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A woman was found dead in the corridor of an apartment building in Shinjuku’s Kabukicho red-light district in Tokyo on Sunday morning. Police said an electric appliance cord was tied tightly around her neck.
According to police, the woman – who appeared to be in her 30s – was found at around 9 a.m. on the second floor of the building. She was lying on her back, and confirmed dead at the scene, police said. A one-meter-long cord was wound tightly around her neck.
There were no other external signs of injury on the body and her clothes were not disheveled, police said.
The woman’s bag, containing cash and her ATM card, was found on the second floor not far from the body.
© Japan Today
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sensei258
Want to bet she was trying to break off a bad relationship but he was having none of it?
Legrande
Yeah bad relationship with some red light district shop or organization.
Marsh Mallow
I guess she wanted to escape the dark life she fell into. I hope she found light when she passed through death.
WA4TKG
Aah, clearly a murder people.
yoshi
Kabukicho area is one of the most famous and crowded entertainment districts in Japan. But it's also famous as the dangerous zone in Tokyo metropolitan, especially in the night and for women. And such miserable incidents often have occurred.
commanteer
Middle of the night, quite possibly nobody saw anything. And people who actually live in Kabukicho hear all kinds of stuff all the time. If she was strangled, she probably wasn't able to scream out. Would have been a few harsh words and a scuffle that people heard - probably not unusual in that neighborhood.