The Alibi of the Fall
| Episode 596 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}}) | |
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| Title: | The Alibi that Fell |
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| Original airdate: | November 18, 2010 |
| Season: | 19 |
| Cast: | Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri |
| Case solved by: | Kogoro Mouri (via Conan) |
| Prev episode: | « The Seven Wonders Tour in Hiroshima and Miyajima |
| Next episode: | The Scenario of the Locked Steam Room » |
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Cast
Case
Situation
Kogoro is called to meet with Toshio Higashiyama at his company building and takes Ran and Conan with him. Upon entering the building, they are asked to call his sectional number, 423. After getting in contact with him on the phone, they witness the employee Fujihiko Takahaka, fall from the building to his death. The police are called to the scene and enter Takahaka's office discovering a typed suicide note. Conan notices the window is open, a dry spot over the ledge of the window, and a piece of a theatrical property was found on the body and gives Kogoro hints allowing him to deduce Takahaka's death. He reveals the prop is the one used in fictional children's show where when shot with a laser gun, deflates. The prop was used to keep Takahaka's inert body from falling out the window, and was deflated resulting in his death and allowing the culprit to establish an alibi. Upon further investigation, Conan tranquilizes Kogoro and gathers the police to Takahaka's room revealing the culprit to be Higashiyama. Conan reveals that Higashiyama used an extension cord from his office building to forge his alibi, evidenced by the cord found in his room. To convict him, Conan reveals a broken pen was found in the room he actually was and that there is an ink stain at the back of his collar. Higashiyama confesses and reveals Takahaka hired his brother for work and left him with a large amount of due to hidden addendums in his contract.
