Murder of Junko Furuta
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Junko Furuta (Japanese: 古田 順子, romanized: Furuta Junko; 18 January 1971 – 4 January 1989) was a Japanese high school student who was abducted, raped, tortured and subsequently murdered. Her case was called the "concrete-encased high school girl murder case" (女子高生コンクリート詰め殺人事件), since her body was discovered in a concrete drum.
Junko Furuta | |
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古田 順子 | |
Born | (1971-01-18)18 January 1971[1][2][3] Misato, Saitama, Japan |
Died | 4 January 1989(1989-01-04) (aged 17) Adachi, Tokyo, Japan |
Cause of death | Murder (traumatic shock)[4] |
Body discovered | 29 March 1989 Kōtō City, Tokyo, Japan |
Occupation | High school student |
Known for | Torture and murder victim |
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)[5] |
The abuse was mainly perpetrated by four male teenagers: Hiroshi Miyano, Jō Ogura, Nobuharu Minato, and Yasushi Watanabe, over a period of 40 days from 25 November 1988 to 4 January 1989.[6] The perpetrators' sentences ranged from juvenile detention to 20 years in prison. The crime has been described as the worst case of juvenile delinquency in post-war Japan.[5]