The Case of the Barefoot Burglar

The case of the Barefoot Burglar

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.

• Sticky fingerprints were lifted from the aquarium and piggy bank. The painted footprints were measured. 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 .

Name	Motive	Clues
Lou Lou	Lou LouHeight: 5'3" Alias: Sweet Tooth Lou Lou never leaves home without her sugar,she loves chocolate chunks, shes a sweet tooth, she wears shoes that slip on especially her collection of ceramic pigs	Loves chocolate chunks, Sugar
Dan The Man	Dan the ManHeight : 5'8"Alias: The General Dan The man has beaver like teeth, loves chocolate, he has baking powder in his pockets.	beaver like teeth, baking soda in his pockets
Peg the Leg	Peg the LegHeight: 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.	Cola bottles, umbrellas.
Jack the Jock	Jake the JockHeight 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.	Sweet tooth, wife clams to have seen him.

Findings:It's Dan the Man

Verdict: