For six weeks Acton Eagles have been learning forensic skills during the Detective Quest – everything from fingerprint analysis to microbe decomposition to how to detect when someone is telling a lie.

Yesterday, these skills became a blessing when Detective Anna failed to show up for class.  Eagles soon realized that Detective Anna had been kidnapped!  Quickly they self-organized; marked off the crime scene and began their own investigation.

Who to suspect?  The other Guides, of course.  For days there had been dark hints: Mr. Jeff’s interest in Detective Anna’s job; Ms. Laura’s grumpiness about Detective Anna’s performance; Ms. Kaylie’s frustration with Detective Anna using her school supplies.  It seems that every Guide had a motive.

Interrogations began immediately and are ongoing.