Alpine Hut in the Snowy Mountain Murder Case

Kaori Nakahara
	30 years old; Tohto University Medical School researcher, Department of Surgery I;

Masashi Oyama
	Victim (stabbed); 53 years old; Tohto University Medical School professor, Department of Surgery I;

Chronology

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Cast

Characters

Conan Edogawa

Kogoro Mouri

Ran Mouri

Gadgets

Voice-Changing Bowtie

Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Conan and the gang's ski-trip turns deadly when a medical professor is murdered right under their noses! A secret message left by the victim points to one of his students as being the killer. However, unraveling the secret proves one of the greatest challenges the pint-sized sleuth has ever faced!

Murder

Location: Cabin

Victim: Masashi Oyama

Age: 53 Years old

Cause of death: Asphyxiation from two lung punctures and later a fatal stab wound in the back

Suspects: Kaori Nakahara, Tomoyasu Kanazawa, Ginji Tobita, and Kaho Ezumi

People

Tomoyasu Kanazawa
	48 years old Tohto University Medical School associate professor, Department of Surgery I

Ginji Tobita
	31 years old Tohto University Medical School researcher, Department of Surgery I

Kaho Ezumi
	30 years old Tohto University Medical School researcher, Department of Surgery I

Mitsue

Tsutomu

Mr. Nakahara
	Deceased (illness) Kaori's father

Mrs. Nakahara
	Kaori's mother

Resolution

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The killer is Kaori Nakahara. It was find out that she bought a large number of various snacks in advance in the afternoon when she went to go buy ingredients for the hot pot they had for dinner. Before the crime, she took everyone's order and pretended to drive away, then parked the car a short distance away and took out everything that was on the list. By doing this she created an alibi so you she could go kill Oyama. The evidence were in the room that shows Kaori is the murderer it was,in the table. The blood suddenly stops, and it was revealed that it was in the tablecloth, Kogoro told them to place the tablecloth on the table so that the blood stains match. The dying message of Oyama left behind, he then recalls that Oyama died on his knees then said it now becomes quite obvious that their names have the same kanji as the pieces in shogi, and it was find out that Oyama always said that if he had a horse then he'd have it all. He then said that their names represent every piece, except for the knight, then told Ran to get the lighter that's on the sofa and put it on the tablecloth, the deduction continues that there's only one place where the bloodstains on the lighter and tablecloth match, then it shows that it was the rook. In other words, this dying message points to the person with the same kanji as the rook- Kaori Nakahara, then he reveals that she is the one who knocked the tablecloth off, then he reveals that the blood on the table suddenly stops, there's no blood on the sofa that the lighter was on. This proves that it was moved after the blood had completely dried. In other words, the murderer returned to to the scene of the crime and realized the message. The last is the unlucky thing for her was that she realized the message after she screamed.

Kaori confesses that she respected Oyama as a father, that's why she couldn't forgive him for stealing her thesis, Ginji reveals that it was about "The Development of Genetic Treatment for Intestinal Cancer". She then reveals that the thesis Oyama stole, it was the thesis that she put all her passion into for the past six years. The reason she write the thesis was for her father, who passed away because of intestinal cancer when she was young. The reason she became a doctor is that she devoted herself to that research was so that no other people would go through what her father did. She reveals that that's not the only motive she kill Oyama but not only he stole her thesis that she finally completed that Oyama also said, "It's no use! No one would believe that this thesis is yours now. And with me releasing that thesis, the scientific community is more likely to pay attention to it. That would make your dead father so happy." And laughed loudly. That was when she came with this plan, since that man stepped all over her father's memories. That's why she decided to open up holes in his lungs and make him die from one of the most excruciating deaths possible. But she then said to Kogoro that he made one mistake, she actually predicted someone would order salad and ice cream, salad was sold out, but she bought ice cream but it melted inside her car's heater.

Translation changes

Anime

The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

Masashi Oyama - Shane O'Connor
Kaori Nakahara - Kerri Nicholson
Tomoyasu Kanazawa - Gary Paramount
Ginji Tobita - Tommy Masters
Kaho Ezumi - Crystal Lemin

Remastered version

On December 28, 2013, a remastered version of the case was aired.

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart	Feel Your Heart
2	昼下がりの天使たち	Hirusagari no Tenshitachi	Early Afternoon Angels	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
3	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
4	(Unreleased Sound Effect/BGM)
5	事件現場（謎ver.）	Jiken Genba (Nazo ver.)	Scene of the Case (Mystery ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
6	悪のテーマ（パート２）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 2)	Theme of Evil (Part 2)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
7	事件現場２	Jiken Genba 2	Scene of the Case 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	陰謀	Inbō	Conspiracy	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
9	怪人包帯男２	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 2	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 2	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
10	緊迫	Kinpaku	Tension	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
11	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
12	怪人包帯男１	Kaijin Hōtai Otoko 1	The Mysterious Bandaged Man 1	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
13	名探偵コナン・メインテーマ（ヴォーカル・ヴァージョン)	Meitantei Konan・Mein Tēma (Vōkaru・Vājon)	Detective Conan Main Theme (Vocal ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1
14	迷宮のラヴァーズ	Meikyū no Lovers	Lovers' Labyrinth	Meikyū no Lovers
15	それいけコナン（超早ver.）	Soreike Konan (Chōhaya ver.)	Let's Go Conan (Very Fast ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2

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Trivia

Some threes in snow reappear in a painting in Yokosuka Castle from The Last Wizard of the Century, but with an inverted orientation. Open spoiler box to see images.