Rose Hewitt (Case Closed)

Rose Hewitt (Masako Yamamoto) is the main villainess of "Shinichi Kudo's New York Case", the 3-part Season 11 premiere of Case Closed (airdates July 15, 22, and 29, 2002, manga volumes 34: File 11 ~ 35: File 4). She was part of an American acting troupe that was holding a performance of The Golden Apple on Broadway. Her backstory also revealed that she was romantically involved with their troupe's only male actor, Heath Flockhart, despite him being married to actress Iberis Hamilton and additionally having affairs with Lilas Sanchez and Akane Nielsen, two other members of the troupe.
During the performance of The Golden Apple, Heath was suddenly shot in the chest and killed, with evidence initially making it appear that his killer was an anonymous stalker who fired the gun from a terrace. But later on, Shinichi Kudo (who attended the performance with his mother Yukiko and Ran Mouri) deduced the truth and had Yukiko announce it to the investigating police: Rose had killed Heath, shooting him as he rose up from a trap door built into the stage. To cover up her crime, Rose placed the gun in Heath's suit and shot a laser light across the room, making it appear that the killer shot Heath from afar and tossed the gun onto the stage. Earlier in the evening, Rose even set up a trap to make it appear that a stalker tried to crush her with a falling suit of armor, with Ran saving her when her dress became snagged and she was nearly killed by her own trick.
Rose wore her opera gloves inside out during the murder, with Heath grabbing Rose's hand and leaving a bloody handprint on the glove. This would ultimately serve as the evidence sealing her reveal, as the handprint was present on her glove when the police removed her glove. Caught, the evil Rose confirmed Yukiko was incorrect in summarizing her motive: unlike the other actresses, Rose only loved Heath for the way he played his character (Michael the Archangel) in The Golden Apple, and killed him as a way of "memorializing him" as Michael due to his decision to leave the troupe for a movie role. Rose was then placed under arrest for Heath's murder, but not before taunting Ran about saving her life earlier in the evening, coldly thanking Ran for (in her mind) helping her kill Heath and cackling as she was taken away by the police.
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