Case Briefing

Dr. Evelyn Marsh dedicated her life to understanding the delicate boundary between poison and medicine, believing that the most dangerous plants on Earth held the keys to revolutionary medical treatments. Her oleandrin research represented the culmination of decades of work and had the potential to transform cardiac medicine while generating millions in licensing revenue. But the very success of her research created a web of competing interests that ultimately proved fatal. And the closer the work came to paying off, the more people in Evelyn's orbit came to believe that some part of it — the credit, the money, or the control — rightfully belonged to them. Evelyn was not malicious — she genuinely believed that the project was, by convention and by contract, her own intellectual property. But this belief blinded her to the resentment quietly gathering around her. The greenhouse where Evelyn spent her happiest hours, surrounded by the deadly beauty of her oleander collection, became the stage for a murder that was as elegant as it was tragic — the botanist killed by the very compound she had spent her career studying.

The Suspects

4 people had the means, the motive, or the opportunity. Only one of them is the killer.

What You Will Investigate

Work through the full case file the way a real detective would: read the police report, walk the crime scene, question every suspect, and study every piece of evidence in the file. Cross-reference statements against the physical evidence, spot the contradictions, and build your theory before you make your one and only accusation.

DifficultyEasy
Suspects4
Evidence Files5
Playtime30–45 minutes
AccessPremium

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