Theft at Eagleton Manor Part 1 of 2

One missing necklace. 12 witnesses. Can you put the verbs in the correct form of the Past Simple or the Past Continuous AND solve the case?
Part 2 is worksheet #394092.
NOTE: this worksheet was made for students who haven't been taught all tenses yet, so even there is a better answer, the choice is still between the Past Simple and the Past Continuous.