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Coordinate note: R1 means row 1, C1 means column 1, and R1C1 is the upper-left cell. These hints are the official English text.
Pencil in (B) for the three chairs in the Arboretum. Block the intersecting square R4C10. Since (D) was on a path and alone, she cannot be on the path in the Arboretum since (B) is there. She also cannot be on the path in the Resting Area because (H) is there. This means (D) has to be on the path in the Flower Garden. Block the rest of the squares in the Flower Garden.(F) and (I) are alone respectively in the Gazebo and Info Desk because all the other areas have people. Pencil in (F) for those areas. Pencil in (I) for the chairs in those areas. Block the intersecting squares R1C1 and R7C8.This isolates (E) on the chair in the Bonsai Exhibit in R4C1, she will be alone with (G). She cannot be in the Arboretum since (B), a woman, is there, and cannot be in the Resting Area since (H), a woman, is there. This narrows down (B) to a chair in C10. Block the rest of C10.Since (F) or (I) must occupy the Gazebo and Info Desk, (I) will occupy the last chair in the Info Desk, and (F) occupies the last square in the Gazebo. Cross out the rest of the Info Desk area. This narrows down (D) to C3. Block the rest of C3.This isolates (G) to R2C4. This isolates (B) to R3C10. This isolates (K) to R12C5. This isolates (C) to R11C9. This isolates (J) to R9C7.There should be one square left in R5C6. Block off the rest of C6. This isolates (H) to R7C12.Because (A) has to be one row north of (D), (A) has to be in R5C6 and (D) has to be in R6C3. This isolates (V) in the last square with (J) in the Pond. Joe is the murderer!
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The Botanical Garden Murdoku solution - solved board
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