Bob was killed by someone.
This is what you found at the crime scene:
the person who ended bob's life is Iapes Ehzn
also, the person is Ictlb Puod
Jolin Hera
Rivka Mond
Hyman Yarn
Chari Davi
Ellis Chan
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$\begingroup$ What are the names listed below the quoted text? The possible suspects? Also, why the [optimization] tag? $\endgroup$– Rand al'ThorOct 12, 2016 at 13:16
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$\begingroup$ yes, and I was looking for a mystery tag, but I misclicked. $\endgroup$– garr890354839Oct 13, 2016 at 5:12
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The murderer is
Hyman Yarn
because
if you move the $n$th letter in "Hyman Yarn" ahead by $n$ places in the alphabet (wrapping round from Z to A if necessary), you get "Iapes Ehzn". At least, this works for all but the last letter - possibly the OP made a mistake with that one?
Check:
H -> I
Y -> Z -> A
M -> N,O -> P
A -> B,C,D -> E
N -> O,P,Q,R -> S
Y -> Z,A,B,C,D -> E
A -> B,C,D,E,F,G -> H
R -> S,T,U,V,W,X,Y -> Z
N -> N (?)
Thanks to mr23ceec, "Ictlb Puod" also fits the same person because
if you move the $n$th letter in "Hyman Yarn" ahead by $3n-2$ places in the alphabet, you get "Ictlb Puod", with some letters out by exactly one place (maybe the OP miscounted?) and again the last letter not quite working.
Check:
H -> I
Y -> Z,A,B -> C
M -> N,O,P,Q,R,S -> T
A -> B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J ->KL
N -> O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z ->AB
Y -> Z,A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N ->OP
A -> B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S ->TU
R -> S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z,A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M ->NO
N -> D?
answered Oct 12, 2016 at 13:18
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$\begingroup$ There was probably a BMYguest puzzle with some circles which probably used same encryption. $\endgroup$– user27395Oct 12, 2016 at 13:27
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$\begingroup$ By the same token, Ictlb Puod is [That person] starting at -1, with step -3. $\endgroup$– mr23ceecOct 12, 2016 at 14:25
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$\begingroup$ That's what I got for Ictlb Puod but threw it out coz it didn't quite work out. There's sort of a pattern. $\endgroup$– n00dlesOct 12, 2016 at 14:42