The Mysterious Unsolved Murder of Junko Kobayashi (Documentary)
On the 9th of September 1996, a report was called in to the fire department about a fire at the house of the Kobayashi family in Tokyo’s Katsushika ward. After fire fighters put out the fire, the body of 21 year old Junko Kobayashi was discovered on the second floor. It soon became clear that the Sophia University student, who intended to go to the United States in just 2 days as an exchange student, was stabbed multiple times before the house was set on fire. In this video we’ll go over the murder, current evidence, theories as to what happened and the investigation efforts of both officials as well as those of the Kobayashi family.
I stumbled upon this unsolved murder case while investigating some other unsolved mysteries. Due to reading about Kenji Kobayashi’s determination to solve his daughter’s murder, I immediately became invested and tried my best to create a summary for others to learn about what happened. The interviews shown in this short overview are truly heartbreaking and I hope Kenji and his family will succeed in finding the culprit, so that his decades of effort will at least give him some closure. May Junko Kobayashi rest in peace.
If someone by any chance has any information about this case, please contact the proper authorities with the information below:
Metropolitan Police Department Kameari Police Station Shibamata 3-chome
Female College Student Murder Arson Case Special Investigation Headquarters
Phone: 03-3607-0110 (representative)
Read the full script at my blog: https://rhetoricamysteries.blogspot.c...
Prefectural police case name: 柴又三丁目女子大生殺人放火事件
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
04:49 Police investigation
14:44 The family’s search for answers
23:31 Theories
30:58 Conclusion
Music used:
Dark Ambient - Dark Megapolis Rain Background Music (Youtube user THRLL)
Myuu – Abyss
Myuu – Unspoken
Aakash Gandhi – Spirit of the Dead
Jesse Gallagher – Maestro Tlakaelel
Infraction – Sad Cinematic Documentary Music
Video sources:
B-roll: pexels.com and homemade
Maps: Google Earth
Junko Jizo and neighborhood footage: / @ishinsya
Fuji TV recording: • 葛飾柴又3丁目上智大生殺人・放火事件
Weather report intro: • 1996 気象情報 若い頃の気象予報士 森朗さん
News reports:
• 柴又女子大生殺人放火事件 3D映像で情報呼びかけ(18/09/06)
• 上智大生殺害事件から24年、父の元に戻った“娘の遺品”【Nスタ】
• 上智大生殺害25年 父親「一番怖いのは事件の風化」(2021年9月6日)
• 上智大生殺害事件 現場の住宅、地元消防倉庫に...落成式
• 女子大生殺人事件から２１年 情報提供呼び掛け
• 「あきらめない」上智大生殺害から26年 遺族の思い(2022年9月9日)
• 【殺人事件遺族】DNA捜査の法整備など訴え
• 情報提供呼び掛け 柴又女子大生殺害事件から17年
• 上智大生殺害事件で警視庁が新たに不審者のイラスト公開（2021年8月27日）
• 女子大生殺害放火から19年 遺族「一刻も早い解決を」
Some important Information sources:
Police website: https://www.keishicho.metro.tokyo.lg....
The Sky’s meeting website: https://www.jikou74.com/
News articles:
https://mainichi.jp/articles/20220824...
https://www.jprime.jp/articles/-/16731?
https://voi.id/en/news/86073
https://japantoday.com/category/crime...
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