The Deadly Picnic A Lab on Deductive Reasoning
Use deductive reasoning to solve a murder mystery in “The Deadly Picnic.” Analyze forensic clues, suspect profiles, and evidence to uncover the killer and piece together the events of the crime.
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The Deadly Picnic
A Lab on Deductive Reasoning
ObfBEtiw
You wil Lie dacLdT'.'s reason ng to decide who coTmrttEd ibe murder.
Background Information
Coris rdI e polios cisco-wared ths body cr a .jd-y&ar-clc white male llazar icontifiec as Gaven Brocks; n ar oacn Said of
daisies azzut five miles Outsize erf town. Mr Brt-ics' body ..as d scz/erac at 10:02 PM Friday ngnt, Cttcbar 11. Ha was
found lying facE uz on ayollowquoern-siza sheet. Aazordngtc autopsy reports, one fatal gunsnetzo the hack cFzns hsac
anted FA1
. Brocks s Ifa . The zatino cgist ostin-atss znat death cccuned at about 7:45 PM.
As irr/esticatcrs scanned the cri-re scene, thsry -rada de following notes
* Fazer zlalcs rillac wefi cartialFy oaten fried cnickon. cctatz salad, and chccdata cafes were ocatec maar FA*.
Brocks s bacy.
* An ocon beta of rec wine and two paiialFy-fil sd classes cf wine were fcunc mart to the yellow shaet
* Cna cf the iwna glasses had a smuccs cf rec lipstick on. tha rm.
* A recency smoksc dcanetta butt was found near tha sheet.
* Footprints ~cn- de 'cad to Tie nclc >\WB dnasc cf a mas. sze 13, and a female. size 5. The only footprints From
tha fislz bac-t to the toac were these zF a iemas. size 5.
* Car tracks of the same wheel zase anc Tsad pattern as Mr. Socks' autorrobis .■.era fburic at the -oar. The car
was not feund at the scene.
* Later da: seeming. FA. Brocks s car was found abandoned in an empty pa'kirc lot n downtown CcnOarrile.
Investigators beicve that a female Franc c- Mr. Brocks was -esporsiola for his demise. After questioning (airily and
friends :t was d scc'/crec mat the deceased had Incpier* sac a outircs with six '.'toman who live in cr osar Center.ills.
Ths women's names are Rta. Lauren, Gail. Janice. Bains, and Peggy.
Procedure
1. After reacirg the background rrizr-raticn. recce some mzertant pieces cF irfarmaticri in Data Table 1_
2. Pead the szccial rotes that tnc polce gaihs-ed curing dnei- irr/esticazon. Record this irfcrmazon in Data Tabs 1
Post Lab Questions
l.lMna do you beliE'.c Idled F/r. Erzcks?_3aha_
2. Justify your iderrifitalicn try citing specific ericentiaJ information. _lfoori by where tnc car was dropped eft small lady,
was Free the right c- the murder
2. DsTcrrsrata the nnccencs of tha ednar fvs womori by ctirg key pieces c* exonerating rdcmaticn.
_Rita hales liostick. lauren allarge to Bowe's, gai hales smoong. Janice bates smoking. Fecgy s allergic no grapss._
4. Doi'elap a shore, but dctalEC account of iJiat you believe happonec or ths right oF ths rnuxs- Induce the fofcwing
information:
■* how cna coups got to the mures- she
> i'4ry they went tbs-e
> what happened while thay ws-e zncro
> how dns murders' sscapiac
he- mcti'.'s
_Tha couple arrive at the site n Mr. Brocks car They went there to haxo a romantic picnic when she oulled out a gun
anc shot him in the back of ths bead. The murdBror sscaced using Mr. =. cc>3 car and ho- moth's was zccauss FA.
Brocks was also ses ng he- reemmaze Fecgy so sna Idled him out c- salousy
DATA TABLE 1
Description of location where body was
found
Ceraonjile octcs disco-.s-ed the zccy cl a ZS-yea-old white mas
(latEr IdErdfiEC as Gaveo Brocks] in an cpsn Raid cf daises ate ut
five mles outsdc of tewn.
Approximate time and day of death 7:45 PM
The Deadly Picnic
A Lab on Deductive Reasoning
ObfBEtiw
You wil Lie dacLdT'.'s reason ng to decide who coTmrttEd ibe murder.
Background Information
Coris rdI e polios cisco-wared ths body cr a .jd-y&ar-clc white male llazar icontifiec as Gaven Brocks; n ar oacn Said of
daisies azzut five miles Outsize erf town. Mr Brt-ics' body ..as d scz/erac at 10:02 PM Friday ngnt, Cttcbar 11. Ha was
found lying facE uz on ayollowquoern-siza sheet. Aazordngtc autopsy reports, one fatal gunsnetzo the hack cFzns hsac
anted FA1
. Brocks s Ifa . The zatino cgist ostin-atss znat death cccuned at about 7:45 PM.
As irr/esticatcrs scanned the cri-re scene, thsry -rada de following notes
* Fazer zlalcs rillac wefi cartialFy oaten fried cnickon. cctatz salad, and chccdata cafes were ocatec maar FA*.
Brocks s bacy.
* An ocon beta of rec wine and two paiialFy-fil sd classes cf wine were fcunc mart to the yellow shaet
* Cna cf the iwna glasses had a smuccs cf rec lipstick on. tha rm.
* A recency smoksc dcanetta butt was found near tha sheet.
* Footprints ~cn- de 'cad to Tie nclc >\WB dnasc cf a mas. sze 13, and a female. size 5. The only footprints From
tha fislz bac-t to the toac were these zF a iemas. size 5.
* Car tracks of the same wheel zase anc Tsad pattern as Mr. Socks' autorrobis .■.era fburic at the -oar. The car
was not feund at the scene.
* Later da: seeming. FA. Brocks s car was found abandoned in an empty pa'kirc lot n downtown CcnOarrile.
Investigators beicve that a female Franc c- Mr. Brocks was -esporsiola for his demise. After questioning (airily and
friends :t was d scc'/crec mat the deceased had Incpier* sac a outircs with six '.'toman who live in cr osar Center.ills.
Ths women's names are Rta. Lauren, Gail. Janice. Bains, and Peggy.
Procedure
1. After reacirg the background rrizr-raticn. recce some mzertant pieces cF irfarmaticri in Data Table 1_
2. Pead the szccial rotes that tnc polce gaihs-ed curing dnei- irr/esticazon. Record this irfcrmazon in Data Tabs 1
Post Lab Questions
l.lMna do you beliE'.c Idled F/r. Erzcks?_3aha_
2. Justify your iderrifitalicn try citing specific ericentiaJ information. _lfoori by where tnc car was dropped eft small lady,
was Free the right c- the murder
2. DsTcrrsrata the nnccencs of tha ednar fvs womori by ctirg key pieces c* exonerating rdcmaticn.
_Rita hales liostick. lauren allarge to Bowe's, gai hales smoong. Janice bates smoking. Fecgy s allergic no grapss._
4. Doi'elap a shore, but dctalEC account of iJiat you believe happonec or ths right oF ths rnuxs- Induce the fofcwing
information:
■* how cna coups got to the mures- she
> i'4ry they went tbs-e
> what happened while thay ws-e zncro
> how dns murders' sscapiac
he- mcti'.'s
_Tha couple arrive at the site n Mr. Brocks car They went there to haxo a romantic picnic when she oulled out a gun
anc shot him in the back of ths bead. The murdBror sscaced using Mr. =. cc>3 car and ho- moth's was zccauss FA.
Brocks was also ses ng he- reemmaze Fecgy so sna Idled him out c- salousy
DATA TABLE 1
Description of location where body was
found
Ceraonjile octcs disco-.s-ed the zccy cl a ZS-yea-old white mas
(latEr IdErdfiEC as Gaveo Brocks] in an cpsn Raid cf daises ate ut
five mles outsdc of tewn.
Approximate time and day of death 7:45 PM
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