The search for a girl in the first grade of elementary school in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, who has been missing since the 23rd of this month, continues on the 29th.

I'm planning to expand the range downstream, such as the area where the girl's hat was found.

Minami Asome (7), a first-year elementary school student living in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, went missing on the 23rd of this month when she went to a nearby park alone from her home, and police and fire departments continued to search for her on the 29th. It is



So far, a security camera in Nagareyama City, about 900 meters away from a park near my home, has captured a girl who seems to be Asame riding a kick scooter and passing by, and in the park next door, Asame kicks. A skater was found on the riverbed of the Edo River some 300 meters further away, shoes and socks.



Also, on the 28th, a new hat was found at the water intake in Matsudo City, about 1 km downstream from this riverbed.



Her family confirmed that her hat had her name "Saya" written in hiragana.



For this reason, on the 29th, in addition to the riverbed where the shoes were found, a search was conducted on both banks of the Edo River, expanding the area downstream, such as the area where the hat was found. Divers were diving and looking for clues.



Asame is about 1 meter 15 centimeters tall, has short hair, and wears a pink short-sleeved T-shirt and blue shorts. increase.



The phone number for Matsudo Police Station is 047-369-0110.

Asame's family commented

The family released a statement on the 29th after Asame's hat was found.



In this, "There are so many people who have helped me in my search that I can't even imagine. Until the time when I can find Saya's energetic figure again and hug her in my arms and warm her up, I will search for this child together." I would like to have it. Please, everyone, thank you very much.”

Full comment (announced through SNS as the original)

According to the report based on the police announcement at 20:30 on the 28th, the hat that Saya was wearing on the day she went missing was found in Edogawa today.


It has your name on it and is definitely yours.


The hat was found at a water intake approximately one kilometer from where the shoes and socks were found.



In response to this, our family also discussed with the detective who is in charge of this case, and as a conclusion, it is clear that we will not change the policy to proceed with the investigation in the direction of both the incident and the accident as it was at the beginning. I am making it.



The fact that the shoes and socks were found, and the hat was found, are all part of the process of solving the case, and both are equally important clues.



In this case, where there are few clues and various possibilities can be considered, it is not possible to entrust only one possibility to either an accident or an incident because a new clue has been found. I think it's still early.



An unimaginably large number of people, regardless of their family or relatives, have invested their time and effort in helping us find Saya.



Until the time we see Saya again with our own eyes, all of us in the family want to do our best to find Saya, and we want to move forward with the belief that we will be able to embrace Saya in a healthy form. I want to tell you



We would not have been able to carry out the search with all our might, both mentally and physically, without the various forms of reassuring help and strong and warm consideration that you all have given us.



I would like to ask from the bottom of my heart for your continued support in the search that will continue today.



I would like you to join us in our search for Saya until we can find her in good health again and hold her close to our hearts.



Please, everyone, thank you.

Search also in Saitama Misato City on the opposite bank

In Misato City, Saitama Prefecture, across the Edo River, about 40 police are conducting a search.



On the 28th, police officers of the Saitama Prefectural Police were looking for clues by pushing through the grass on the riverbed and launching a boat into the river, mainly around the opposite bank of the water intake in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, where the girl's hat was found. .