Case 148: The Miyazawa Family

DESCRIPTION
On the morning of Sunday, December 31 2001, Haruko tried to phone her daughter, as she did most mornings, but the call wouldn’t go through. By 10:00 am, Haruko still hadn’t seen or heard from Yasuko or the rest of the family and she began to worry...
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Narration - Anonymous Host
Research - Holly Boyd
Writing - Elsha McGill
Creative direction - Milly Raso
Production, scoring - Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn
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[@Eric_The_Eccentric]

When the story starts out as a normal family having their ups and downs, a moment of hopefulness after a setback, it really makes it hard to continue listening to it knowing well what it was leading up to. And then, we always have a voice inside that repeats "Don't! Don't!" even when we know what's coming. But you keep going because you need to know if they ever got justice. Sometimes they get it but more often than not many remain unsolved. I don't know if i make any sense but just saying.

[@spencerburrows6260]

I remember reading about this when it happened, the injuries that poor family sustained were truly horrific. Very sad

[@coletrain3178]

Well done. I love all your work. Greeting from Canada.

[@catherinegrace2366]

Right? They really do a great job.

[@AD-zy7xo]

Thank you for another well researched and thoughtfully presented Casefile. This is the second Casefile from Japan, if memory serves. I appreciate that you guys do cases from all over the world.

[@takohamoolsen2432]

With the specific blood grouping (East Asian (Male and the haplogrouping O-M122) and South European (Female), I'd have thought the killer should stand out like a sore thumb in Japan? Couldn't be that many people with that type of grouping there. The blood, faecal material, bite marks, EAFB sand etc, should've had this crime solved in about a week. All I can say is that someone is hiding something and they darn well covered it up good.

[@IUsedToFloat]

The maternal DNA European link could either be his mother, or someone in her lineage from 500 years ago, based on the level of testing. Current testing and genetic genealogy could lead to a more definitive result.

[@c.w.8200]

@@IUsedToFloat If it could be that far back he wouldn't even stand out that much I guess, even though relationships between European women and Japanese men would have been much rarer than the opposite for centuries.

[@gavroche24]

this is the only case i know where there are thousands of evidences and yet the police failed to identify the killer

[@ilkkarautio2449]

The killer likely just came to Japan, did this, and leave for good. He wouldnt have left that much evidence otherwise, its like an F U for the police.

[@ilkkarautio2449]

Left for good, damn i hate it when i cant edit while watching with my phone. 🤔🇦🇫

[@donnaschatte9515]

​@Ilkka Rautio That's a very small grammar mistake compared to the way people write now. It's sad, but very few people use the right punctuation or grammer these days. At least you know your grammar.

[@kelligray1848]

Good job, thank you. This one was always bothered me.

[@wisewillow5731]

Beautifully told ❤️

[@catherinegrace2366]

I just want to compliment your channel here. These crimes are each horrific and represent families who’ve been devastated and your channel does a good job of recording the crimes. Respectful and non gratuitous. Good job.

[@henrihenry4149]

Thanks Again 👍👍👍

[@avicemcintyre7837]

If I fall asleep listening to this, I put it back on next day xxx

[@user-mt4ku7jw1y]

Same here lol

[@brandonshaw2120]

Thank you for the time and effort you have put into this video. It is almost hard to believe. Some of the details are like something from a film. The case titled 'The Family' is the same. That is another one that is really bizarre. Thanks for the info.

[@danrobinson572]

Going now on 20 years and still no arrests have been made.

[@H_A_L_7]

I need to find solved cases...thanks. Will come back later.

[@karen81986]

Best podcast out of all of them

[@CowneloAlvaroid]

Best Crime* pod

[@24pickles24]

The unflushed toilet is just insult to injury

[@astralworm7277]

Maybe the Japanese police should get in touch with Parabon Labs .. 🤔 I've listened to another u tube on this family and I really wish there was a conclusion .. very sad there isn't justice for this family, such a horrible case

[@ilkkarautio2449]

There isnt such concept as justice, it would require that the legal system would make an estimate about the value of human life and suffering, which is just absurd. There is only an attempt at revenge.

[@voiceofreason1208]

What!? I'm 47 and I didn't know anyone under 40 wore Drakkar Noir. 😂😂 STILL love that stuff!

[@romeowhiskee6237]

Good Show !

[@leejohnson7575]

The phone line in the family's house was unplugged. Once, when I lived in Kern County California, a neighbor was being assaulted by her ex-husband who unplugged the phone line while I was calling the police for the emergency. Disabling the phone line during a call to police is a felony in California. So it was also criminal activity for this case too.

[@robyn7287]

Well done especially on all the pronunciation of Japanese words.

[@probableflaws3597]

Wondering if there is a chance that the killer could be caught in a similar manner as EAR/ONS as genealogy website spread worldwide. Also, what about international travel/driver license/passports? Those require thumb prints when traveling through customs or when applying for those official docs. Can that information ever be cross referenced with the prints left by the killer?

[@catherinegrace2366]

Maybe eventually technology will catch up to this case.

[@parkerthebyleththomas7058]

Hi Guys, loved this podcast! Keep up the good work and I have watched some of the earlier ones and it has awesome storytelling! I am going to support you guys so keep up the good work 👍

[@Adrian-ju7cm]

Well done great podcast sad sad story.

[@3_up_moon]

You sound different on KZbin than you do on my podcast player.

[@tbonetighe]

I agree odd right

[@steamedhamlet]

Listen at 1.5 speed

[@everyelse3271]

I tried, and then I tried 1.75 and now I can easily understand at 2x. Unfortunately, you can't go beyond 2x.

[@archivespider]

Im gonna go ahead and assume its the bosozuko motorcycle gangs that had something to do with it, or a skateboarder that was hanging out at the skatepark

[@beautifulstrangeable]

why didnt the korean killer wasnt investigated further?

[@elenaserrajottojohnson9269]

Is this a repeat? I remember listening to this ages ago?

[@jomcmenamin4579]

I think it is, I also listened to it ages ago !!!!!!

[@EddieMunstar87]

No it’s not

[@calamityj3634]

Michael Whelan on the Unresolved podcast has done a great one on this case and did a recent update . You may have heard it on there perhaps ?

[@elenaserrajottojohnson9269]

@@calamityj3634 no no. It was this exact podcast. Word by word. And I listened to this many months ago. It's bizarre! I wish the host would confirm that this has been reposted in error.

[@pachoulzy]

@@elenaserrajottojohnson9269 this is their first time posting this case, i've been waiting ages for them to cover it. long time weekly listener, lol. there is a really great write up floating around the internet that has a lot of detail similar to this podcast episode.. maybe you read it a while back?

[@lenamarie1979]

Im so confused as to why this case was never solved.

[@taradeleeuw2344]

I have something to say about this familiarity

[@ulalaFrugilega]

I can add one fact: the killer was a moviegoer. He kind of quoted Lee Van Cleef in Once Upon A Time in America, in action (killing an almost complete family he was supposed to scare) at least. "People scare more easily when they're dead" he explained to his boss. The killer must have thought that funny. Later he sat on the toilet in his victims' house in an attempt to outbid John Travolta in Pulp Fiction. He must've felt great. Asshole.

[@Maligroot]

Love & respect 🇦🇺

[@drazicmilosovic1065]

I really enjoy that it’s presented in an Australian accent 🇦🇺

[@leejohnson7575]

How'd the perp cut the phone line but also get online internet access to search websites?

[@06mrselfdestruct]

Hu only unplugged the phone lines

[@lisawilson105]

I’m still trying to figure out how many centimeters are in an inch. Lol

[@garciaaguilarcesarrodrigo7433]

2.54 cm = 1 inch

[@ilkkarautio2449]

^ I wish that everyone who measures things in inches will get an irritating rash that itches like hell, and only leave when they will change to the metric system. 🤔👍

[@ilkkarautio2449]

LeaveS*, damn typo! 😣

[@louiseleite3866]

Japan is a very peculiar country.

[@leejohnson7575]

Theater tickets are specific. This alludes the crime to drama, 🎭 and drama is rooted in politics. Strange espionage.

[@jerrymarshall2095]

Damn did the cops know how many sheets of T.P. the killer used to wipe his ace? And where the roll was manufactured and sold.Or was it a clean pinch,leaving them to look for a perp with clinched cheeks.

[@leejohnson7575]

The other blood in the house was type A, and I heard it was determined that the perpetrator is of asian decent by his paternal father and has a caucasian mother. I'm wondering how this heritage was ascertained because my sister is type A and she is caucasian, not asian, at least not asian looking. So this type A blood doesn't really help to say what the perpetrator looks were. The perp could look as white as my sister.

[@IUsedToFloat]

Google what a person’s blood type means.

[@jomcmenamin4579]

Repeat