Japan - Namiko Takaba (32) murdered at home, 13 Nov 1999

[Charlot123]

Regardless of the case. In mid-2010s when ancestry took off so much, there were many advices to collect DNAs from the oldest living relatives, to make a database, on a family level and otherwise.

Genetic criminology is just a tiny part of DNA studies. Japan is becoming the oldest country in the world. (Soon ethnically to be diluted what with their new immigration law, it is inevitable.) What do you think Japan would say to the idea of making such a DNA bank? Perhaps for medical and genomic studies. For historic ones, too. Maybe it is already being done?

I am not talking about open databases for criminologists to dip into, it is a totally different approach. I am thinking of keeping the DNA of the generation that is soon not to be there.

 

[Sor Juana]

I came across this video about the Toyoake murder and felt compelled to share it with you. I hope I'm not posting it in the wrong place. Although it's a different case, it could be interesting to draw parallels with the Miyazawa family murder and, possibly, gain insights from it. It's worth noting that the two murders occurred relatively close in time, just four years apart.

 

[Eliver]

Thank you for the excellent write up Nic, as always. I also discovered this case through Rhetorica's video.

Unfortunately I have nothing to add on this if not that I live in Nagoya and I see the posters of the suspect every day when I pass next to the koban on my way to work and to say that it is eerie it's to put it lightly.

At some point I definitely would like to retrace the supposed escape route on foot since it's not that far. I would like to add more info if I notice anything.

I wonder how Kohei must feel knowing he potentially saw all the events unfold before his eyes but that he was just too young to remember.

Truly an heartbreaking case.