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She was in the <b>last row</b>.","job":"a primary school teacher from across the street","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Ellie\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#6a1b9a\"/><path d=\"M22 40 Q22 14 40 14 Q58 14 58 40 L58 58 L22 58 Z\" fill=\"#2b1d14\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#9575cd\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#c68b5e\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#c68b5e\"/><path d=\"M26 36 Q26 16 40 16 Q54 16 54 36 Q52 24 40 24 Q28 24 26 36 Z\" fill=\"#2b1d14\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#2b2b2b\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"5\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#2b2b2b\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><line x1=\"39\" y1=\"35\" x2=\"41\" y2=\"35\" stroke=\"#2b2b2b\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/></svg>","solverRole":"neighbour","constraints":[{"type":"not_beside","obj":"deckchair"},{"type":"row","rows":[6]}]},{"id":"V","name":"Vern","gender":"M","role":"victim","color":"#1b1b1b","avatar":{"bg":"#5a3a2a","skin":"#efc3a0","hair":"#bdbdbd","style":"bald","shirt":"#2e7d32","mustache":true,"mustacheColor":"#bdbdbd"},"clue":"<b>The victim.</b> He was found on the <b>Patio</b>, beside the <b>charcoal grill</b> – alone with the murderer.","job":"a retired plumber, the host","avatarSvg":"<svg viewBox=\"0 0 80 80\" xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Vern\"><rect width=\"80\" height=\"80\" fill=\"#5a3a2a\"/><path d=\"M10 80 Q12 56 40 54 Q68 56 70 80 Z\" fill=\"#2e7d32\"/><rect x=\"34\" y=\"44\" width=\"12\" height=\"13\" fill=\"#efc3a0\"/><ellipse cx=\"40\" cy=\"34\" rx=\"14\" ry=\"16\" fill=\"#efc3a0\"/><path d=\"M26 30 Q26 22 30 20 L30 34 Q26 34 26 30 Z\" fill=\"#bdbdbd\"/><path d=\"M54 30 Q54 22 50 20 L50 34 Q54 34 54 30 Z\" fill=\"#bdbdbd\"/><circle cx=\"34\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><circle cx=\"46\" cy=\"35\" r=\"1.6\" fill=\"#2b2b2b\"/><path d=\"M36 43 Q40 46 44 43\" fill=\"none\" stroke=\"#a5735a\" stroke-width=\"1.4\"/><path d=\"M33 41 Q40 37 47 41 Q40 43 33 41 Z\" fill=\"#bdbdbd\"/><path d=\"M12 12 L68 68 M68 12 L12 68\" stroke=\"#e0362e\" stroke-width=\"5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" opacity=\".9\"/></svg>","solverRole":"family","constraints":[{"type":"area","areas":["Patio"]},{"type":"beside","obj":"grill"}]}],"victim":"V","murderer":"C","solution":{"C":[1,6],"B":[2,2],"V":[3,4],"A":[4,3],"D":[5,5],"E":[6,1]},"walkthrough":[{"place":["B"],"cand":{"A":[[4,3],[4,5],[5,4],[6,4]],"C":[[1,6],[4,6],[6,6]],"D":[[5,5],[6,6]],"E":[[6,1],[6,3],[6,5],[6,6]]},"text":"Brayden was sitting on the bar stool, and there is only one: <b>Brayden is at R2C2</b>. Cross out row 2 and column 2."},{"place":["D"],"cand":{"A":[[4,3]],"C":[[1,6],[4,6]],"E":[[6,1],[6,3],[6,6]]},"text":"Ellie was in the last row, so row 6 is hers – nobody else can be there. Dale was in the Garden Shed: at R5C5 or R6C6 (R5C6 is the wheelbarrow). R6C6 is in row 6: <b>Dale is at R5C5</b>."},{"place":["A","C"],"cand":{"E":[[6,1]]},"text":"Ashleigh was beside a deckchair: at R4C3, R4C5 or R5C4 (beside R4C4) or at R6C4 (beside R6C5). Row 5 and column 5 are Dale's, row 6 is Ellie's: <b>Ashleigh is at R4C3</b>. Cassidy's last column offers R1C6, R4C6 and R6C6 (R2C6 is the cooler box, R3C6 a tree, R5C6 the wheelbarrow); row 4 is Ashleigh's, row 6 Ellie's: <b>Cassidy is at R1C6</b>."},{"place":["E"],"cand":{},"text":"Ellie was in the last row and not beside a deckchair. R6C2, R6C3, R6C5 and R6C6 lie in the columns of Brayden, Ashleigh, Dale and Cassidy, and R6C4 is beside the deckchair at R6C5: <b>Ellie is at R6C1</b>."},{"final":true,"text":"Case closed: the last free square, R3C4, is the victim's – on the Patio, beside the charcoal grill, just as his card says, although we never needed it. Vern was alone there with the swimming coach from next door. <b>Cassidy is the murderer!</b>"}],"solver":{"rules":[],"occupiable":["bench","deckchair","stool"]},"verification":{"tool":"tools/murdoku_solver.py","unique":true,"guessFree":true,"checked":"2026-10-24"},"score":0.0008}