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In 1988, 17-year-old Junko Furuta was abducted, tortured, and murdered over 44 days by four teenage boys in Tokyo, Japan. The brutality of her ordeal and the lenient sentences given to her killers sparked national outrage and global attention. This heartbreaking case remains one of the most disturbing crimes in modern history.
By Justin Noble
In 1988, 17-year-old Junko Furuta was abducted, tortured, and murdered over 44 days by four teenage boys in Tokyo, Japan. The brutality of her ordeal and the lenient sentences given to her killers sparked national outrage and global attention. This heartbreaking case remains one of the most disturbing crimes in modern history.