Law & Crime
Why Did Hokkaido Police Party with a Murder Suspect?
A teenage girl in Hokkaido is dead because she took someone’s picture. And now it’s emerging that local cops knew the suspect a little too well.
July 31, 2024
A teenage girl in Hokkaido is dead because she took someone’s picture. And now it’s emerging that local cops knew the suspect a little too well.
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