Prediction: This guy is going to hang – literally.
From JapanToday:
Killer of 7-year-old Nara girl sends email targeting 2-year-old sister
Wednesday, December 15, 2004 at 07:09 JST
NARA — The alleged murderer of a 7-year-old girl in Nara in western Japan has sent an email message to her mother saying his next target is the girl's 2-year-old sister, police sources said Tuesday.
The police believe that the murderer used the victim's mobile phone, possibly from around the town of Kawai, Nara Prefecture, to send the message to her 28-year-old mother early Tuesday, the sources said.
The police announced early Wednesday that the mother received the message. But they declined to release details, saying the girl's parents were deeply shocked by the threatening message.
The 7-year-old girl, who is believed to have been kidnapped on her way home from school on Nov 17, was found dead in a gutter in Heguri, about 6 kilometers from her home in the city of Nara. Her body had abrasions and bruises.
The police believe that the caller still has the girl's cell phone, the sources said, adding the police are speeding up to check the communications record.
The latest email message showed the victim's email address in her cell phone, the police said.
The girl, who lived with her parents and her younger sister, went missing around 1:40 p.m. on Nov 17 after speaking with her mother on the cell phone.
The girl's phone was used to send her mother single rings or a picture believed to be the girl's body.
When the girl's body was found the day after her disappearance, her denim jumper which she was wearing when she left the school and her school bag were missing, in addition to the cell phone.
The police believe that the caller sent the messages from an area straddling the towns of Heguri, Ikaruga, Sango, Oji and Kawai, the sources added. (Kyodo News)
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