Ahead of the 19th anniversary of the murder of a male employee in the parking lot of a Shinkin Bank in Fuchu, Tokyo, the bereaved family and Metropolitan Police Department investigators appealed for information at the scene.
Late at night on February 14, 2005, in the parking lot of Tama Chuo Shinkin Bank (now Tama Shinkin Fuchu Branch) in Fuchu City, Tokyo, sales manager Hiroki Goto (39 at the time) was stabbed in the stomach with a kitchen knife by a man. was murdered.
On the 12th, which will soon be 19 years since the incident, family members including his mother, Liu, visited the scene with Metropolitan Police Department investigators and laid flowers in hopes of a speedy resolution of the incident.
Mr. Liu then handed out tissues containing leaflets urging people to provide information, asking people who passed by to send in any information.
The Metropolitan Police Department has so far committed approximately 60,000 investigators to the investigation, but they have not identified the suspect.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, the man who ran away is said to be between 20 and 40 years old, with a thin build, and between 1.70 and 1.80 meters tall.
The Metropolitan Police Department has published on its website photos of the wristwatch and other objects that the man apparently dropped at the scene of the scuffle with Goto.
Mr. Liu said, ``I hope that this year will be the end of this activity, and that the day will come when the culprit will be caught as soon as possible and my son will be able to sleep in peace.''
Information is accepted at the Fuchu Police Station Investigation Headquarters.
The phone number is 042-360-0110.