Some of the torturers' friends have been officially identified, including Tetsuo Nakamura, and Koichi Ihara, who were charged with rape after their DNA was found on and in the victim's body.[3] Ihara was allegedly bullied into raping Furuta. After he left the Minato household, he told his brother about the incident. His brother subsequently told their parents, who contacted police.[3]Two police officers were dispatched to the Minato house; however, they were informed that there was no girl inside.[3] The police officers declined an invitation to look around the house, believing the invitation alone was sufficient proof that there was no girl in the Minato house.[3] Both officers faced considerable backlash from the community. Had they done their due diligence, Furuta's ordeal would have only lasted sixteen days and she may well have recovered from her injuries. The two officers were fired for failing to follow procedure
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Concrete-encased high school girl murder case"
Historical FictionJunko Furuta (古田 順子 Furuta Junko) was a Japanese high-school student who was abducted, tortured, raped, and murdered in the late 1980s. Her murder case was named "Concrete-encased high school girl murder case" (女子高生コンクリート詰め殺人事件Joshikōsei konkurīto-z...
