Story 1. The Mysterious Setagaya Murders

In December of 2000, an entire family was murdered inside their home address in Western Tokyo. Despite

leaving numerous clues behind at the crime scene, the killer has never been

identified, with the police investigation continuing to this day.

This week we look into the Harrowin case of the Setagaya murders. You're going to be. And then. staring at the crime scene photos which had been laid out on the desk of his dimly lit office,

Takishi Suu Ch Chida felt consumed by an overwhelming sense of frustration.

It had been over a week since the elderly lady had discovered the bodies of her family, brutally slaughtered in their own home, and the police investigation thus far still had yet to identify a suspect for the crime.

As chief officer of the Sejo police station, the crime.

As chief officer of the Sejo police station, Suiksida had inevitably been entrusted with

this high profile case, along with orders to bring the matter to a quick resolution.

And at first glance, that had seen a foregone conclusion,

with personal belongings and forensic evidence left behind by the offender yielding vital clues, which should have

irrefutably uncovered the killer's identity.

But within a short space of time, it had become apparent that the DNA which had been recovered from the crime

scene did not relate to any held in the national database, effectively curtailing what should

have been the most obvious and effective line of inquiry.

In the absence of this, his investigators had quite naturally fallen back on witness and surveillance

evidence, only to come to the realization that there was frustratingly

little to go on.

The killer had not been captured on any of the CCTV cameras which surrounded the premises and what little

witness testimony had been uncovered thus far had proven sorely lacking in any useful

detail. Gathering the photographs together and returning them to the case file,

...