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**_Raye Penber's fiancée_** who had come to give the tip about Kira (she
deduced most of the Kira's tactics even before L!), and Light Yagami's
encounter was missed by the receptionist/L at the police head quarters.

Both were seen discussing about telling her theory to Light's father in front
of the two receptionist before she became missing. Most police head quarters
have CCTV cameras attached, so it should have been used by the police to get a
clue about her before she went missing the day she visited the police. If she
was alive after that day, she would have tried to visit the police head
quarters again.

As per receptionists/ CCTV cameras she was last seen with Light and Light
offering her to give the tip, so he can on behalf of her tell it to his
father, even offering his phone. At least the initial investigation should
have started with interrogating Light about her. How was this scenario missed
by L and his Team? Is this not a goof?


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Raye Penber's fiancée's part opens up a loophole in DeathNote


L probably did not notice any of it because:

  1. He did not automatically remember her name, and
  2. If L would have found that and saw that Light was the last one with her while she was alive, he _could_ have arrested him. However, they were in a _big_ city, so they wouldn't have had evidence that it was **Light** that killed her. Also, if L _did_ arrest him, the entire story would have been shorter and not as fun as it is now.


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To L and the investigators, Naomi Misora is only missing

> Light writes down Naomi's name, resulting in her death by suicide. Her body
> is never found due to the specifications made by Light in the Death Note.

Source: [Naomi Misora - Plot (Last
Paragraph)](http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Naomi_Misora#Plot)

Given that Light specified that she would commit suicide and when L sees
Naomi's photo they still don't know that Kira can kill besides a heart attack,
there's no way to connect Naomi's disappearance to Kira.

If L was to take a leap of faith and pull out the CCTV footage showing Light
with Naomi, what can they do then? Light had a legitimate reason for being at
Police Headquarters (in fact it was by pure chance that Light ran into her
there, it wasn't planned like with Raye) and if they questioned him, Light
could just as easily said he noticed that she seemed depressed and tried to
help her which would backup the suicide if they discovered her body.


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But Light did kill other criminals (he states so in ep. 7) using suicide, so L
should have at least suspected this possibility and then confirmed his theory
when he finds out that Raye Penber's wife goes missing, him knowing that she
was previously an FBI agent.

He should have then checked where she was seen last and then connected the
dots to Kira. Light may be able to talk his way out of this but L should at
least question/suspect him of this incident.


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The more pertinent question is why Raye Penber would show his ID to Light in
the first place considering L secretly tapped the FBI to help with the
investigation. L didn't want the Japanese police to know he was investigating
them since it would cause friction, and the FBI was aware of this which is why
they were there in secret. Thus, the FBI agent would have avoided showing the
DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT'S SON his ID at all costs to make sure their presence in
Japan remained a secret.

This is the only plothole I've seen in the show that makes no sense. Other
than that, it seems like a perfect story!


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Well I dont think its a loophole. They wouldn’t have know she visited the
police station so why would they check the cctv? The receptionist also did not
know this woman’s name so they wouldn’t know she was Rey’s wife.


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