The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case

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Episode 72 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Triplet's Country Home Murder Case
Japanese title:	三つ子別荘殺人事件 (Mitsugo Bessō Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	August 18, 1997 October 29, 2016 (Remastered version)
Broadcast rating:	18.3%
Remastered rating:	7.5%
Manga case:	#34
Season:	3
Manga source:	Volume 13: Files 2-4 (122-124)
English version
English title:	Triple Terror
Dubbed episode:	Episode 74
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Ayako Suzuki Sango Yokomizo Yuzo Tomizawa
Case solved by:	Sonoko Suzuki (via Conan)
Next Conan's Hint:	Home Run Baseball field (Remastered version)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	Kazuo Nogami
Storyboard:	Kazuo Nogami
Episode director:	Kazuo Nogami
Animation director:	Hiromi Muranaka
Voice Cast: Minami Takayama as Conan Edogawa Wakana Yamazaki as Ran Mouri Naoko Matsui as Sonoko Suzuki Chiharu Suzuka as Ayako Suzuki Akio Otsuka as Sango Yokomizo Hirotaka Suzuoki as Taichi Tomizawa Keiichi Nanba as Tatsuji Tomizawa Yasunori Matsumoto as Yuzo Tomizawa Hikaru Miyata as Tetsuharu Tomizawa Isshin Chiba as TV announcer, Officer Chiba Wataru Takagi as TV announcer, Next Conan's Hint Yukiko Iwai as Answering machine voice
Music
Opening song:	Nazo
Closing song:	Kimi ga Inai Natsu

Characters introduced

Yuzo Tomizawa
	28 years old Ayako's fiancé

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Sonoko Suzuki Ayako Suzuki Sango Yokomizo

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Ran and Conan are at Sonoko's place for her big sister, Ayako. Ayako is getting married so she’s there to meet her new dad-in-law. However, when they are at their house, they witness a murder outside in the rain. The victim is the dad-in-law, Tetsuharu Tomizawa. The killer at first looks like Ayako’s fiancé, but then they find out he's the younger of triplet sons, and nevermind their more or less different looks they all have the same eyes - the only part of the killer that Ayako, Sonoko, Ran, and Conan saw. Which of the triplets is the real murderer: eldest son Taichi, second son Tatsuji, or youngest son Yuzo?

Murder
	Location: Outside of the house Victim: Tetsuharu Tomizawa Age: 60 years old Cause of death: Blunt force trauma Suspects: Yuzo Tomizawa, Tatsuji Tomizawa, and Taichi Tomizawa

People

Yuzo Tomizawa
	28 years old Painter Ayako's fiancé Tomizawa family youngest son

Tetsuharu Tomizawa
	Victim (beaten) 60 years old Tomizawa brothers' father Tomizawa Financial Group president

Tatsuji Tomizawa
	28 years old Office worker Tomizawa family second son

Taichi Tomizawa
	28 years old Novelist Tomizawa family eldest son

Kogure
100px	Falcon baseball team player

Hiromi
100px	Tatsuji's fiance

Officer Chiba
	Shizuoka prefecture police officer

Resolution

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Conan is sure its one of the triplets. Since Kogoro isn't with them, he uses Sonoko instead. The culprit is the eldest triplet, Taichi Tomizawa. He told them that he has an alibi. He said that he was at the pachinko at the time of 11:30 PM. However, according to the law, every pachinko must be closed after 11:00 PM meaning that Taichi is lying and lacking a good alibi. In fact, at the time of 11:30 PM, he was really in the house, hiding. He followed the match there. When it ended, he recorded his message on the answerphone, having previously changed the time to an earlier one. All of this were to make them believe that he were calling at the time of murder. Then, he changed the time back and waited for his father to come back home. When he got back, he killed him with a stone. Taichi knew everything of what was happening because he was listening to them using a mike. He hid the mike in the watch of his father. Using it, it would be easy to follow every occurrence, from the match to his father's return. After the murder, he took the watch to get rid of any evidence. He also break the satellite to force his father to come there. There was a power cut during ten minutes at 11:30. If the power is cut, the answerphone stops working all. Of course, the clock still works because of batteries and we can still phone but it's impossible to record a message when there is no electricity. It would take an incredible luck to make his message and the time of the murder matched and that is the proof that he is the only one who can change the time on the answerphone. This is the evidence that Taichi is the culprit. He did it for the money and inheritance to be able to go on writing. He had less work and was starting to lose money so he asked his father to give him and that's when he understood. His father was pressuring his editor to make him refuse the work that he was asked to do. Taichi thought that his father wanted him to stop writing so that he could follow his steps in the company. When he found out that his father was coming to see Yuzo's fiancee, he found it a good chance to commit the murder. That's why he offered him the watch with the mike and broke the satellite. He also thought of getting Yuzo accused so that his part of heritage would be bigger. He did all of this to be able to continue to write. He is soon arrested.

Remastered version

A remastered version of this case was aired on October 29, 2016.

Manga to anime changes

• In the manga, Conan's second attempt to fire a tranquilizer dart at Sonoko is foiled by Ran who catches him behind the door, prompting him to get Ran and Sonoko to solve the mystery together. When his question fails to guide them in the right direction, Conan tries and succeeds at firing his dart. In the anime, he is successful on his second attempt.

Translation changes

Anime

• The names of the characters in the Funimation Dub are:

• Tetsuharu Tomizawa - Rodrick Appenheimer
• Tatsuji Tomizawa - Tad Appenheimer
• Taichi Tomizawa - Ted Appenheimer
• Hiromi (Tatsuji's fiance) - Madeline (Tad's fiance)
• Kogure (Player from the Falcon Baseball Team) - Beasley (Player from the Falcon Baseball Team)

BGM listing

#	Song Title	Romaji	Translation	OST
1	謎	Nazo	Mystery	Nazo
2	蘭のテーマ （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Ran no Tēma (Mantenrō Vājon)	Ran's Theme (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
3	昼下がりの天使たち （摩天楼ヴァージョン）	Hirusagari no Tenshitachi (Mantenrō Vājon)	Early Afternoon Angels (Skyscraper ver.)	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
4	謎解き （その１）	Nazotoki (Sono 1)	Riddle Solution (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
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	犯人のアジト （忍び込みver.）	Hannin no Ajito (Shinobikomi ver.)	The Culprit's Hideout (Creeping In ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
8	事件現場 （オリジナルver.）	Jiken Genba (Orijinaru ver.)	Scene of the Case (Original ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
9	コナンの危機	Konan no Kiki	Conan's Crisis	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack Super Best
10	犯人からの電話	Hannin Kara no Denwa	Phone Call From the Culprit	Detective Conan "The Time-Bombed Skyscraper" Original Soundtrack
11	捜査開始	Sōsa Kaishi	The Investigation Begins	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
12	悪のテーマ （パート１）	Aku no Tēma (Pāto 1)	Theme of Evil (Part 1)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
13	西の名探偵	Nishi no Meitantei	The Great Detective of the West	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 3
14	対決のテーマ （落ち着きver.）	Taiketsu no Tēma (Ochitsuki ver.)	Showdown Theme (Calm ver.)	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 2
15	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
16	君がいない夏	Kimi ga Inai Natsu	The Summer Without You	Kimi ga Inai Natsu
17	蘭のテーマ	Ran no Tēma	Ran's Theme	Detective Conan Original Soundtrack 1

In other languages

Language	Title	Translation
Arabic	ذكريات الماضي	Past Memories
Basque	Hiru anaien kasua
Catalan (Catalan dub)	El cas de l'assassinat de la casa dels trigèmins	The house of the triplets murder case
Catalan (Valencian dub)	El cas de l'assassinat de la casa dels trigèmins	The house of the triplets murder case
French	Un meurtre pour trois	Murder For Three
Galician	O asasinato dos tres xemelgos	The three twins murder
German	Yuzo und seine Brüder	Yuzo and His Brothers
Italian	I tre fratelli gemelli	The Three Twin Brothers
Spanish (Castilian dub)	El caso de los trillizos asesinos	Murder triplets case
Spanish (American dub)	Parricidio para una novela realista	Parricide for a realistic novel

Trivia

• Three Hotta Siblings Murder Case is clearly modeled after this case.

See also

• Season 3