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Ex-hostess acquitted of murder in 1984 kidnap of Sapporo boy.

Publication: Japan Weekly Monitor
Publication Date: 04-JUN-01
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
SAPPORO, May 30 Kyodo

The Sapporo District Court on Wednesday acquitted a former bar hostess indicted in 1998 on a charge of murdering a 9-year-old Sapporo boy, but said she caused his death after kidnapping him in 1984 and confining him at her home.

Kazuko Kudo, a 45-year-old from the town of Shizunai in Hokkaido, was arrested in November...

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