Part 10- The Crime (8)

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On 4 January 1989, after losing a game of Mahjong, Hiroshi Miyano decided to vent his anger on Furuta.

At this point, Furuta was barely alive.Out of frustration, the boys beat her with an iron barbell, kicked and punched her, and placed two short candles on her eyelids, burning them with the hot wax.

They made her stand, and struck her feet with a stick. At this point, she fell onto a stereo unit and collapsed into a fit of convulsions.

Since she was bleeding profusely, and pus was emerging from her infected burns, the four boys covered their hands in plastic bags, which were taped at the wrists.

They continued to beat her and dropped an iron exercise ball onto her stomach several times.

They poured lighter fluid onto her thighs, arms, face, and stomach and once again set her on fire.

Furuta allegedly made attempts to put out the fire, but gradually became unresponsive.

 The attack reportedly lasted two hours. Furuta eventually succumbed to her wounds and died that day.

Less than twenty-four hours after her death, Nobuharu Minato's brother called to tell him that Furuta appeared to be dead.

Afraid of being penalized for murder, the group wrapped her body in blankets and shoved it into a travel bag.

They then put her body in a 55-gallon (208 liter) drum and filled it with wet concrete.

Around 8:00 pm, they loaded and eventually disposed the drum into a cement truck in Kōtō, Tokyo.

On 23 January 1989, Hiroshi Miyano and Jō Ogura were arrested for the gang-rape of the 19-year-old woman who they had kidnapped in December.

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