Japanese police has confirmed that the body of a girl found near a ditch in Abiko city of Chiba prefecture was that of nine-year-old Vietnamese national Le Thi Nhat Linh, who went missing on March 24.
Japanese police investigate the site where the girl's body was found (Photo: Nihon News)
Tokyo (VNA) – Japanese police has confirmed thatthe body of a girl found near a ditch in Abiko city of Chiba prefecture wasthat of nine-year-old Vietnamese national Le Thi Nhat Linh, who went missing on March24, according to local media.
She was in her third year of elementary schoolin Matsudo in the prefecture.
Her family reported her missing to police afterthey failed to find her when the teacher phoned to inform that she had notshown up at school on March 24 morning.
Linh reportedly usually went to school byherself as the school is near her house.
While she was unaccounted for, the body of a girlwithout clothes or other items that could be her belongings was found on March26 morning at a site near a drainage ditch which is about 10-12km from the school.
Police confirmed the dead girl as Nhat Linh and is huntingfor the culprit.
The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan told VietnamNews Agency on late March 26 that it talked to Linh’s father Le Anh Hao, whocame to Abiko’s police station and identified the girl as his daughter. -VNA
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Japanese police investigate the site where the girl's body was found (Photo: Nihon News) 
