The corpses of 44-year-old Mikio Miyazawa, his 41-year-old wife Yasuko, and their children, 8-year-old Niina and 6-year-old Rei, were discovered by Yasuko's mother in their home in Tokyo
On 31 December 2000, the corpses of 44-year-old Mikio Miyazawa, his 41-year-old wife Yasuko, and their children, 8-year-old Niina and 6-year-old Rei, were discovered by Yasuko's mother in their home in Tokyo. Their house/ the murder scene Mikio, Yasuko, and Niina had been stabbed and 6 year old Rei had been strangled. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police found out that the killer stayed at their house for several hours after murdering them.The killer entered through the open window of the second floor bathroom at the rear of the house (he gained access by climbing up a tree and then removing the window screen). The killer used his bare hands to strangle Rei, who was sleeping in his room on the second floor, killing him through asphyxiation. Mikio rushed up the first floor stairs after he detected the disturbance in Rei's room. He fought and managed to injure the killer until being stabbed in the head with a knife. A police report claimed that a part of the knife's blade broke off ...