Body of young woman found in Fukuoka river

Wednesday 25th February, 10:28 AM JST

FUKUOKA —

The body of a woman in her late teens was found in a river in Akamura, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Tuesday afternoon, police said. A 58-year-old angler found the body which was floating between rocks around 3 p.m. and called police.

Police said the woman is 157 centimeters tall and wore a red jacket and mini-skirt over jeans. Her navel was pierced. Police said an autopsy showed that the woman had been dead for about three months.

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9 Comments

dennis0bauer at 12:50 PM JST - 25th February

She was not missing?
tmarie at 01:56 PM JST - 25th February

God, her poor parents. 3 months and no clues and the results is this? Horrible.
timeon at 02:04 PM JST - 25th February

poor angler! I'm an angler myself, and I would have trouble sleeping for a long while if I would discover a dead body floating around.
nidu at 02:14 PM JST - 25th February

The later investigation into her death will take this story into the category of Crime for sure.
timorborder at 03:09 PM JST - 25th February

Dead for about 3 months? Pity the chap who found her.
TokyoGas at 04:48 PM JST - 25th February

3 months? wow
imapc at 06:38 PM JST - 25th February

The later investigation into her death will take this story into the category of Crime for sure.

Maybe suicide? But yer i agree with ya.
veilside at 02:06 AM JST - 26th February

Interesting case. Body must have been kept frozen for the piercing to be able to hold on to the belly button. Must've been dumped into the river recently. Still, sad that no one had reported her missing.
PepinGalarga at 04:12 AM JST - 26th February

agreed. Even after a couple of days need to go to dental records, since age/sex are unrecognizable. three months in the water? i doubt it.