The Client Full of Lies

Chronology
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Episode 220-221 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	The Client Full of Lies
Original airdate:	January 15, 2001 (Part 1) January 22, 2001 (Part 2)
Season:	9
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Sango Yokomizo
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)

Characters introduced

Shizuka Hattori
	42 years old Heiji Hattori's mother

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Kogoro Mouri Ran Mouri Sango Yokomizo Heiji Hattori Kazuha Toyama Azusa Enomoto

Case

Situation

Part 1

A woman named Ikenami Shizuka asks Kogoro to help find a man named Shirou Shabata so she could retrieve an old photograph; Conan realizes that the Ikenami is lying to Kogoro when she introduces herself for unknown reasons. Realizing that Shirou was skilled with kendo Conan assumes that his name would show up in past kendo competitions. After finding an address, they enter Shirou's apartment and find out Shirou has been murdered. Shirou's right hand contains the photograph Ikenami is searching for and makes her the prime suspect to the murder.

Murder
	Victim: Shiro Shibata

People

Shiro Shibata
	Victim (beaten)

Takezo Yoshikawa
	47 years old Shiro Shibata's friend

Kyoko Shibata
	38 years old Shiro Shibata's wife

Resolution

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After a thorough investigation, Conan tranquilizes Kogoro and reveals the culprit to be Shiro's wife, Kyoko Shibata. Conan reveals that the photograph was used to hide the Shiro's real dying message, his wedding ring covered in blood in his right hand. Conan reveals that Kyoko falsified Shiro's time of death by placing the morning newspaper by Shiro's late night snack to pretend it was breakfast and by using a timed videocassette recorder to record a show. Kyoko confesses and reveals that Shiro was gambling them into debt and she was forced to kill him. She attempts to kill herself but is stopped by Ikenami. Heiji and Kazuha arrive and reveal that Ikenami is actually Heiji's mother. Ikenami confesses and tells Kogoro that she wanted to see what kind of person he was since Heiji was injured the last time he stayed over.

See also

• Season 8