A Mysterious Spring Beetle

Episode 360 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	A Mysterious Spring Beetle
Original airdate:	May 17, 2004
Season:	13
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Misao Yamamura Detective Boys
Case solved by:	Misao Yamamura (via Conan)
Chronology
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List of episodes

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Misao Yamamura Genta Kojima Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Wataru Takagi Miwako Sato

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

The Detective Boys visit a pet shop and find the owner, Minoru Shirai, dead.

Murder
	Victim: Minoru Shirai

They find a Rhinoceros beetle and pamphlets of an insect museum at Gunma Prefecture. Takagi drives the Detective Boys to the museum where they learn that a truck load of Rhinoceros beetles were stolen from the van. Conan investigates and realizes Shirai and an accomplice were the thieves and that the accomplice was the murderer.

People

Minoru Shirai
	Victim (strangulation) 41 years old Pet shop manager

Toshiya Ninomiya
	23 years old

Yutaka Araki
	32 years old Insect Museum staff member

Saburo Haruna
	58 years old Rhinoceros beetle researcher

Takashi Ishida
	25 years old Magazine editor

Resolution

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Deducing from his investigation that the accomplice is one of the employees at the museum, Conan tranquilizes Yamamura and reveals Takashi Ishida to be the culprit. Conan explains that evidence on Shirai's body suggested he was murdered in the van and was strangled by a strap from the museum. As further evidence, Conan reveals that he saw a message from Ishida's phone that proves he was selling the stolen Rhinoceros beetles. Ishida confesses to the murder and explains that Shirai was always insulting him.

See also

• Season 13