This is Lindsay Hawker, a 22-year old English conversation teacher from Coventry, whose body was found buried in a bathtub of earth in an aprtment in Chiba prefecture on Monday.

This is Tatsuya Ichihashi, who ran away from the apartment when the police called and who is sought by police in connection with her death.

More about this in The Times in a few hours (and on this blog). In the meantime, if anyone has any information about the case, or either of the people above, please contact me.

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