Junko Furuta: Murdered After 44 Days of Rape and Torture

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Junko Furuta: Murdered After 44 Days of Rape and TortureDespite making Junko endure “44 days of Hell,” were the four teenage murderers ever brought to justice?The True HistorianFollow5 min

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Junko Furuta was murdered by 4 teenage boys | Photo Credits: Teal MangoA Popular High School Girl Junko was a high school student in Saitama, Japan. A beautiful girl with a perfect student

record, Junko was very popular in high school. She was described as a kind-hearted girl. After school, she used to work at a local plastics molding factory to save money to attend college.

Due to her looks and popularity, she was very popular with the boys at the high school. Hiroshi Miyano was one such boy at school who had a crush on Junko. He was famous for being associated

with the Yakuza — a Japanese organized crime syndicate, which meant he had already committed some crimes despite being a minor. Miyano was known to be a bully who just wanted Junko so he

could brag about it. He asked her out one day but was politely refused by Junko Furuta. Miyano didn’t take her rejection well.

The Abduction On November 25th, 1988, Miyano, with his 16-year-old friend Shinji Minato, who was also a part of the Yakuza, kidnapped Junko when she was returning home from work. Miyano

called his other two friends, Jo Ogura and Yasushi Watanabe, to brag…