Conan identifies two things strange facts about Jamie's body; the finger was not on the trigger and she was naked under her robe. Conan realizes who the murderer is and plans to tranquilize Richard in order to solve the case. Conan instead decides to drop subtle hints and let Richard(Kogoro Mouri) solve the case. Richard solves the case, identifying that Jamie died later than originally estimated, exercise from table tennis caused her body to undergo rigor mortis much earlier.