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Lore (you may skip below the image if you are looking for the rules):

There is a most vile murder case in a small village, and you have been assigned to investigate that case, detective. Your mission is to find the killer. However, it's been long known that some people in this village have ties with the mafia, and may attempt to frame other villagers to hide their crimes. Therefore, you have to take extra caution to make sure you are able to separate the innocent from the guilty, and bring justice to the murderer and their accomplices. Good Luck!

You can find CTC's Simon's solve of this puzzle here

This puzzle is part of a series called "Lost and Found" in which modifications to the killer variant will be explored in the context of a detective training lore. You can find links for the rest of series below;

• #1: Rogues Gallery
• #2: Innocence is Illegal
• #3: Innocence is Legal
• #4: Onion Rings
• #6: Lost Town
• #7: Lost City
• #8: 4 Stones, 1 Bird

Rules:

Normal Sudoku rules apply: Place the digits 1-9 in every row, column and 3x3 box once each.

Kropki: Digits separated by a white dot must be consecutive.

Ambiguous Cages: There are 4 types of cages in this puzzle all of which appear at least once. Digits in a cage, regardless of its type, can't repeat. Which cage is which type must be deduced by the solver. The colors of the cages have nothing to do with their type, the purpose of this coloring is explained in the fog section.

• Killer Cages: Digits in a killer cage sum to the value given in the top left corner. There is only one killer cage on the grid.
• Suspect Cages: The sum of the digits in a suspect cage must be 1 away from the value given in the top left corner.
• Framed Cages: The sum of the digits in a framed cage must be 2 away from the value given in the top left corner.
• Innocent Cages: The sum of the digits in an innocent cage must be at least 10 away from the value given in the top left corner.

Fog: The grid is covered by fog. Placing correct digits will gradually uncover the rest of the grid. Guessing is not required at any point in the puzzle. The fog will never fully uncover two cages of the same type at once, including the starting cages. Cages that were fully unlocked at the same stage have the same color on their edges and the given values on top left corner to help with tracking.

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