The Missing Fiancée

Chronology
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Episode 817 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Missing Fiancé
Japanese title:	消えたフィアンセ (Kieta Fianse?)
Original airdate:	May 14, 2016
Filler case:	#257
Season:	24
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Recycling Shop
Music
Opening song:	Sekai wa Anata no Iro ni Naru
Closing song:	Futari no Byōshin

The Missing Fiancé (消えたフィアンセ ,Kieta Fianse) is the 817th episode of the Detective Conan anime.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Situation

One afternoon, Shigemi Terakado and Ryuji Matsuo was planning to rid Motoko Kawaguchi from existence. They were planning to murder her and bury her in the mountains.

After that, Haruki Toriumi hired Mouri Kogorou to investigate her missing fiancé, Motoko. Toriumi feels that she must have gotten in an incident. Kogoro and Conan investigated. Three nights ago, Motoko said that she suddenly decided to move. She had movers to pick up her stuff. On the same night, she also suddenly decided to quit her job. Motoko suddenly disappeared from her home and workplace. Suda Kumi appeared and asked where is Motoko. She said that they ran into each other in the city at that evening. Motoko was in her usual self and said that she was going to Shigemi Terakado. Kogoro and Conan went and asked Terakado about Motoko. Terakado owed Motoko much for looking after her. But she haven't seen Motoko for a month.

But her neighbor, Mitsue Uno, said that Terakado met Motoko three days ago. She also said that Motoko was causing trouble to Terakado for extorting her money. This made Kogoro and Conan believe that Terakado was lying and killed Motoko Kawaguchi with the help of Ryuji Matsuo, who moved her stuff.

Murder
	Location: Shigemi Terakado's room Victim: Motoko Kawaguchi Cause of death: Blunt force trauma Suspects: Shigemi Terakado Mitsue Uno said that Terakado met Motoko three days ago. She said that Motoko was causing trouble to Terakado. This made Kogoro and Conan believe that Terakado was lying and killed Motoko Kawaguchi.

People

Shigemi Terakado
	67 years old Spinster

Ryuji Matsuo
	23 years old Mover

Motoko Kawaguchi
	Victim 25 years old Office worker

Haruki Toriumi
	33 years old Motoko's fiancé

Katsuko Okubi
	45 years old Apartment Landlady

Kumi Suda
	25 years old Motoko's friend

Mitsue Uno
	55 years old Shigemi's neighbor

Resolution

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Kogoro and Conan found out that it was just a planned fake murder by Terakado, Matsuo, Kumi and Mitsue to save Motoko from her fiancé Toriumi. Motoko couldn't handle the way Toriumi believed that everything would go as he wanted. Motoko asked to break the engagement but Toriumi refused to save his reputation from embarassment. There was no escape so they worked together to create the fake murder and save Motoko. But Haruki Toriumi knew about the plan.

After Terakado sent off Motoko, Toriumi confronted Motoko and confessed everything. Motoko thought he would understand her desperation but he didn't. Instead, he dragged her into his car and strangled her. The cuff-links that fell off Toriumi (with his and Motoko's fingerprints) was evidence that they met at that evening.

Murder
	Victim: Motoko Kawaguchi Cause of death: Strangulation Culprit: Haruki Toriumi Toriumi knew about the "fake murder" plan, so he confronted Motoko, dragged her into his car and killed her by strangulation.

After killing her, he hired Mouri Kogorou to find her and her friends so that Toriumi could scapegoat them as Motoko's "murderers". Mouri investigated and found out that he exited at the Kofu interchange and got on some mountain road to bury her corpse.

See also

• Season 24