Free sample · Operation Curlew

Free printable murder mystery sample case file

Want to know what you’re buying before you spend a penny? This is the complete Operation Curlew player wallet: every document is here as a real, print-ready PDF you can open, read in full and download for free. It is the same layout, format and quality you get in every case file. The solution is kept on a separate page, so nothing here is spoiled before you have made your decision.

One question, three named persons of interest, one answer. You are the reviewing investigator: read the file, weigh the evidence and decide who is responsible.

Case at a glance

Operation
Curlew (Devonwall Police)
Difficulty
Cadet (introductory)
Persons of interest
Three named: one guilty, two cleared
Run time
About 2 to 3 hours
Documents
15 in the wallet, plus the case-file cover
Format
Print-at-home A4 PDF, 41 pages

What’s inside this dossier

A self-contained Major Crime file, presented as authentic UK police paperwork and classified OFFICIAL–SENSITIVE. Each thumbnail below is the real front page of that document. Click a page to open the full PDF, or use the download link to save it.

About this sample

This sample is a complete, fully playable case in its own right: a 15-document wallet covering a witness statement, suspect interviews under caution, a post-mortem, DNA and forensics, and digital and social-media exhibits. The worked solution is held on its own page so the mystery is never given away by accident. It is a deliberately gentle case, though: a full Printable Case Files Office release is a deeper file still, drawing on over 200 evidence types.

  • First page of Case file cover
    Wallet cover · FILECase file coverThe wallet cover for the whole dossier, marked OFFICIAL–SENSITIVE.Download PDF
  • First page of Investigator’s brief
    Tab A-1 · BRIEFInvestigator’s briefHow to play, and the single question you have to answer.Download PDF
  • First page of Schedule of contents
    Tab A-2 · IDXSchedule of contentsThe master index: every document, tabbed and numbered in filing order.Download PDF
  • First page of Persons & associates
    Tab A-3 · PNCPersons & associatesThe victim, the persons of interest and the witness, on one nominal sheet.Download PDF
  • First page of Chronology
    Tab A-4 · CHRONChronologyThe sequence of events the investigation has reconstructed, hour by hour.Download PDF
  • First page of 999 incident log
    Tab B-1 · STORM999 incident logThe emergency call that opened the case, printed from the control-room system.Download PDF
  • First page of Crime scene examination
    Tab B-2 · CSICrime scene examinationWhat the forensic team recorded at the scene on the moor.Download PDF
  • First page of Post-mortem report
    Tab B-3 · PMPost-mortem reportThe pathologist’s findings on how the victim died. Exhibit OT/14.Download PDF
  • First page of DNA examination
    Tab B-4 · DNADNA examinationExhibits analysed and compared in the laboratory. Exhibit JT/1.Download PDF
  • First page of Witness statement
    Tab C-1 · MG11Witness statementA signed account from someone close to the group, to be tested against the records.Download PDF
  • First page of Record of interview
    Tab D-1 · MG15Record of interviewA person of interest, questioned under caution. Read what they say, and what they avoid.Download PDF
  • First page of Record of interview
    Tab D-2 · MG15Record of interviewA second person of interest, questioned under caution.Download PDF
  • First page of TokTik post
    Tab E-1 · OSINTTokTik postAn open-source capture of the video posted the night of the death. Exhibit OT/6.Download PDF
  • First page of Snapchat production
    Tab E-2 · SOCMEDSnapchat productionRecovered messages between the persons of interest, timestamped and in sequence. Exhibit OT/8.Download PDF
  • First page of Snap Map returns
    Tab E-3 · SOCMEDSnap Map returnsLocation data showing where a phone was, and when. Exhibit OT/9.Download PDF
  • First page of Verdict worksheet
    Tab F-1 · VERDVerdict worksheetWhere your group records means, motive and opportunity, and names a suspect.Download PDF

Made your decision?

The answer is not in the wallet above. When you have read the file and named your suspect on the verdict worksheet, the full worked solution, the sealed answer document and a link-by-link walkthrough of the proof live on a separate page.

WarningSpoilers. The solution page names the killer and shows exactly how the case is solved. Do not open it until you have decided.
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