Before the arrival of the mysterious box at their Tokyo home, Mari Konno’s parents had been clinging to the hope that their four-year-old daughter was still alive.Five months before, on 22 August 1988, the wide-eyed youngster was abducted while playing at a friend’s house, and despite a huge police search there had been no sign of her.
Until now.Opening the parcel, they found a container of ashes, some teeth, a photo of the outfit Mari went missing with and a note that read: “Mari.
Cremated. Bones. Investigate. Prove."Their worst fears had been confirmed - their daughter was dead.But it wasn’t until Tsutomu Miyazaki, 26, was arrested almost a year later that they would learn what had happened to her after she was throttled to death.The.
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