How does columbo episode 55 murder in Malibu end?

Answer 1

Red berries only fall in the street where the murder was committed.

However, the murderer pretends to be miles away from there, in Pasadena. But the fact that there are red berries in the car's windshield proves that he was there.

This added to the fact that his 'fine' was a fake given that there was no shadow under the face in the picture taken from him definitely proves that he was there murdering the woman. The above explanation is actually for a 1991 Columbo episode called: "Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star". It is about a criminal defence lawyer who murders his rock star girlfriend when he discovers she is seeing another man. The above answer provides the key to how Columbo solves this murder. Murder in Malibu is a 1990 episode about an ambitious womanizer who is rejected by the romance novelist he plans to marry and his emotional instability leads him to murder the woman. The clue which leads to the solution of the case is a clothing tag on the underwear that the victim was wearing was on the wrong hip. This would indicate that the victim did not put on those underwear herself, but was dressed by the murderer.