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Dead UK teacher 'helped anybody' | |
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The father of a British teacher found dead in Japan in a bath filled with sand has said he "will not rest" until her killer is caught. | |
Bill Hawker travelled to Tokyo after 22-year-old Lindsay Ann was discovered on an apartment balcony in the city. | |
Mr Hawker, of Brandon, near Coventry, said: "My daughter didn't come here to be murdered... she came here to teach. She would have helped anybody." | |
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the man living at the flat. | A warrant has been issued for the arrest of the man living at the flat. |
He has been named as 28-year-old Tatsuya Ichihashi. | |
'Lovely girl' | |
Miss Hawker's father and her long-term boyfriend Ryan Garside are in Tokyo to formally identify her body. | |
Mr Hawker told a press conference his daughter had researched Japan thoroughly, before taking up work as an English teacher, to make sure she knew the dangers. | |
That man has ruined mine and Lindsay's plan - he ruined our dream Ryan GarsideMiss Hawker's boyfriend class="" href="/1/hi/uk/6502219.stm">Profile: Lindsay Ann Hawker | |
He also insisted she had not been in a relationship with Mr Ichihashi. | |
"I believe my daughter was tricked into going to this man's apartment under the pretext of giving English lessons," he said. | |
"My daughter was a lovely girl, she would have helped anybody. And it was because she would help anybody, she is where she is now." | |
Mr Hawker said he thought Mr Ichihashi was a loner and a "social misfit" and insisted: "I will not rest until the suspect is caught." | |
'Reported missing' | |
Mr Garside told the press conference he had been with Miss Hawker for four years. | |
"She was the best thing in my life," he said. | |
"I loved her so, so much. We planned to one day get married and start a family. | |
"That man has ruined mine and Lindsay's plan - he ruined our dream." | |
Miss Hawker graduated last year from Leeds University and had been teaching English at Koiwa school in Tokyo. | Miss Hawker graduated last year from Leeds University and had been teaching English at Koiwa school in Tokyo. |
She was reported missing by her flatmates on Monday afternoon after disappearing from her home on Sunday. | |
Miss Hawker's family say she did not know the suspect | Miss Hawker's family say she did not know the suspect |
It is believed she had gone to Mr Ichihashi's apartment for the first time on Saturday to give English lessons to him. | |
She had left details of the address at home. | |
Mr Hawker appealed for anyone with information to come forward. | |
"I wouldn't like this to happen to any other family. I'm just a normal man, I don't expect this in my life," he said. | |
'No struggle' | |
Japanese police say Miss Hawker suffered severe injuries to her face and arms. | |
A handbag and a passport thought to belong to her were found near her body. | |
Superintendent Yoshihiro Sugita, from Chiba Prefectural Police, told local media: "We have found no traces of blood and there was no sign of a physical struggle. | |
"The victim was completely naked and her clothes were around the apartment, although we don't know whether they were taken off by her or by the suspect." | |
Miss Hawker kept in touch with her boyfriend via the website Facebook and in one of her last entries on 20 March, she spoke of a man following her. | |
She wrote: "Love u lots don't worry abt the gut (guy) who chased me home, its jus crazy Japan. miss u xxx." | |
Mr Garside wrote to her last Sunday, demanding to know why she had not written: "Get in touch you fool! Why you never email??" | |
The Nova language school in London, which employed Miss Hawker, said in a statement she had joined its team on 25 October. | |
"She took her job seriously and put every effort into it. She was trying to get used to Japan. We are very sorry that this has happened," it said. | "She took her job seriously and put every effort into it. She was trying to get used to Japan. We are very sorry that this has happened," it said. |