I’ve been looking back over old news and tv coverage of the case in Japanese to see if any information was there that I hadn’t heard of before or if any other particular details were reported on, and I came across two pieces.
The information comes from footage that I downloaded so I can’t link to it unless I upload it, but if necessary I’ll do that for the sake of showing a source. For now I’ll share screenshots.
1. A old morning TV news programme reported that the front door was found locked by Haruko. It’s been reported that she couldn’t remember if it was locked or not, but this news said that “the entrance was locked and no windows were smashed”. It could just be that this comes from very early on when Haruko gave that answer before saying she couldn’t actually remember, but it’s the first time I’ve seen a report actually state the door was locked.
2. Hair was also found in the hip bag. It was reported that the killer likely had short, black hair between 1.5mm and 2.5cm that had been clipped short. It’s the first time I’ve seen this kind of indication about his appearance. Short, clipped, black hair puts an image in my head that I hadn’t had there before.
Also to add, the same studio that did the full reconstruction of the house and showed an actor entering through the bathroom window that I uploaded in the last thread, also reconstructed the inside of the house the way it was found.
I found it really interesting to see exactly what it looked like the morning of the murders and what was found where.
It shows all the locations of the killers clothes and items, as well as the ice cream cups etc.
Here’s a screenshot of the beginning of that on the ground floor where the computers were:
I found this one particularly interesting to see.
All sources are in Japanese but if anyone would like me to upload them for you to view let me know.