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Echoes of Torture: Uncovering the Unimaginable in Junko Furuta’s Story

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This chilling tale is about a 17-year-old Japanese girl named Junko Furuta that was kidnapped, raped, and tortured to hell for 44 days and then murdered with brutality by four men in 1988. The girl’s body was found in a concrete drum, and the murder trial followed, which was dubbed “the “concrete-encased high school girl murder case.”

There have been several murders; however, this crime story involving Junko Furuta is at an unimaginable degree of inhumanity.

It is impossible to imagine Junko’s suffering over her last 44 days in this world. In addition, the reality that four high school teens were involved in inhumane things was terrifying! 

Hiroshi Miyano, Nobuharu Minato, Kamisaku Jo, and Yasushi Watanabe are the four teens that were part of this horrific crime.

Junko Furuta – A Japanese Girl Killed Brutally

Junko Furuta was a 17-year-old student at the Saitama-Yashio-Minami High School in Japan. As with every normal student, Junko had her ambitions and goals that she wished to achieve. But she had a few other great attributes that made her popular with her peers. She was a clean girl. She didn’t drink or smoke and stayed far away from substance abuse.

There was a young man named Hiroshi Miyano who was interested in her. He approached Junko to propose. However, Junko rejected the proposal straight away. Hiroshi was unable to accept her rejection, which caused him to be furious, and he decided to seek revenge.

Junko Furuta Story – Here is what all happened

On November 25, 1988, while Junko was returning home after a part-time job on her bike, a stranger passed through her, causing her to slip and fall. Miyano was there and tried to assist her. However, in a flash and even before Junko knew what was happening, Miyano and his three buddies kidnapped Junko.

They escorted Junko to a residence in Adachi, Tokyo, owned by one of the kid’s parents. The teens then demanded that Junko phone her parents to claim she had run away but was secure and would stay with her buddies for a bit.

This was the beginning of the brutal torture she would soon be subjected to by the boys. They brutally tortured Junko for forty-four days. They forced her to be naked all the time for those 44 days. She was assaulted by over a hundred different individuals more than 500 times.

Junko Furuta tortured terribly by the boys

The boys attempted all the horrifying ways to torture Junko. They beat her as hard as they could. Bottles, scissors, live light bulbs, grill chicken skewers, iron rod, and needles were put into her sexual organs. These evil teens did not even hesitate before cutting off her breasts. She was even made to drink urine and eat cockroaches & poop.

They burned her eyelashes, poured lighter fluid on her, and peed. They even suspended her up from the ceiling and treated her like a punching bag. They made her sleep on the balcony in the frigid winter and slammed dumbbells into her stomach. Her pain had no end.

They beat her up with rods of iron and put her in a refrigerator for several hours. They made numerous punctures in her body using needles. The savage boys also burned her clitoris, genitals, and eyelids using cigarette lighters. One of her nipples was turned upside down with pliers. With so many wounds across her body, Junko could not sit due to the discomfort.

In the course of about twenty days after the torture and abduction, Junko somehow managed to make an emergency call to contact the police. But, it was snatched by the perpetrators, who cut off the phone before Junko could talk. Her punishment was severe in the aftermath, with burns to her legs. They put lighter fuel on her legs and then burned their legs with the flames. In the end, she could no longer walk.

Breathing was impossible due to the blood clot forming within her nose. There was internal bleeding, and she couldn’t even digest food, which caused her to throw up. However, the boys punched her in the face for getting the carpet filthy by throwing up.

Junko Furuta – Death

Junko wasn’t able to urinate after about 30 days. Also, her eardrums were damaged. In a state of suffering, Junko finally begged to end her life and seal the loop. In the end, torturers killed her on the 44th day of her kidnapping on January 4th, 1989.

The boys didn’t take care of the body, which was badly damaged, and beat her with an iron barbell. They then poured lighter fluid onto her stomach, face, as well as her legs and face, and then burned her. This horrendous torture of her dead body continued for further 2 hours.

The most tragic part of the Junko Furuta tale is that the captors did not receive the death sentence or the possibility of life in prison since they were all younger than 18. Miyano received a 20-year sentence; the three other youngsters were given around 5 to 10 years of sentences.

People still remember Junko on Social Media

 

It’s been more than 30 years since the horrible incident that resulted in the death of such a kind soul. People still remember her to this day and pray for her. However, it’s sad to hear that the boys have already been freed from prison and live freely in society. Do you think it’s fair?

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