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<h2><span class="strongInContent"> Backpack and shoes were found 5km apart</span></h2>
<p> The body of Yuki Adachi, 11, a sixth grader, was found in a wooded area in Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture, shortly after 4 p.m. on April 13. The Kyoto Prefectural Police are currently confirming the identity of the child.</p>
<p> On the morning of March 23, Yuki, who was in the 5th grade at the time, went to the elementary school in a car driven by his father in order to attend the graduation ceremony as a current student. The car was parked in the parking lot of a childcare facility about 150 meters from the school gate. The father&#8217;s car was seen on the security camera, but Yuki, who was said to have gotten off the car, was out of the frame of reference.</p>
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<p> He did not go to school, and his homeroom teacher contacted his parents at around 11:45 a.m. after the graduation ceremony. Yūki&#8217;s father called 110 after receiving the call from the school.</p>
<p> A reporter from a TV station in Osaka who covered the scene said</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> No teachers, students, or parents saw Yūki on the 23rd. If he was on his way to school, someone must have seen him during the 150-meter walk from the parking lot to the school gate. After getting off the car, did he see his father&#8217;s car off, then turn on his heel and go somewhere else?　There are just too many puzzling things here.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> He shook his head.</p>
<p> On March 29, Yuki&#8217;s run backpack was found in the mountains about 3 km west of the elementary school. It was supposed to be an important clue, but since it was suddenly found in a place that had been searched once before the day before, the mystery deepened even further. &#8230;&#8230;</p>
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<p> On April 12, a pair of black shoes believed to have been worn by Yūki were found approximately 6 km southwest of the elementary school and 3 km north of his home. It was approximately 5 km away in a straight line from the location where the backpack was found.</p>
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<h2><span class="strongInContent"> A considerable period of time has passed since his death.</span></h2>
<p> The body of the child was found in a wooded area about 2 km southwest of Yuki&#8217;s elementary school. According to the Kyoto Prefectural Police, the body was found lying on its back, wearing a dark blue fleece and long beige pants. He was wearing a dark blue fleece and long beige pants, but no shoes.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> According to the Kyoto Prefectural Police, the body was found lying on its back, wearing a dark blue fleece and long beige trousers.</span></p>
<p> The police will conduct an autopsy on April 14 to determine the identity of the deceased.</p>
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<p> The possible suspects are &#8220;accident,&#8221; &#8220;suicide,&#8221; and &#8220;third-party involvement,&#8221; according to local residents.</p>
<p> According to a local resident</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> A local resident said, &#8220;Why was the body found here? The local residents say, &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to imagine a child coming here alone. It is hard to imagine a child coming here alone.</span></p>
<p> It is hard to believe that a child would come here alone.</p>
<p> A backpack and shoes found in different places. And the body of what appeared to be a child. A TV reporter in Osaka answered to this site, &#8220;The number of police officers who have been mobilized in the past few days is about 50.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> About 50 police officers have been mobilized in the past few days. They had shovels in their hands, drones in the air, police dogs, and even forensic scientists. It was more like a crime scene investigation than a search for a missing person. After the body was found, the person who gave the interview was a senior officer from the Investigation Section 1 of the Kyoto Prefectural Police.</span></p>
<p> Furthermore</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The body was found about halfway between where the backpack and shoes were found. Both are several kilometers away from the location of the body. So, the question becomes, &#8216;What is the relationship between the backpack, the shoes, and the body?&#8217; This would mean that &#8216;What is the relationship between the backpack, the shoes, and the body? Many discomforts remain.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> He said, &#8220;If a &#8220;third party&#8217;s involvement&#8221; is found, it would be a good thing.</p>
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<p> If a &#8220;third party&#8217;s involvement&#8221; is found, the case will become a criminal one, which could lead to a completely different development. The prefectural police are &#8220;investigating both the accident and the incident.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> &#8220;We are investigating both the accident and the incident.</span></p>
<p> The prefectural police are &#8220;investigating both the accident and the incident.</p>
<p> The mystery took place in Sonobe Town, Nantan City, which has a population of about 15,000. For the sake of the local residents who are spending anxious nights in the town, a full investigation is required as soon as possible.</p>


 Kyodo (1st photo), Nakahira (2nd photo)

 The body of Yuki Adachi, a sixth grader, was found in Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture, where he is missing. Yuki's backpack and shoes were found in separate locations, but the relationship between them and the body is not ......

The body of a child in Nantan City, Kyoto, missing elementary school 6th grader, was found.

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