the passive voice

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the passive voice

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The police haven't found the murder yet.
1) -> the murder hasn't been found ( by the police) yet.
2)->the murder hasn't been found yet ( by the police).

the sentence 1 or 2 is correct. Please help me.
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Re: the passive voice

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I think you mean 'murderer' rather than 'murder', but either word order is possible.
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