Police in Kumamoto city are trying to identify a woman whose body was found in a gutter beside a road on Monday.
An autopsy Tuesday revealed that the cause of death was asphyxiation by strangulation, Fuji TV reported. Police said the body, lying face-up, was found at around 9:10 a.m. in Chuo Ward. The gutter is approximately two meters wide and one meter in height. No water was flowing through it at the time.
Police said the woman was in her 30s to 40s, about 170 centimeters tall and weighed around 60 kilograms. She was wearing a gray cardigan, a light blue shirt and black pants.
Furthermore, there was no cell phone, wallet, or personal belongings or any means of ID on the body.
© Japan Today
10 Comments
Bernard Marx
If there is no CCTV, and if the murderer does not hand themselves in, I doubt this crime will ever be solved.
keja
This is very terrible news. So so sad. My colleague and friend during our PhD studies.
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3RENSHO
She has been identified as a 35-year-old research worker at Kumamoto University...
Aramis Yessir
oh noo!! I know this person.
straan
Any news on leads?
Hawkeye
The bastards that murdered this woman should be brought to trial and given the maximum sentence.
Maria
Poor woman - what terrible final minutes. I hope the CCTV is sufficient to get the bastard who killed her locked away for a very long time.
Trapped
R.I.P.
"An eye for an eye" seems so justified.
Mickelicious
More violence against women. Nasty.