The Mysterious Height Difference of 20cm

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Episode 392 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Mysterious Height Difference of 20cm
Original airdate:	March 14, 2005
Season:	14
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Wataru Takagi Inspector Megure
Case solved by:	Conan Edogawa Wataru Takagi

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Wataru Takagi Inspector Megure Miwako Sato Kogoro Mouri

Case

Situation

On a walk with Ran, Conan runs into Takagi who explains that Katsugoro Kitamura, the president of a construction company, is found dead from a stab wound. The suspect, Yuuichi Minamida, is in custody while the police attempt to figure out how the murder was done. The knife angle on the body suggests Kitamura was murdered by someone shorter than him; Minamida is 20 cm taller than Kitamura making it technically impossible.

Resolution

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Conan drops subtle hints allowing Takagi to solve the murder. Takagi reveals that Minamida unscrewed the light bulbs in Kitamura's room. During the meeting, Kitamura uses a step ladder to fix the lights but is stabbed by Minamida. As evidence, Takagi reveals that there is a lack of evidence on the light bulbs even though Kitamura changed them recently. Minamida confesses to the crime and reveals that Kitamura had been blackmailing him for the land below Minamida's restaurant. The restaurant was the gift his father gave him after he was shunned by his family for a murder he did not commit.

See also

• Season 14