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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.
- 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
Most of the activity from the area was happening in the skate park right behind the Miyazawa family home. This was the busiest part of the ever-expanding park, but led to some issues for the Miyazawa clan. See, the skate park was located directly behind the house, separated only by a fence.
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...
Jun 7, 2024 · The Miyazawas lived here, a typical middle-class family consisting of a father, Mikio, a mother, Yasuko, a daughter, Niina, and a son, Rei. But in these late hours on the New Year's Eve holiday, a home invasion resulted in the slaughter of the entire family—a crime that remains unsolved to this day.
Dec 28, 2019 · It was a frosty winter's night in Setagaya, Tokyo when eight-year-old Niina, her younger brother Rei and their parents Mikio and Yasuko were at home, preparing for the festivities. But the Miyazawa family would never celebrate that day.
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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.
