Missing woman’s remains found inside car pulled from river

I can't believe the police never traced her journey home from where she worked, checking to see if a car had left the road, i.e. looking for skid marks or damage to what ever, but at last she can be laid to rest now, and her family can have some sort of closure, but what happened to the two men? and why didn't the tell the police about the accident? where are these two men?.

Rest in peace ...

Magic and poof, the car never left a mark leaving the road. Wrong

Agreed it seems a bit odd that they didn't comb the river initially, but I guess if they had no suspicion that's the norm. What happened to these two guys, indeed. If they were innocent of everything, you would think they would have come forward three years ago and said, "We got a ride from her but were dropped off at Point A, and that was all", and needless to say if they had been involved in the accident, indirectly, but survived, we would have heard something. Unless of course she left the BAR with the two men but did not get into the car with them. Is there any indication she was driving (it was her car, but still)?

Anyway, yes, it's good that they can finally put her to rest, although it's a sad end, all told. Hope they find more evidence to point out what happened.

"the remains of a body found in a car pulled from a river are those of a 26-year-old woman reported missing three years ago." "Police have yet to determine the cause of her death."

Raped, killed, in the river. SImple.

Drunk, missed a corner , into the river. Simple.

In debt, Collecter onto her, straight into the river Simple.

Using a phone, missed the corner. Simple

Tanuki ran out onto the road, swerved,Simple.

Worked late, fell asleep, Simple.

Depressed about her future, straight into the river. Simple.

Hole in the exhaust,,,,

As Educator writes, at this time there is no sign of foul play so it's probably just an unfortunate road traffic accident.

"she gave the two men (customers of the place she worked) a ride home"

Customers or employees...because that is kind of weird.

Kashiwagi’s father released a statement to media, saying it is a relief to the family to finally be able to hold a proper memorial service for their daughter.

Sounds like a blessed relief for the family of victims. RIP.

Correction for my unwitting typo:

"for the family of victims." should be like "for the family of victim."

I can't help but think that the police didn't do a thorough enough job in searching for the car or the victim, or the two men (who are they and where are they?) When a car leaves the road, there should be evidence, marks, traces (like tire tracks, broken or damage guard rails,broken car parts, flattened plants or shrubbery next to the road, oil and or gasoline traces in the water, etc) A proper forensics specialist would have found some of that.

Anyways, sorry to family, but at least now they can move on and not have false hope that she may return lingering with them for the rest of their lives.

Educator,

Knowing Matsue pretty well, having lived in the area for the better part of 14 years, I would be remiss not to mention that it is not especially rural, with a population of over 200,000 and a vibrant night scene. A vibrant night scene implies all the risks and dangers inherent, and none of the folks working in the drinking district or anywhere else would be foolish enough to give clientele a ride home. A vibrant night scene also means there is a well-developed taxi industry in Matsue, including an abundance of daikou taxi services, that would have all but negated any customer "needing" a lift home from a bar employee. So your suggestion that giving customers rides home is in any way normal misses the mark widely. The people of Matsue are not country bumpkins oblivious to the ways of the world. Fundamentals of simple safety are well known and practiced.

With that said, there's no practical reason why this young woman would have or should have been giving a customer, much less two, a ride home after a night of drinking, other than if they were well-known acquaintances.

I also am familiar with the area where her car went off the road. It's a T-intersection, with the road she drove off of lined up perpendicular to the river where her car was found. As the preliminary police investigation has already found, it appears she drove straight into the river, a la, driving straight off a pier into a lake. This is simply baffling, considering how narrow and isolated the road was. Why didn't she exercise more caution? But the more pressing question is why she was even on that road in the first place. Knowing where this road is located, as well as what it's outlets are -- or rather aren't -- there's no rational reason why she would have taken that road to go home. None. And that's the crux of suspicion that there's more to this poor woman's demise than the police are yet aware of. Her death is suspicious to say the least.

"Knowing where this road is located, as well as what it's outlets are -- or rather aren't -- there's no rational reason why she would have taken that road to go home. None. And that's the crux of suspicion that there's more to this poor woman's demise than the police are yet aware of. Her death is suspicious to say the least."

How about this: Kashiwagi, a bar worker, while driving while intoxicated, became disorientated, lost her way and crashed into the river.

Nothing suspicious at all. (Pending new information).

@ LFRAgai.

Please send your comment to the local police in Japanese as your points are highly logical and may help them with the "investigation".

Kashiwagi, a bar worker, while driving while intoxicated, became disorientated, lost her way and crashed into the river.

So, you're suggesting she was so disoriented from alcohol that she not only wandered onto a rarely used service road far off the beaten path, but also managed to simply drive straight into a river as well.

Yet, inexplicably, she had enough wits about her to successfully drive two customers home, neither of whom, BTW, mentioned anything whatsoever to the police about Kashiwagi being intoxicated.

Color me dubious.