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The family of a teacher found murdered in Japan are launching an e-mail campaign to try to find a man suspected of killing her. | The family of a teacher found murdered in Japan are launching an e-mail campaign to try to find a man suspected of killing her. |
Lindsay Ann Hawker, 22, from Brandon near Coventry, was found dead in a bath filled with sand on a balcony in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo, in March. | Lindsay Ann Hawker, 22, from Brandon near Coventry, was found dead in a bath filled with sand on a balcony in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo, in March. |
Her body was found when police visited Tatsuya Ichihashi's flat, but he fled before he could be arrested. | Her body was found when police visited Tatsuya Ichihashi's flat, but he fled before he could be arrested. |
Police have been searching for the 28-year-old since. | Police have been searching for the 28-year-old since. |
Pictures e-mailed | Pictures e-mailed |
Mr Ichihashi had reportedly asked the former Leeds University student for English lessons a week before her death. | |
He fled his apartment when police arrived to investigate him, losing his shoes and a rucksack in a chase. | He fled his apartment when police arrived to investigate him, losing his shoes and a rucksack in a chase. |
The Hawker family said they had received an e-mail from Japanese police saying that at the time they went to Mr Ichihashi's flat there was no evidence suggesting they should arrest him as it was a missing person's inquiry. | The Hawker family said they had received an e-mail from Japanese police saying that at the time they went to Mr Ichihashi's flat there was no evidence suggesting they should arrest him as it was a missing person's inquiry. |
Tatsuya Ichihashi was filmed on CCTV in his apartment block | Tatsuya Ichihashi was filmed on CCTV in his apartment block |
Bill Hawker said: "We think it is disgraceful that the Japanese police let Ichihashi go when our daughter's body was lying just yards away." | Bill Hawker said: "We think it is disgraceful that the Japanese police let Ichihashi go when our daughter's body was lying just yards away." |
Miss Hawker's parents are sending out an e-mail around the world which will carry a picture of their daughter and Mr Ichihashi. | Miss Hawker's parents are sending out an e-mail around the world which will carry a picture of their daughter and Mr Ichihashi. |
The e-mail is titled "Don't forget Lindsay Hawker" and asks the reader for help to catch her killer and to forward it on to as many people as possible. | The e-mail is titled "Don't forget Lindsay Hawker" and asks the reader for help to catch her killer and to forward it on to as many people as possible. |
It outlines the manner of Miss Hawker's death and says a "gaping hole" has been left in the lives of her family and boyfriend. | |
"Lindsay's family are heartbroken by her brutal death and above all they want justice for Lindsay, who didn't deserve to die in this way," the e-mails reads. | "Lindsay's family are heartbroken by her brutal death and above all they want justice for Lindsay, who didn't deserve to die in this way," the e-mails reads. |
On Friday, a Japanese police officer said that although they have some information, they still do not have clear clues to his whereabouts. | On Friday, a Japanese police officer said that although they have some information, they still do not have clear clues to his whereabouts. |
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