Body of Japanese murder suspect exhumed in KZN for DNA tests

07 August 2022 - 00:00

A Japanese cold case from nearly 20 years ago is on the brink of being solved after the remains of a Japanese national, suspected to be that of a man who orchestrated a gruesome murder in Tokyo, were exhumed in KwaZulu-Natal last week for DNA sampling. ..

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