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Case file 07MURDERMORIARTY: Red herrings. One lie that matters.

Last Night at Kilima

Four generations in Kenya. One birthday at a river camp. By dawn Edward Barrett was dead in his tent, and everyone at his fire was lying.

The scene

Kilima Camp, a tented camp on a bend of the Mara River, Maasai Mara, Kenya. A Wednesday night in October, migration season, the wildebeest crossing below the deck all day.

Victim: Edward Barrett. Who killed Edward Barrett?

An original murder mystery for the Moriarty tier. Read the statements and evidence on the floor, rule out suspects, then name the killer, the motive and the two cards that prove it.

The suspects

  • Mark EllisSon-in-law
  • Tom BarrettThe victim's son
  • Sarah EllisThe victim's daughter
  • Joseph OtienoCamp manager
  • Ruth FowlerSecretary