Police Create 3D Illustrations During The 1996 Student Murder Incident, This Is What It Looks Like

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JAKARTA - Traces of the killer of Junko Kobayashi, a student at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, have yet to be caught by the police. Even though this murder incident has entered the age of 25 years.

Various attempts have been made by the police to find the perpetrators of Junko Kobayashi's murder in his house on September 9, 1996. The police have examined more than 75.000 witnesses and investigated more than 1.000 clues. Even the police need to make 3D illustrations to describe the situation.

This video is reproduced by the Japanese Metropolitan Police Department and is available to the public. It lasted one and a half minutes, referring to photos, maps, and statements from a number of witnesses at that time.

A suspicious man wearing an ocher coat was staring at Junko Kobayashi's house. He was standing about 15 meters from a house. The man was thin and about 150-160 centimeters tall. Her small body seemed to be drowned by the large yellow raincoat she was wearing.

Junko's address is Shibamata 3-chome, Katsushika-ku. The killings occurred in the range of 15.50 p.m. (when the victim's mother came out) to 16.39 p.m. (when the fire department received a fire report).

Details: At the time of the incident, it was raining continuously in Tokyo since the morning. Even down more heavily after 15.00 p.m. Junko's father, Kenji Kobayashi is on his way to Fukushima for work. Junko is at home with her mother. Around 15.00 p.m., Junko came down from her room on the 2nd floor to the bathroom and had a chance to say hello to her mother who was about to go to work.

"Are you riding your bike despite the heavy rain?" Junko said at that time. This was the last conversation of Junko that was known to the public.

3:50 p.m. Junko's mother finally went to work and died the front door of the house was unlocked. At around 16.15 p.m., the fire had not yet been seen from this house, referring to a passerby's statement. 16:35 p.m. fire was reported and at 16:39 p.m. a resident reported this fire to the fire department. The new fire could be extinguished at 18.00 p.m. and the entire house was charred.

Junko Kobayashi is a final year student majoring in English from Sophia University. When he was killed, Junko was 21 years old. Two days after the murder case, Junko should be on his way to the United States.

The police found stab wounds in six different places on Junko's neck. Most are on the right. From the autopsy results, Junko was allegedly killed by a small knife 3 cm wide and 8 cm long, similar to a fruit knife.

Below is a screenshot of the video clip released by the Metropolitan Police Department: