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  • Deliveryman Imposter Kidnaps Exec’s Daughter

    A man posing as a deliveryman kidnapped the 12-year-old daughter of a company president but later released her, police said Monday. The man visited the home of the junior high school student in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday while her parents were out.

    After the man told her over the intercom that he was a deliveryman, the girl opened the entrance door and was grabbed and forced into his vehicle. Two hours later, the man called her father’s mobile phone, demanding tens of millions of yen. Five hours later, the kidnappers released her. CONTINUE

    … I wonder how they got the dad’s keitai number? …

    Posted: 14 April 2003 | Filed: Editor's Note, Sign of the Times | Feedback | Print |
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