On March 24, Japanese newspapers reported on a Vietnamese girl gone missing on her way to school. The original information came from a Facebook post supposedly written by a family member of Le Thi Nhat Linh (who later closed the account). Family members turned worried when the school announced that their daughter had not gone to school earlier, nor had she returned home yet. Early in the morning of March 26, the girl’s body was founded on a riverbank in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, about 10 km from her home in Matsudo.
After the initial examination of her body, the police concluded that Linh was killed between the morning of March 24 and the night of March 25. The likeliest possibility was that the victim was kidnapped after leaving home for school shortly, and was killed afterwards. Autopsy result determined that she was strangled to death, likely by a belt. There were also injuries to her private part, pointing to the possibility of sexual abuse prior to her death.
The police has collected information from several drivers who frequent the ramps that Linh might have passed by in Matsudo that morning. The investigation team also reviewed footages taken by security …show more content…
The school is about 800m away from home. Mr. Hao said that on the 24th March morning, Linh left home and walked to school at 8 a.m. That was her last lesson before spring break. At about 9 a.m on same day, Mr. Hao received a call from Linh’s school about her absence. At that time, Linh's mother, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Nguyen, was on a trip back to Vietnam along with Linh's 3-years old little