Hi everyone! New member here. Just finished the podcast and reading through both threads.
@FacelessPodcast That was an incredible 7 episode journey. Thank you for all your hard work!! Had a couple of questions that I don't seem to find any answers to anywhere and was wondering if you had any.
- Do we know if there were any unidentifiable car tracks in the field around the Miyazawa house?
- Given how much of the killer's stuff was left behind, did the TMPD bring in any sniffer dogs to see if they could track his scent?
- My guess is that with his injuries he would choose the easiest exit out of the house and not through the bathroom window or the balcony. I need to check the layout of the house again, but if the living room couch was away from the pools of blood and he took a nap on it, perhaps the blood on his shoes had time to dry. So when he walked right out of the door (which would mean it would've been unlocked/ajar when Haruko checked in the morning unless he stole a key and closed and locked it behind him), he left no bloody footprints.
- Was there blood found on the computer mouse he used? If his right hand had a severe injury, I imagine it would've been difficult to use the mouse. Maybe he tried maneuvering the mouse with his left hand and gave up after 5 minutes because it's kinda difficult to do that without practice. So the folder creation could've been pure accident. But also, if there was no blood found on the mouse, that means that if he used the front door to exit, not finding blood there wouldn't really be an issue. He had either successfully stemmed the bleeding on his right hand or used his left hand to open and (maybe) close the door. I remember there was no blood found on the door, but do we know if the killer's fingerprints were found on the door handles?
- In Japan in the year 2000, was it possible to track phone calls placed on landlines? If so, do we know if he used the phone inside the Miyazawa residence at all? Perhaps to call somebody to pick him up? Maybe he had a cellphone, but I'm not sure how widespread their usage was in 2000.
- Unless the killer left Japan immediately after the murders, surely going back to school in the new year means that there would've been multiple witnesses who saw his injured right hand. If he was living on the Yokota air base, would he be taking classes inside the air base or going to school somewhere in Tokyo? Are there any sudden, unexplained absences of students in the new year, if he did go to school in Tokyo and not on the air base? (So the police can check. I'm assuming anything on the air base is pretty much a no-go zone) Or maybe he didn't return to school because he'd graduated or finished his studies, which would give us a clue as to his age when he committed the murders.
- Can children of servicemen on the air base live there and also work part-time in Tokyo? How common would this have been, if yes? Intrigued about the guy who was working at the restaurant that disappeared after the murders but was spotted with an injury to his hand. Given that Mr. Miyazawa kept detailed records of his expenses, do we know if the family ever dined at the restaurant? I'm trying to figure out how in the world the killer and the family could've crossed paths. Makes more sense to me that the family was targeted rather than that it was a completely random, opportune killing. He met them before, but where and when? How long was he watching them?
Those are my initial thoughts/questions, apologies for the long dump! And thank you for reading all of this if you've gotten this far!