2005, Tokyo, Japan. A sensational "British flight attendant Lucy Blackman disappearance" was finally heard in the local court for the first time five years ago. As a result, various details and unknown secrets about the murder of a British flight attendant have also been exposed for the first time.
In July 2000, the British flight attendant Lucy disappeared strangely in Japan. Because of the particularity of Lucy's work, the case is confusing and confusing under the lingering atmosphere of Japanese strange talk. In order to thoroughly investigate the case, he even alerted the then British Prime Minister Tony Blair .
But even so, when the murderer had been arrested and the crime was clear, the Tokyo District Court actually delayed the trial for five years on the grounds of “insufficient direct evidence”.
This move caused the British government, British diplomats in Japan, and the families of flight attendants to constantly question Japan's determination to handle the case. For a time, Japan fell into a vortex of public opinion from all sides.
So, what exactly is this common flight attendant disappearance case? What caused the case to be delayed for a full five years?
(The disappearance of British flight attendant Lucy Blackman alarmed the prime ministers of Britain and Japan)
1. Beautiful flight attendants were unable to make ends meet and rushed to Tokyo to make money
(a residential area in Kent, UK)
The flight attendant Lucy who disappeared in the case was born in an ordinary family in Kent, England. Since childhood, he has a tall figure and good looks.
As an adult, Lucy is even more blond and blue-eyed, with a slender figure and a lively personality. She is always the focus of the crowd in all kinds of communication. Then, with these excellent appearance conditions, she succeeded in becoming a flight attendant at the age of twenty, and has lived an enviable life ever since.
However, Lucy, who became a flight attendant, discovered thatThis job is far less glamorous than I imagined. Moreover, the extremely general salary level makes Lucy, who loves beauty, often unable to deal with high cosmetics and skin care products.
(British Airways)
Even if the flight attendants have a meager income, watching the stewardess colleagues around you often go to and out of luxury stores, Lucy, who is full of vanity, can't help joining them.
But the flight attendant's income is not enough to support her extravagant life. Looking at the increasing bills, Lucy begins to seek new ways to get money.
However, the face-saving Lucy does not want to make extra money in the UK, because she is proud of herself to not allow herself to be looked down upon by her colleagues.
She wants to find a job abroad and has no way out. Just when she was at a loss for this, Lucy's best friend Louise brought her "good news".
Lucy learned from Louise: Japan’s economy is prosperous, and the entire society is extremely rich. Even the most ordinary office workers will wave 10,000 yuan bills to grab a taxi with a starting price of 10,000 yen when they get off work, and everyone can even afford the cost of "playing golf."
(prosperous Tokyo)
Since then, Lucy has been full of yearning for Japan. Because the scene there deeply attracted the restless heart of the young girl, she made a decision to go to Japan to make money.
So, after quitting her job as a flight attendant, she made full preparations in a short period of time. In this way, one day in May 2005, she came to Japan, and when she got off the plane, she went straight to the most famous entertainment area in Japan, Roppongi . There, Lucy became the companion girl in a nightclub as she wished.
(Roppongi Entertainment District)
However,We don't know if Lucy made a lot of money and lived a luxurious life here, but what we know is that Lucy disappeared strangely shortly after this. And the place of disappearance is the "Roppongi" entertainment area...
2. Indulging in Tokyo and losing vigilance at night, it is difficult to file a case
Roppongi, as the most prosperous entertainment district in Tokyo, is in red and yellow whenever night falls. Under the flickering neon lights, countless Japanese people are here to have fun and spend a lot of money.
Here, female escorts with delicate makeup and revealing dresses can be seen everywhere. They kept scratching their heads and making poses, enticing the men who came and went with the smell of perfume from their bodies.
But Lucy is different from them. As a companion girl in a nightclub in Casablanca, her main job is to chat with guests, help guests light up cigarettes, pour wine and sing.
(the bustling Roppongi at night)
But even so, Lucy can earn nearly ten thousand dollars a day. This always makes her illusions: as long as she persists for a while, a good life is right in front of her.
(Carnival in Roppongi nightclub)
However, the god of luck has not always looked after this blonde from Britain. In that kind of feasting and crowded environment, an accident happened after all.
On the evening of June 30th, local time, Lucy called her best friend Louise and said that she was going to accompany a guest to the beach and said that she would go back that night.
Originally, for companion girls, staying up late and coming home late are commonplace. So after this phone call, Louise didn't feel anything wrong.
However, until one o'clock in the morning the next day, Louise, who had already slept and woke up again, found that Lucy had not yet returned home. So she started to call Lucy constantly, but Lucy's phone kept telling her to shut down. As time went by, Louise had a foreboding that something might happen, so she hurried to report to the Azabu Police Department in Roppongi.
(Roppongi Azabu Metropolitan Police Department, Japan)
However, Louise, who regards Metropolitan Police Department as a life-saving straw, got her extremely disappointed response. As Lucy lost contact for less than 48 hours, the local Metropolitan Police Department refused to file a case for this reason. Faced with this situation, Louise had no choice but to return to the apartment alone, comforting herself that maybe Lucy had already fallen asleep outside after playing.
However, after returning home, Louise received a mysterious call at noon the next day. The person on the call claimed to be Akira Takagi, Lucy's Japanese friend.
Takagi Akira said on the phone: He is participating in the baptism of the church with Lucy, the whole process may take several months, so Takagi Akira warned Louise not to contact Lucy, otherwise it will destroy the sacredness of the baptism ceremony.
Although the clever Louise was surprised by this call, she still heard the threat in the other party's words. But in order to hold the other party and rescue Lucy, she immediately asked the man to hand over the phone to Lucy to confirm whether Lucy was still safe. But as soon as the words were spoken, the other party hung up.
At this time, Louise finally confirmed from this call that her girlfriend Lucy was indeed in trouble. Because she knows Lucy's character too well, knowing that she will never disappear suddenly for no reason, let alone any church baptism.
So, Louise, who is alone, can only come to the Metropolitan Police Department again, hoping that they can help herself. However, the Japanese police of the Metropolitan Police Department have seen too much of this kind of thing, because there are many cases of missing persons reported daily in Roppongi, but in the end most of the so-called missing women were found to be nothing more than elopement with the rich.
and after learning that the missing companion was a British companion,The staff of the Metropolitan Police Department looked even more strange. Not only did they show contempt, but they once again refused Louise's request to file a case.
(Japanese police)
Seeing The police of Japan Metropolitan Police Department were so perfunctory in the face of asking for help, Louise realized that she could not wait any longer. Otherwise Lucy may be life-threatening. So he hurriedly notified Lucy's parents who were far away in England of the news of Lucy's disappearance.
So, how will Lucy’s parents who heard this news react? Can Lucy be found? .
3. The case shocked the prime ministers of the two countries, and their family members arrived in Japan for help
After learning of Lucy’s disappearance, her family was very anxious. Especially Lucy's mother fainted suddenly in desperation.
However, Lucy's father quickly calmed down. After trying to comfort his wife, he began to think about how to save his daughter.
He knows that a person's power is weak. If he rushes to Japan unprepared to find his daughter, it will be like finding a needle in a haystack. I am afraid that not only can he not find his daughter, but he is also very likely to be in trouble.
So, on the one hand, he informed the famous British paper media such as the Guardian and The Times of the disappearance of his daughter in Japan; on the one hand, he rushed to Japan.
(British "Guardian")
Finally, with the efforts of Lucy's father, the "Guardian", "The Times" and other well-known media reported Lucy's disappearance in Japan. And Lucy's bizarre disappearance has also aroused great attention in the UK, even the then British Prime Minister Blair was quite concerned about this matter.
(Tony Blair, then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
As the G8 summit was held in Japan,The British Prime Minister Blair who attended the meeting personally asked the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori about the progress of the case of the disappearance of the British flight attendant Lucy Blackman.
(the then Prime Minister of Japan Yoshiro Mori)
After hearing this, Yoshiro Mori obviously knew nothing about it, but in order to protect his face in front of the British Prime Minister, he solemnly promised that he would definitely come after the summit. Personally supervise the case and find the missing British flight attendant Lucy Blackman. After
, the search for Lucy was found in the Tokyo Police Department's emergency response sequence, but at this time it has been nearly three weeks since Lucy went missing.
At the same time, Lucy's father finally arrived in Tokyo, Japan. soon, he held a press conference with the help of the British embassy. Lucy's father said that whoever can provide clues about his daughter's disappearance can get his own reward of 100,000 pounds.
Sure enough, under the lure of high bounty, news about Lucy's disappearance flew like snow flakes. However, after careful identification, it was discovered that these so-called clues were all mixed up with Japanese "Split Mouth", "Mary on the Phone", "Hachichi Girl", "Ape Dream", "Hide and Seek by One" and other strange talks in Japan. There is no practical value at all, which makes Lucy's father disappointed.
But he was not discouraged, in order to get more news about Lucy. The hard-working father printed 30,000 tracing posters at his own expense and posted them on various streets in Tokyo and nearby areas. And also through the establishment of a tracing hotline, hiring private detectives and other methods to find the whereabouts of her daughter.
But all these efforts did not get any return. Where is Lucy? It is still the answer that everyone urgently needs to know!
(Japan Metropolitan Police Agency)
Fourth, the real murderer is floating on the surface, and the evil is astonishing
may be due to the pressure of the prime minister. Soon after the summit,A large number of police forces were put into the investigation of Lucy's disappearance.
The Tokyo Police Department checked the entry and exit records of the customs and airlines and found that Lucy had no consumption records since the evening of June 30, and the relevant ports did not have any entry and exit information about Lucy. Based on this, the police judged that Lucy was still in Japan, and that she might have encountered an accident.
But considering that the last place Lucy appeared before her disappearance was the nightclub in Casablanca, the police focused their attention on this place. At the same time, dispatched police officers to mess around in the nightclub, hoping to find out information about the murderer secretly.
Finally, after many days of squatting, a real estate businessman named Orihara Joji walked into the sight of the Tokyo Police Station.
(Orihara City II)
Orihara City II, formerly known as Jin Shengzhong, is a wealthy local businessman in Japan. He was born in a South Korean immigrant family in 1952. His father was a gang boss, so he had amassed a lot of fortune, so Kim Sung-jong has lived a luxurious life since he was a child. After growing up, Shioji Orihara used the wealth accumulated by his parents to invest heavily in Japanese real estate, and finally made a lot of money.
However, behind such a wealthy businessman is stigma.
In 1999, Zhiyuan Cheng Er had secretly photographed women in public toilets and was detained by the police once. In the same year, he was detained twice by the police for molesting women in public.
Although the "scum" organization was suspected of committing the crime, the police did not have conclusive evidence, so it has been unable to implement the necessary measures against it. However, more than a month has passed since Lucy's disappearance. The British and Japanese people are very concerned about this, and the strong public opinion has put tremendous pressure on the police.
In desperation, in order to solve the case as soon as possible, Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department hurriedly held a press conference.Claim to have locked the suspect-Orihara Castle II. In order to control Orihara as soon as possible, conclusive evidence was obtained. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department raided the residence of Orihara Castle II after obtaining a search warrant and obtained unexpected "harvest".
It turns out that during the search, the police not only seized a large amount of chloroform and other hallucinogenic drugs, but also found that there were more than 500 sexual assault videotapes in the home of Orihara City Two, and the male protagonist in all the videotapes It was Orihara Castle II himself, and the women who were violated by him were all in a coma.
(Orihara City Two)
So how can this demon be sent to prison? Without evidence, even the police can do nothing!
As a result, the police easily screened up to 500 video tapes one by one. Sure enough, the effort paid off. Among the many victims, the police found a white girl named Karita.
According to the police's information, the Australian girl named Carita died naked in front of a local hospital in Tokyo eight years ago. It was identified that the cause of death was an overdose of chloroform. Although the case was a sensation, it eventually became an unsolved case. Now that conclusive evidence has been found here, Shioji Orihara was accused of rape and arrested by the Japanese prosecutor's office.
Even though Orihara Castle II has been controlled by the police, he has no knowledge of Lucy's disappearance. Regarding Lucy, he only admitted that he had drunk in the nightclub where Lucy worked, and he refused to say anything else.
In the face of such a cunning Orihara, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is also caught in a dilemma. Although Orihara City II was arrested and imprisoned, the case of Lucy's disappearance was once again at a dead end. If you want to completely convict Orihara, there is no other way than to find Lucy's body.
But where exactly is Lucy's body?
5. The head and head are so miserable, the reaction from all sides is shocking the world
8 months after Lucy’s disappearance,The Metropolitan Police Department received a call from citizens, claiming that a blue plastic bag suspected of containing a corpse was found in a cave at the foot of a cliff near the southwest coast of Honshu Island, 45 kilometers from Tokyo.
(Administrative division map of Honshu Island)
After receiving the police, the police quickly rushed to the place where the incident occurred and found a body in the blue plastic bag. It's just a corpse with a head, torso, and hands. Moreover, due to the age of time, the corpse was so badly decayed that it could not be recognized by the naked eye.
In order to find out the identity of the corpse, the forensic doctors in Tokyo extracted DNA information, and after comparison, it was finally determined that the deceased was Lucy, who had been missing for a long time.
Lucy’s father was heartbroken after the news of Lucy’s confirmation of the murder reached the UK. He told the BBC:
" Since our daughter disappeared, we have always felt very painful, especially the arrest of Orihara Castle II. Later. ”
(Lucy's parents)
Since then, the disappearance of the British flight attendant Lucy Blackman has been the truth. The vicious Orihara city was sentenced to life imprisonment for the combined punishment of the second number of crimes.
Conclusion:
No matter how good a policeman is, he can't be more careful than himself. Lucy's tragedy is not only a grave dug by vanity, but also a credulous belief in others and obliterated all hope. We should treat ourselves more cautiously.
is just like the comment of the British "Guardian" at the time: "Don’t just drink the beverages handed by others. Everyone knows that not everyone can do it. Sometimes money And appearance will blind our eyes", everyone must learn to protect themselves.
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