Night Baron Murder Case

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Episode 68-70 (Int. Episode {{{int-episode}}})
Information
Title:	Night Baron Murder Case
Japanese title:	闇の男爵殺人事件 (Yami no Danshaku Satsujin Jiken)
Original airdate:	July 21, 1997 (Case Part) July 28, 1997 (Suspicion Part) August 4, 1997 (Resolution Part) August 15, 2009 (Remastered version) August 22, 2009 (Remastered version) August 29, 2009 (Remastered version)
Season:	3
Manga source:	Volume 8: File 2~7
English version
English title:	Knight Baron Mystery
Case
Cast:	Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Sango Yokomizo Professor Agasa
Case solved by:	Kogoro Mouri (via Conan)
Staff
Director:	Kenji Kodama
Organizer:	Masato Sato
Storyboard:	68 Masato Sato 69 Masato Sato 70 Akio Kawamura
Episode director:	68 Yasuichiro Yamamoto 69 Masato Sato 70 Yoshio Suzuki
Animation director:	68 Keiko Sasaki 69 Akio Kawamura 70 Izumi Shimura
Music
Opening song:	Nazo
Closing song:	Hikari to kage no ROMAN

Cast

Characters
Conan Edogawa Ran Mouri Kogoro Mouri Sango Yokomizo Professor Agasa Yusaku Kudo (flashback)

Gadgets

Gadgets
Voice-Changing Bowtie Stun-Gun Wristwatch

Case

Situation

Case Part

Dr. Agasa offers Conan, Ran, and Kogoro a free vacation which they gladly accept, but when the Night Baron arrives the vacation is quickly changed into a case as murder occurs.

Attempted Murder
	Location: Izu Princess Hotel Balcony Victim: Conan Edogawa Suspects: Night Baron

Murder
	Location: Izu Princess Hotel Outdoor Restaurant Victim: Tokio Ebara Cause of death: Fell from a great height and stabbed Suspects: Shiro Konno, Genichirou Kaneshirou, Shizue Hayashi, Hideko Kamijo, Satoru Maeda, and Akiko Sayama

Suspicion Part

Another person assumes the role of Night Baron as Kogoro investigates the murder of Tokio Ebara.

Resolution Part

Conan, Kogoro, and Inspector Yokomizo solve the case, but who is really Night Baron?

People

Shiro Konno
	28 years old Banker

Tokio Ebara
	Victim (stabbed) 32 years old Computer programmer

Genichirou Kaneshiro
	74 years old Computer company owner

Shizue Hayashi
	56 years old Kaneshiro's servant

Hideko Kamijo
	29 years old Computer software company president

Satoru Maeda
100px	30 years old Jonan University Electronics Department assistant

Akiko Sayama
	24 years old High school math teacher

Resolution

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The killer was Akiko Sayama. Ebara's deals were the cause of her beloved older brother's death, having hacked into his company's records and ruined his computer programmer's career as well as his company, which drove him to suicide; so she organised the trip to punish Ebara with her own hands. (He also tried to sell the program to Kamijou, his ex-wife; she realized that it was a stolen program and stopped its sale).

After the dinner Sayama called Ebara up to her room, promising to give him the "Night Baron" virus, drugged him to make him fall asleep, and then put the Night Baron outfit on him before she threw him off her balcony. The reason why he fell on the statue was an accident, due to the famous Hime-Kaze (Princess Wind) which was blowing at full strenght and thus made him fall farther from where he should have, "helped" by how he was wearing a cape that caught wind. Conan proved it by, as Kogoro, making the police release some "dummies" from each room's balcony; the one who fell on the statue was thrown from Maeda and Sayama's suite. The glove that Kogoro saw in Ebara's balcony was actually planted in its place, to make it look like Ebara had thrown himself off it. She also was the one who threw Conan off the balcony, intending to scare Kogoro away.

The false Baron that attacked Ran and Sayama, however, was Satoru Maeda. He did so because, having found the Night Baron wig in his and Sayama's room, he realized his girlfriend's plans and wanted to divert attention from her so she wouldn't go to jail. He went as far as not revealing the alibi thar he did have, as to not create inconsistencies within the story.

Maeda insists that he's the real killer, but Conan via Kogoro reveals that he's not; he is also convicted, but for taking the heat, and is likely to get a lighter sentence. Sayama tells Maeda to forget about her since she's not a good woman; he promises to wait for Sayama's release, however, and despite trying to put on a mask of stoicism, she can't help crying as she's taken away.

Remastered version

A remastered version of the entire case was aired over the span of August 15, 22, and 29, 2009. Instead of editing the episodes and combining them into an hour, all three standalone episodes were remastered.

See also

• Season 3