1. Murder of Junko Furuta was born on 18 January 1971 and grew up in Misato, Saitama Prefecture, where she lived with her parents, older brother, and younger brother.
14 Facts About Murder of Junko Furuta
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At the time of her murder, she was a 17-year-old senior at Yashio-Minami High School, and she worked a part-time job at a plastic molding factory from October 1988 to save up money for a planned graduation trip.
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Murder of Junko Furuta accepted a job at an electronics retailer, where she planned on working after graduation.
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Murder of Junko Furuta was well liked by her classmates and teachers, having high grades and infrequent absences.
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Miyano, under the pretense of witnessing the attack by coincidence, approached Murder of Junko Furuta and offered to walk her home.
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Minato agreed to allow Murder of Junko Furuta to be confined in a room on the second floor of his house in Adachi for the purpose of gang raping her.
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When Minato's parents were present at the house where she was being confined, Murder of Junko Furuta was forced to act as his girlfriend.
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In one attack in the middle of the month, Murder of Junko Furuta was beaten by the group on the pretext that Miyano had stepped on a puddle of her urine, after which he burned her thighs and hands several times with lighter fluid.
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Murder of Junko Furuta's appearance had been altered by the beatings, with her face becoming swollen to the point of unrecognizability, and her wounds had started to emit a foul odor.
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Murder of Junko Furuta ignited a candle and dripped hot wax on her face, placed two shortened candles on her eyelids, and forced her to drink her own urine.
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Murder of Junko Furuta was lifted and kicked, fell onto a stereo unit, and began a fit of convulsions.
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Miyano poured lighter fluid on Murder of Junko Furuta and set her on fire; she made weak attempts to put herself out, but soon stopped moving.
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Less than 24 hours after her death, Minato's brother called to tell him that Murder of Junko Furuta appeared to be dead.
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Murder of Junko Furuta's intended future employer presented her parents with the uniform she would have worn in her position, and it was placed in her casket.