Newspaper delivery woman found murdered in Yamanashi
YAMANASHI —
A 61-year-old newspaper delivery woman was found murdered in the living room of her house in Fujigawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Monday morning, police said.
According to police, Emiko Hirao lived alone and delivered newspapers each morning, starting at around 1 a.m. When she didn’t show up to make her deliveries, a coworker went to her house and discovered Hirao, with a rope around her neck, lying in the living room.
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my2sense
I had a mate once tell me most Japanese are capable of suicide and more striking, the same most are capable to commit murder. Very sorry to read this as I jog in wee hrs and see lonely elders delivering papers and I always say hello and feel a bit bad for them as delivering papers in your 60s and 70s should be for the younger. Not quite sure why her job has anything to do with it but its the way it was reported. RIP.
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bushlover
But it seems she was killed in her home not on the street.
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combinibento
Ah, the Japanese and their need to label people. Much of the headline and the story is dedicated to her being a "Newspaper delivery woman" yet apparently that is completely irrelevant to the death.
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bushlover
Why the paranoia? It was discovered by her co-worker when she didn't show up for work. So it's relevant to the story.
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