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The Setagaya family murder (Japanese: 世田谷一家殺害事件, Hepburn: Setagaya ikka satsugai jiken, Setagaya family killings) refers to the unsolved murders of the Miyazawa family in the Kamisoshigaya neighborhood of Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, on the night of December 30 to 31, 2000. [ 1 ]
Dec 29, 2022 · Mid-morning on Dec 31, the bodies of businessman Mikio Miyazawa, age 44; his wife Yasuko (41); daughter Niina (8); and son, Rei(6) were found by Miyazawa's mother, who lived in an adjoining house beside the Sengawa River, with no nearby neighbors.
- Japan Today
- The Location
- Possible Motive
- The Buddha Statue
- The Reward
The Miyazawas and Yasuko’s relatives lived in two of four homes remaining in a housing development that once numbered in the hundreds. The others had been torn down to make room for the Tokyo Municipal Soshigaya Park; the Miyazawas had sold their home but had not yet moved. In the hopes of attracting potential witnesses, police even released 3D vid...
No motive has been established, and none of the theories suggested over the years is particularly convincing. 1. Money: Some of Yasuko’s tutoring money was missing, and there has been speculation that the intruder — possibly a hired killer — might have believed he could somehow access the money the Miyazawas made from selling their house. But the k...
Police considered it significant that a 2-foot-tall Buddhist statue was found in April 2001 near the Miyazawa house. They distributed more than 30,000 flyers featuring a picture of the statue, a Jizo bodhisattva considered to be a guardian of dead children.
There is a reward of 20 million yen (more than $150,000) — the largest in Japanese history — for credible information leading to the arrest of a suspect. Japan only abolished its statute of limitations for murder in 2010 — otherwise, the Miyazawas’ killer might have escaped prosecution if he were caught. Police are still actively investigating the ...
- Drusilla Moorhouse
- Buzzfeed News Reporter
Jan 24, 2021 · The four of them: the father, office worker Miyazawa Mikio (44), his wife Yasuko (41) home tutor, daughter Niina (8) and son Rei (6) lived in a small cramped space. At the back, the house was...
Dec 30, 2020 · On December 31, 2000, Mikio Miyazawa, 44, his wife, 41-year-old Yasuko, and their two children — 8-year-old daughter Niina and 6-year-old son Rei — were found dead inside their residence in the Kamisoshigaya area.
Jun 9, 2023 · The Setagaya family murders involved the Miyazawa family on the night of December 30 to 31, 2000. The killings took place in the Setagaya area of Kamisoshigaya, Tokyo Japan. Sadly, Mikio Miyazawa, his wife Yasuko, and their two kids were discovered murdered in their home.
Dec 30, 2023 · Mikio Miyazawa, 44, his 41-year-old wife Yasuko, 8-year-old daughter Niina, and 6-year-old son Rei, were found dead on the morning of Dec 31, 2000. Miyazawa's son had been strangled, and the other three had been stabbed to death.
