The Mystery of the Clothes in the Toilet

The Crime:
Yesterday, Malika returned from her day off to find her bathing suit in the toilet. Not only was it floating in toilet water, but someone had squeezed foul smelling shampoo all over it. Malika retrieved her bathing suit and had it cleaned, but she’ll forever think twice about wearing that suit.

Today, we found another girls’ suit in the toilet, along with another students’ facial cleanser. The cleanser had, once again, been squeezed all over the suit. To add a further element to the mystery, several of the students had previously admired the girl’s suit (now in the toilet). Perhaps jealousy had driven someone to give it a toilet-water bath? Malika and I retrieved the suit and sent it to be cleaned.

So far, the clothes only appear in the toilet at a particular time in the afternoon (3 – 5 p.m., during free time). We can’t install security cameras in the bathroom and no one has confessed so, for the time being, the mystery continues. We have, however, identified several suspects.

The Suspects:
Salome: She’s a mysterious child with a penchant for embellishment (I think she’s 7, but she claims 11) who appeared yesterday. Her father left her at the camp (why?) and she’s been lurking around ever since, playing ping-pong and swimming in the pool. Everyone knows that ping-pong and swimming are suspect activities.

Disgruntled Camp Staffer: I’d be disgruntled if I had to clean up after fourteen messy girls every day, too. However, I can’t imagine that someone would risk their job for a childish prank.

Student with Evil on their Mind: This person has yet to be identified, as I don’t think any of them have evil deeds on their minds. However, we can’t rule out this possibility, as girls can sometimes be really, really mean to one another. Is it a nice girl who is hiding a bitter soul? Or a snobby student who thinks that she’s not getting the attention she deserves? I’ll observe them with an eagle’s eye.

I need to figure this out before Ann Rule gets on the case. Most importantly, I need to figure this out before MY swimming suit ends up in the toilet. You never know who might be next.