Okiku escaped into the Goto family but was caught by the Asano family, their enemy and was executed at the riverside of Kiiminami (紀伊南) on July 1 of the same year.
その後、お菊は後藤家に身を隠したが、敵の浅野方に捕らえられ、同年の6月6日に紀伊南の河原で処刑された。