A Present from the True Culprit

Episode 526 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	A Present from the True Culprit
Original airdate:	February 23, 2009
Season:	18
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Azusa Enomoto
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Chronology
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Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Azusa Enomoto Ran Mouri Wataru Takagi Officer Chiba Inspector Megure Miwako Sato

Case

Situation

Kogoro, Ran, and Conan are at their usual diner but learn that their waitress' brother is a suspect in a murder. The waitress, Azusa Enomoto, is interrogated by the authorities about her brother Sugihito Enomoto. When a package containing cookies is delivered to Azusa, she leaves to go shopping while Takagi accompanies her. Takagi returns revealing Azusa escaped from him and is deduced to be meeting her brother.

People

Sugihito Enomoto
	28 years old Azusa's older brother

Tagafumi Torihira
	Victim

Toji Kawase
100px	28 years old Securities company employee

Resolution

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Conan reveals that Toji Kawase is the murderer by revealing how Toji knew that the man was beaten to death with a rifle and not shot by it. Conan then reveals that there was a message on the ribbon of the package. Conan explains Toji sent the message to Azusa in order to take her phone which holds a photo confirming Sugihito's allibi. Azusa finds her brother in a warehouse and is knocked unconscious by Toji. Toji confesses to the murder and reveals it was to cover up the money he lost in the stock market. Toji attempts to force Sugihito to commit suicide in exchange for his sister's life. At that moment, Sato arrives and arrests him.

See also

• Season 18