Police searched for three days in the mountains of Doshi Village, Yamanashi Prefecture, where athletic shoes with characteristics matching those of the missing girl were found, but no new clues were found.

On the 23rd of last month, a part of the bone of a person's head was found in the mountains of Doshi Village, Yamanashi Prefecture, and subsequent searches have found one pair of athletic shoes and one sock for children.



The characteristics of athletic shoes and socks are the same as those worn by Misaki Ogura of Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, who was a first grader at the time and was missing at a nearby campsite three years ago.



Police searched around 9 am on the 3rd, centering on the watered swamp on the steep slope where athletic shoes were found, with about 40 people, but new clues were found. It means that it wasn't.



The police are proceeding with the appraisal of bones and socks, and will continue the search for four days.

Unknown girl's mother "I believe I'll be back safely"

On the 2nd, police revealed that a part of the head bone found in the mountains of Doshi Village, Yamanashi Prefecture, could not detect an individual-identifying DNA type by previous tests.



Misaki Ogura's mother, Tomoko Ogura, who is missing at a nearby campsite, responded to an interview near the site where the search was being conducted on the afternoon of the 3rd.



Mr. Ogura said, "This time, the police contacted me that I could not identify the individual, and although the results were not perfect, I was relieved to have a frank impression. After all, Misaki was safe. I believe that I will be back, so I will continue to wait while praying for the result that it is not Misaki's. "



On the 3rd, Mr. Ogura met with a police officer and cooperated for another appraisal to examine the blood relationship from the DNA type inherited on the mother's side, and the athletic shoes on the left foot side found in the search on the 29th of last month. I confirmed the socks in the photo.



Mr. Ogura said about the socks he found, "It was a pink rabbit-patterned sock. Misaki liked animals, so I had a lot of animal-printed socks at home, but when I brought them all and compared them, It has the same pattern as Misaki had, and I thought it was Misaki's. "



She then said she "still didn't give up on my return safely. She believes Misaki will return safely," she said of her current state of mind.