On the Trail of a Silent Witness

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Episode 307-308
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Information
Title: The Dark Footprint
Japanese title: 残された声なき証言
(Nokosareta Koenaki Shougen)
Original airdate: January 27, 2003 (Part 1)
February 3, 2003 (Part 2)
Season: 11
Manga source: Volume 37: Files 5-7 (377-379)
Case
Cast: Conan Edogawa
Kogoro Mouri
Ran Mouri
Inspector Megure
Wataru Takagi
Detective Chiba
Shuichi Akai
Tequila
Suguru Itakura
Case solved by: Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint: Go pieces (Part 1)
Diary (Part 2)
Staff
Director: Yasuichiro Yamamoto
Organizer: Yasumi Mikamoto
Storyboard: Yasumi Mikamoto
Episode director: 307 Yoshio Suzuki
308 Nana Harada
Animation Director: 307 Izumi Shimura
308 Hirobi Muranaka
Music
Opening song: Kaze no lalala
Closing song: Ashita o Yume Mite
Chronology
Prev episode: « The Unseen Suspect
Next episode: Contact with the Black Organization »
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Situation

Part 1

Three game designers arrive at Kogoro's agency to ask for his assistance to look for their game system engineer, Suguru Itakura. He was last heard in a video mail which shows him in a hotel with an Igo, Shogi, and Chess set. One of the game producers believe that a mysterious man may be the cause of Itakura's disappearance; Conan realizes from his description the man is Tequila from the Black Organization. Kogoro decides to call hotels and ask them if anyone rented a Shogi, Chess, and Igo set at once. After learning of Itakura's hotel and room number, they enter the apartment only to find out Itakura had died of a stroke.

Murder

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Location: Hotel New Baker - Room 2004
Victim: Suguru Itakura
Cause of death: Heart attack
Suspects: Katsumichi Sugai, Johei Naito, and Ryusuke Soma

The police's investigation reveals that Itakura's body was tied up before his death; This means someone tied him up to prevent him from being able to take his medicine which would have prevented the stroke. Further investigation reveals that someone other then Kogoro also phoned the hotel asking for a person with a Shogi, Chess, and Igo set; Since the three producers are the only ones who knew Itakura had those three sets and was staying in a hotel, this makes them the prime suspects for murder.

Part 2

The three designers are: Katsumichi Sugai, Igo board game designer; Ryusuke Soma, Shogi board game designer; and Johei Naito, a chess game designer. While the police investigate, Conan attempts to steal a floppy disk containing Itakura's diary so he could investigate the Black Organization but to no avail. A forensic officer reveals that the body is missing a sock impression on the right ankle, this causes Conan to realize who the murderer is.

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