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Belongings likely linked to victims of Zama serial murders found

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Why not just associate the killing to the killers name alone... it is unfair to call it a "Zama serial killer" which is a great misfortune for the victims and law abiding townspeople of Zama (or any location of crime.)

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trinklets2, & Educator60, many thanks for the kind follow-up. Now I can 'see' the scene a little better.

My next question becomes why it took the police so long to 'discover' these articles in an apartment the size of a generous rabbit hutch.

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I think they said on the news this morning that at least two of them were high school students

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@nanda, that's why I regret not studying Nihonggo. Just relying on English websites like JT won't let us know the detailed news. The TV talk shows would have a very detailed discussions on this horrendous crime.

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I read this article wondering where they found the belongings, which will be vital overall in the investigation into the identities of the victims, but that was the one thing it does not tell us. Two of the phones rang 'nearby' in an indeterminate space, is about all we are getting here.

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makes you wonder if this guy hadn't "done it" would they have done themselves in anyway.

With help, none of them would have killed themselves.

A great pity that this loser nut job was the only person reaching out to them.

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Sorry, I ment to say one very very sick individual

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This is one sick individual !

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All the information todate shows the victims all wanted to commit suicide so this guy helped them out - makes you wonder if this guy hadn't "done it" would they have done themselves in anyway.

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I'm sure glad the Japanese are treating this one seriously. One guy did something like this in France and when he came back to Japan, he made guest appearances on TV shows.

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Same ratio to nutters globally.

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Why so many nutters around...first Sagawa and then this?(except Hannibal Sagawa is still roaming the streets!)

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Definitely he raped or sexually assaulted depending upon personal sensitivities the last victim as he admitted it. The others I'm assuming also. But could be wrong, something seriously snapped with this man 9 people in 8 weeks. Heads in ice boxes body parts all in a small one room appartment. Defies any rational explanation.

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@Maria

The police did not find the guy, the brother of one of the victims did.

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The photo makes me sorry for the other people that live in the apartment building. (Of course much more sorry for the victims) Not only do they have to think about what happened on the other side of the wall, but they have media trucks parked outside around the clock. The police tape makes me wonder if they even have access to their belongings.

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Is it plausible to think all the victims were willing participants that wanted to die? The more information that comes out about this, the more bizarre it becomes.

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Yet, identities of the victims is still unknown.

Sorry, real life is not like CSI etc shows where tests are done fast and culprits are apprehended within 2-3 days.

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How appalling, that (at least) nine people disappeared, and it took the police until the ninth one to find this guy, despite the presumably glaring connection of their Twitter posts. Those poor people.

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Not so sure about raping as he stripped meat and mostly preserved bones.

Did he admit/confess to the rapes?

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1 male, not mentioned so much but it appears he raped the girls before killing and dismembering them in his bath. Disposal was simply putting chunks of them in garbage bags. Quite a spree.

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Nope, male remains were also found but majority were female.

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I haven't been following this. Were the victims all women?

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Eight women and one man (the boyfriend of one of the victims)

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