葛飾かつしか上智じょうち大生だいがくせい殺害さつがい事件じけんから29年にじゅうきゅうねんで呼よびかけ

The case in which a female student from Sophia University was murdered and her home was set on fire in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, has remained unsolved for 29 years as of the 9th.

The bereaved families and the Metropolitan Police Department laid flowers at the site of the former residence and once again called for information.

On September 9, 1996, Junko Kobayashi, a 21-year-old senior at Sophia University, was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant in her home in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, and her house was set on fire.

The incident happened in the afternoon of September 9, 1996.

Junko Kobayashi, a fourth-year student at Sophia University, was on the second floor of her home in Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, when she was stabbed to death by an unknown assailant. The house was then set on fire.

Mr. Kobayashi was scheduled to study abroad in the United States in two days.

In the course of the investigation so far, DNA from a type A male, believed to be the perpetrator, has been detected from the matchbox found near the entrance on the first floor and from bloodstains on the partially burned futon on the second floor. The Metropolitan Police Department considers this to be strong evidence.

Also, around the time the incident occurred, a suspicious man was seen near the scene.

▽He was about 1 meter 50 to 60 centimeters tall, ▽wearing an ochre-colored coat and black pants, and was staring at the nameplate of Mr. Kobayashis house without an umbrella in the rain.

Furthermore, it was also reported that a man resembling this individual was seen standing with an umbrella near an intersection about 15 meters away from the scene.

In this case, a total of 1,783 pieces of information had been received as of last month, and the Metropolitan Police Department has mobilized more than 120,000 investigators in total to continue the investigation.

However, there is no valuable information that could lead to the identification of the culprit, and even now, 29 years after the incident, the case remains unsolved.

The case remains unsolved, and today marks 29 years. Kenji, the victim’s father, along with senior officials from the Metropolitan Police Department, visited the site where the house once stood to offer flowers, and also put their hands together in prayer in front of the Jizo statue that was set up at the scene after the incident.

Additionally, at Shibamata Station near the scene, 13 officers from the Kameari Police Station handed out flyers and once again called for information from the public.

In this case, a suspicious man was spotted very close to the scene, around 150 to 160 centimeters tall, wearing an ochre-colored coat and black pants.

Kenji, the father, said, Both your mother and I are doing our best to catch the culprit.

Junko, I asked her to cheer me on.

I hope the culprit will turn themselves in as soon as possible, they said.

In addition, Shoji Koyama, the chief of the Kameari Police Station, said, We are continuing the investigation with the determination to definitely catch the culprit.

He said, I want you to provide even the smallest piece of information.

Information is being accepted by the Kameari Police Station Investigation Headquarters at 03-3607-0110.