Police and relatives of a woman and her three children who were murdered 20 years ago in Toyoake City, Aichi Prefecture, appealed to the public on Sunday for any information that might help solve the case.
On Sept 9, 2004, Toshiyo Kato, 38, and her three children, Yuki, 15, Rina, 13, and Shogo, 9, were murdered by an unknown assailant and their house was set on fire.
On Sunday, about 40 family members, friends and police officers appealed for information at a shopping center near the scene, NTV reported.
Toshiyo’s sister, Amami, said: “Twenty years ago, my sister and children were living normal lives. I want as many people as possible to know that this incident occurred, and if there is any new information, no matter how trivial, please come forward.”
Anyone with any information is asked to call 0561-39-0110.
© Japan Today
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Gazman
No info about the father & what he was up to at the time?!…assuming the children all had the same father it’s a bit strange that he’s not appealing for help to find his children’s killer, if he’s still alive of course.
garypen
The headline kinda seems like it's saying 3 children were murdered 20 years after their mother.
kaimycahl
@Gazman All assumptions
*No info about the father & what he was up to at the time?!…assuming the children all had the same father it’s a bit strange that he’s not appealing for help to find his children’s killer, if he’s still alive of course.*
Kenchi
A great deal of more thought needs to go into the headlines
dan
@Gazman the father was jailed for fraud .
He embezzled something like ¥100,000,000.
It's all very shady but apparently there is no link between him and the murders.
garypen
Unless it was as revenge by people the father/husband had stolen money from. It's certainly not unheard of.
Yuuju
New information would be highly unlikely to come now. What they do need is a talented profiler.