Mystery Vocabulary Sleuth an amateur detective gathering clues

1. 
   Sleuth – an amateur detective gathering clues
   
2. 
   Accomplice- partner in crime
   
3. 
   Red herring- false clue
   
4. 
   Alibi- to offer an excuse to prove innocence
   
5. 
   Antagonist- a person that opposes the main character
   
6. 
   Protagonist- main character
   
7. 
   Perpetrator- one who commits a crime
   
8. 
   Deduction- draw a logical conclusion
   
9. 
   Suspect- a person who has a motive to have committed a crime
   

11. Witness- person who has knowledge about a crime

12. Evidence- a thing or statement that helps prove who committed the crime

13. Acquit- set free from a criminal charge

14. 
    Hunch- a guess or feeling not based on facts