Ép. 38: Enquête sur l'affaire du meurtre du démon des neiges, dossier 2

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With Akashi, the main suspect dead, Hajime is forced to go through everyone's alibis again, but the results are inconclusive. When Hijime questions why Himuro covers his face, Miyuki explains that he was among the few survivors of an airplane which crashed into a nearby mountain 10 years earlier. While again watching video footage of Kano's death at the annex, Hajime notices that the self-portrait of Himuro was gone when they arrived, presumably taken by the person posing as the Snow Demon. Hajime and the others drive to the annex and discover the self-portrait has been replaced by another painting. He also discovers evidence that someone has used a rope to cross the river, meaning the annex can be reached within 5 minutes from the main villa. Meanwhile Akechi receives information that the three people who reported the airplane crash were Kano, Hiruta and Akashi. Hajime, Akechi and Kenmochi rush to director Hiruta's room but find him already dead. Akeshi gathers everyone together, except Himuro whom he believes is an impostor. He asserts that Himuro actually died in the crash, and Hiruta and the others found a stand-in for Himuro, planning to make money from selling his paintings. Akechi and the others burst into Himuro's locked room and find him dead, apparently from a pill overdose. They see a suicide letter confessing to the murders and that his real name is Takau Mizunuma. It explains that when he and the others came upon the crash site, they buried Himuro's body and decided to impersonate him and share his fortune, however later Mizunuma decided to keep the money himself. The case appears closed, but Hajime is still suspicious. (Source: Wikipedia)