The Disappearing Weapon Search Case

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Episode 135 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Disappearing Weapon Case
Original airdate:	February 15, 1999
Season:	6
Manga source:	TV Original
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Detective Boys Inspector Megure
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa
Music
Opening song:	Truth
Closing song:	Still For Your Love

The Dissappearing Weapon Case is the 135th episode of Detective Conan. It is an episode that is not based off the manga, and is considered a TV original. In the episode, Ayumi's favorite hairdresser is murdered, with the prime suspect being the owner of the salon that the hairdresser worked at. Ayumi's hairdresser was going to leave that salon and join another, and the owner of the salon was seen arguing with her the week before the murder. Inspector Megure and Wataru Takagi take charge of the investigation, and try to help Conan and the Detective Boys solve the case. Conan believes that the salon owner is the murderer, but cannot figure out what weapon she could have used. Conan and the Detective Boys, after a day's worth of searching, find the murder weapon, a coat hanger, because of a bunch of nest-making crows.

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Inspector Megure Wataru Takagi Ai Haibara Ayumi Yoshida Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya Genta Kojima Officer Tome

Plot

The Detective Boys are walking to a beauty salon, because Ayumi wants to get a haircut from her favorite hairdresser. However, they see her hairdresser, Mitsui Mika, arguing with the owner of the salon, Futou Midori, an argument that gets heated. Mitsui wants to leave the salon, and join a different one. However, the owner keeps begging for her to stay, because she believes that the hairdresser is the best one in the salon. Mitsui tells Ayumi that even though she is leaving the salon, that she can still get her hair done anytime she wants. She tells Ayumi to visit her apartment on Saturday morning, to get her hair done. The next Saturday, the Detective Boys go to the hairdresser's apartment, but find that she has been murdered.

Situation

Murder
	Location: Apartment Victim: Hairdresser, Mitsui Mika Cause of death: Strangulation Suspects: Salon owner, Futou Midori The hairdresser is found dead via strangulation. No murder weapon is found.

People

Futou Midori
100px	39 The owner and manager of Midori Beauty Salon.

Mitsui Mika
100px	24 Beautician Wants to become an employee at another beauty salon

The investigation

Inspector Megure, Detective Takagi, and Officer Tome visit the apartment to investigate. She had been strangled, and a piece of blue plastic was found in her fingernail. Also, two pieces of dry cleaning were found, and one of the pieces of dry cleaning was missing its wire hanger. After the brief investigation, the owner of the salon is invited to identify the body. Conan notices her looking suspicious, and also notices that she keeps looking at the garbage in the apartment, as well as outside of the apartment. He also notices she has a large bandage on her hand. Conan deduces that the missing coat hanger is the murder weapon, and notifies Inspector Megure. Megure and Conan both believe that the owner of the salon is the murderer, however, they cannot find the murder weapon.

Resolution

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• Evidence

Conan believes that due to the salon owner continuously looking at all garbage, that maybe she had thrown out the murder weapon. Takagi, Megure, and the police force are all told by Conan to look at the garbage bags that are found lying on the street, as the garbage had not been collected just yet. However, no murder weapon is found in any of the garbage bags, and at that time the investigation is briefly halted. Later, the Detective Boys are walking along, and find some crows. The Detective Boys realize that crows often look through garbage to find things for their nest, including wire hangers. After a heavy amount of searching, Conan discovers a nest with the specific wire on it on a telephone pole, and notifies Inspector Megure.

• Conclusion

Takagi, Megure, and the Detective Boys all confront the salon owner, who finally admits to the murder. She received the cut on her arm after Mitsui threw the wire hanger at her, frustrated from the owner constantly asking her to come back. Futou then lost control, and strangled her to death with the coat hanger, the piece of plastic under Mitsui's nail being from her trying to remove the coat hanger. The salon owner is then arrested.

At the end of the episode, the crows chase down Conan and the Detective Boys, which Conan jokingly believes is because they have been messing around with the nests of the crows.

See also

• Season 6