Thursday February 16, 2012

Body of missing 6-year-old girl found in pond in Fukushima

Body of missing 6-year-old girl found in pond in Fukushima
Mitsuki Takahashi

FUKUSHIMA —

The body of a 6-year-old girl, who has been missing since Saturday, was found Tuesday in a pond in a park near her house in Minami-Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture, police said. Mitsuki Takahashi was found by police divers who were searching for her in the pond at 11 a.m.

According to police, the girl went missing after she left home alone around 10 a.m to play outside on Saturday. Her mother reported her disappearance to police at 2 p.m. About 200 police officers and local firefighters have been searching a lake and nearby forest.

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    T_rexmaxytime

    合掌 RIP

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    earthcreature

    What a tragedy!!!! I really wish this kind of stuff never ever happened :(

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    likeitis

    Very sad. I am sure the suspicious minds will conjure up all sorts of images, but she probably just fell in to the pond. Poor kid.

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    Spidey

    Tragic. But more times than not...avoidable.

    Be vigilant parents! Not complacent!

    S

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    Midnightpromise

    Sad, sad tragedy. I give my kids extra hugs everytime I hear about one of these accidents .

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    Mz

    Spidey, this is true but you can't watch them 100% of the time. Children can be very fast and these things can happen in a frighteningly short space of time....My sympathy to the parents.

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    bamboohat

    parents worst nightmare. Love what you got, you never know when it will be taken away.

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    norinrad21

    Stories like these break my heart. My her soul RIP

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    archiebald

    I hate it when I hear these stories.

    Just one more thing that proves there is no god.

    RIP little one

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    williamsmith

    This ponds should be drained to avoid any further consumption. It probably has evil spirts.

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    Disillusioned

    So sad! Kids will be kids. Let's hope it is just a tragic accident and not the result of a sinister deed.

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    JapanHusker

    ikeitis at 01:32 PM JST - 17th February "Very sad. I am sure the suspicious minds will conjure up all sorts of images, but she probably just fell in to the pond. Poor kid."

    Where were you?

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    outofmydepth

    didn`t the mother call her in for lunch?

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    Yelena

    I heard familiar story in my town, the victim was a boy.

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    likeitis

    Where were you?

    Right here: likeitis at 11:09 AM JST - 14th February

    You?

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    JapanHusker

    Osaka. The time numbers just don't add up.

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    helloklitty

    didn`t the mother call her in for lunch?

    She probably did.

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    seesaw

    I hope nothing terrible had happened to her before she was found...RIP.

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    seesaw

    I mean before the body was found..

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    kattenishiro7

    feel very sorry for her mother

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    YangYong

    ...

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    bcbrownboy

    I feel sick.

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    kwatt

    poor girl, possible long life gone.

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    meguro

    i dont think the girl could jump into thepond.it might be someone kill her and throw in the pond

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    dennis0bauer

    It probably was an accident(i hope) but how can a mother let the kid play near a pond, kids are impulsive!

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    marmill

    When I became a father 7 years ago, stories like this suddenly grabbed my attention and stabbed at that core of my soul. My deepest sympathies go out to the parents. I would cease to function as a normal human being if something like this ever happened to my cherished child.

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    Sammi33

    That's why good parents always keep an eye on their kids, and give them STRICT instructions not to go out of sight or earshot, and ENFORCE these instructions.

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