her giant chocolate kisses continually disappear from the candy cupboard. He blames their dog Patton, an English bull terrier, who patrols the neighborhood. His neighbors report that Dan loves the military. He was very regimented about playing taps on his bugle every day at sunset until an irate neighbor broke his bugle. Dan has been trying to save money for a new one.

Lou Lou Height: 5'3" Alias: Sweet Tooth

Lou Lou is so addicted to sugar that she never leaves home without it. She loves to bake sweet things and has an entire pantry full of sugar bins. She claims to have been baking her famous chocolate chunk cookies the morning of the crime (although not a morsel of cookie or chocolate chunk was left when the police arrived.) Lou Lou rarely wears shoes, which often causes her to slip and break things, especially her collection of ceramic pigs.

• Sticky, 'swirl' fingerprints were lifted from the aquarium and piggy bank.
• The painted footprints were measured and were for 26cm feet. ( size 8)
• The chunk of chocolate candy was collected for examination. It appeared there were teeth imprints.
• The white powdery substance by the piggy bank was carefully placed in a plastic bag and taken to the forensic chemist for identification . It had very small grains and when mixed with Iodine it reacted making the colour brown. It did not have a smell.

my thinkings/finding

name	evidence	clues
Peg the Leg	always throwing salt over her shoulder {white powder.}	there was a white powder in the crime scene
Jake the Jock	eating style of chocolate chunks. rubbing his hands with cornstarch [white powder	the was half eaten choc
Dan the Man	baking soda {white powder} and choc chunks are missing
Lou Lou	rarely wears shoes, suger {white powder}	was barefoot

the bad guy is i think lou lou because suger turns black/brown she really wears shoes and has a sweet tooth

let me know what you think