Who Killed the Red Baron?

Student Handout

Fact Sets

Set 1

• Squirrels are curious and bold.

• There were squirrel tracks in the flour leaving the kitchen but none entering were found.

• The flour bag was on the floor. It was torn open and spilled.

• Some of the day's mail was on the floor. It was not covered by flour.

• The cookie sheet was not in the position that Mrs. Smith had left it.

Set 2

• A windy rain fell briefly after Mrs. Smith left.

• Water evaporates quickly on a windy day.

• Mrs. Smith closed the kitchen door when she left. It was open upon her return.

• The flour bag had been on the counter near the door. It was now on the floor.

• Leaves had been blown into the kitchen from the yard. They were not covered with flour.

Set 3

• There were shoe prints, now dry, on the floor.

• Mrs. Smith's boys often forgot to close the doors.

• Muddy footprints were found entering and exiting the kitchen.

• A fine layer of flour covered the dried footprints.

• Mrs. Smith's boys loved chocolate chip cookies. There were cookie crumbs on the floor.