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Japan body 'is missing Briton' | |
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A woman found buried in sand in a bathtub in Japan has been named by police as 22-year-old missing Briton Lindsey Ann Hawker. | |
Colleagues identified the body of the English language teacher, found on the balcony of a fourth-floor flat in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo. | |
The cause of death is not yet known but there were bruises on the victim's face, the BBC's Chris Hogg said. | |
Police are hunting a man who fled the apartment in the city, near Tokyo. | |
The BBC's correspondent said the teacher, from the Midlands, was reported missing by her flatmate on Monday afternoon after she disappeared from her home nearby. | |
Local media reported that Ms Hawker had only been in Japan for a couple of months and was a popular teacher, he added. | |
They said she went to the apartment each Saturday to give English lessons and had left details of the address at home before she disappeared. | |
A handbag and a passport thought to belong to the missing woman were found near the apartment. |