The Missing Fiancée

Episode 817 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Missing Fiancé
Japanese title:	消えたフィアンセ (Kieta Fianse?)
Original airdate:	May 14, 2016
Filler case:	#257
Season:	24
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Recycling Shop
Music
Opening song:	Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru
Closing song:	Futari no Byōshin
Chronology
Prev episode:	« The Disappointing and Kind Alien
Next episode:	Kogoro's Pursuit of Rage »
List of episodes

The Missing Fiancé (消えたフィアンセ ,Kieta Fianse) is the 817th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Situation

One afternoon, Shigemi Terakado and Ryuji Matsuo was planning to rid Motoko Kawaguchi from existence. They were planning to murder her and bury her in the mountains.

After that, Haruki Toriumi hired Mouri Kogorou to investigate her missing fiancé, Motoko. Toriumi feels that she must have gotten in an incident. Kogoro and Conan investigated. Three nights ago, Motoko said that she suddenly decided to move. She had movers to pick up her stuff. On the same night, she also suddenly decided to quit her job. Motoko suddenly disappeared from her home and workplace. Suda Kumi appeared and asked where is Motoko. She said that they ran into each other in the city at that evening. Motoko was in her usual self and said that she was going to Shigemi Terakado. Kogoro and Conan went and asked Terakado about Motoko. Terakado owed Motoko much for looking after her. But she haven't seen Motoko for a month.

But her neighbor, Mitsue Uno, said that Terakado met Motoko three days ago. She also said that Motoko was causing trouble to Terakado for extorting her money. This made Kogoro and Conan believe that Terakado was lying and killed Motoko Kawaguchi with the help of Ryuji Matsuo, who moved her stuff.

Murder
	Location: Shigemi Terakado's room Victim: Motoko Kawaguchi Cause of death: Blunt force trauma Suspects: Shigemi Terakado Mitsue Uno said that Terakado met Motoko three days ago. She said that Motoko was causing trouble to Terakado. This made Kogoro and Conan believe that Terakado was lying and killed Motoko Kawaguchi.

People

Shigemi Terakado
	67 years old Spinster

Ryuji Matsuo
	23 years old Mover

Motoko Kawaguchi
	Victim 25 years old Office worker

Haruki Toriumi
	33 years old Motoko's fiancé

Katsuko Okubi
	45 years old Apartment Landlady

Kumi Suda
	25 years old Motoko's friend

Mitsue Uno
	55 years old Shigemi's neighbor

Resolution

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Kogoro and Conan find out that Kawaguchi's disappearance was originally a planned fake murder by Terakado, Matsuo, Kumi and Mitsue to save Kawaguchi from her fiancée Toriumi, who is extremely self-centered and arrogant. Kawaguchi therefore asked to break off the engagement, but Toriumi refused in order to preserve his face. In her desperation, Kawaguchi contacted her friends, and they worked together to create a fake murder scenario and enable Motoko to start a new life somewhere else. But Haruki Toriumi knew about the plan, and unwilling to marry a woman who loathed him, he turned Kawaguchi's plan against her.

Toriumi confronted Kawaguchi, who confessed everything. Kawaguchi thought he would understand her desperation, but instead he dragged her into his car and strangled her to death. The cuff link, a special-order item Toriumi had received just before the deed and fell off when he kidnapped Motoko (with his and Motoko's fingerprints on it) is evidence that they met at that evening.

Murder
	Victim: Motoko Kawaguchi Cause of death: Strangulation Culprit: Haruki Toriumi Toriumi knew about the "fake murder" plan, so he confronted Motoko, dragged her into his car and killed her by strangulation.

After killing her, Toriumi hired Mouri Kogorou to expose Kawaguchi's friends and their fake plan so that Toriumi could scapegoat them as Motoko's "murderers" and throw suspicion off himself. The decisive edivence is a witness account describing how Toriumi had steered his car towards a mountain road to hide Kawaguchi's corpse. Toriumi tries to make a run for it, but Terakado, Matsuo, Kumi and Mitsue stop him. They also are on scene when Kawaguchi's body is recovered, paying their final respects to their dear departed friend. Kogoro, in the meantime, jubilates about another successfully resolved case - until he remembers that he didn't get paid for it!

See also

• Season 24