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The Case of the Middle School Vandals

Suspects:
Beth
Bob
Greg
Ron
Wanda

Ah, it was the day after Veteran's Day and Principal Harrington felt refreshed. It was great to have an extra day off from school. It's not just students that feel like they need a break from school sometimes, after all. Teachers and principals feel the same way at times. Her mood changed instantly as she drove into the Jefferson Middle School parking lot. To her horror, she discovered that someone had spray painted the school building! They kept the event patriotic by using red, white, and blue spray paint, but it was still defacing school property! She was certain it was one of the students from Jefferson Middle School because some of the teachers' names were mentioned in the graffiti. As she walked into the school building, she was furious. She wanted to get to the bottom of this.

During the morning announcements, Principal Harrington made it known that she wanted any information that anyone had in this matter. "This is a very serious matter. If you have any information that you think might help and you don't come forward, you are just as guilty as the person who did this." Later that morning, a student came into her office and asked to remain anonymous. This is still a huge secret as to who the tipster was, so we will call this person ""Dr. Secrecy"". ""Dr. Secrecy"" said that he (or she) saw five students at the school the day before and this person was able to identify all five suspects by name.

After speaking with the "Dr. Secrecy", Principal Harrington called the five suspects Beth, Bob, Greg, Ron, and Wanda to the office. In the office's waiting area, she told them that she had a strong suspicion that one of them was the guilty party. "I'm not going to ask you any questions", she said. "I want you to tell me in your own words what happened. And I better get the truth", she warned. "I will ask you each to come into my office one at a time, but I will give you a few minutes so the guilty party can think about the fact that he or she should confess." With those words, Principal Harrington left the waiting area and went into her office.

"What are we going to do", asked Wanda. "We can't tell on the guilty party and if we lie we could make things worse."

"What if we all refused to talk at all", asked Ron.

"Then she'll call all of our parents and we'll all get into trouble. Maybe the guilty person should confess", said Wanda.

"No! I just thought of an idea", exclaimed Ron. "If we all tell her

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