NEWSPAPER HELPERS!
    One way to get your ideas for a mystery story is to check the newspapers for articles.  Pick one out that interests you and then write your own mystery based on what you have read.  Be sure to come up with your own characters and detectives, and think of a clever title for your article.

Below, we have provided a couple of samples that should help you on your way to your own masterpiece! Good luck!
 
 

The Manhunt I'm Innocent

“The Manhunt”
By Ry Ry Rascal

Police from Baltimore County, Maryland are in the midst of a manhunt by using phone-dialers to warn residents. More than 1800 homes have already been warned. He killed 4 people and kidnapped his ex-girlfriend. She escaped unharmed. The man was last seen in Scottsdale, Connecticut heading west on Interstate 29 into Maryland.

All the victims were born in the same month and in the same year.

What year and month were they born?

HINT: M=M Y=A  S=Y  T=1  E=9  R=7  Y=2
 
 

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