Reading "The Girl Who Was Killed Three Times" is clean | Reality is always more absurd than fiction

"The Girl Who Was Killed Three Times" is a real case that happened on October 26, 1999, when a 21-year-old college girl, Shiori Noh, was assassinated outside JR Okegawa Station in Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Shisui Kiyoshi, the author who was working in the weekly "FOCUS" at that time, was sent to interview on the spot. This book is about the author's interview, but the content not only exposes the truth, but also shares his personal experience and insights, making it more than ordinary reports. some care and reflection.

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"If you still want to break up with me, I will drive you crazy and make you punished. Your dad is waiting to be laid off and his family is ruined. Don't compare me to ordinary men! I will never forgive you for betrayal. I, look down on my woman. I will use my contacts, and even if I go bankrupt, I will destroy you completely. Listen carefully, I will not do it myself. As long as there is money, someone will naturally be willing to serve me. Got it No! You just need to be obedient, wear the clothes I gave you like before, and laugh beside me.”—P.68

It was Kazuto Komatsu, the murderer who killed Shiori, who said this. He is Shiori Ino's boyfriend. In order to control his girlfriend, it can be said to be extremely extreme. He will ask a credit bureau to investigate his girlfriend, bribe her friends to spy on her, harass her male friends by phone, and constantly threaten to break up with him. .

"For you, I dare to cut my hand."

"Please, don't do this!"—P.69

But the most ironic thing is that when Shiori was alive, Komatsu asked Shiori if he was willing to cut his wrists for him. On the Internet, there are voice files that share the woman's record and keep the evidence. Komatsu in the voice file also constantly emphasizes that he is willing to die for the poem, but the funny thing is that this man who keeps saying that he will die for her starts a life of escape after the woman's death.

At the beginning of the book, I actually had a preconceived idea that a love murder case had already happened, and the police only needed to arrest the man. Later I found out that I was wrong. This man is too exaggerated. Just because he couldn't get the love of his girlfriend, he used all the resources around him just to destroy the woman. From a series of harassment to killing each other, the process can be described as crazy without any reason. In this paranoid value, the personal vision is narrow. Really, if you encounter a neurosis, if you are not very talented, you must give priority to protecting yourself. It will not work to reason with extreme people. Call the police immediately.

Broken police system

"The same is true for homicide investigations. The police should have overwhelming public power, but the situation of investigations is far less than the content of an interview in a photography magazine. What is this? I think this incident is a symbol, revealing a structural problem. I think That is the question to ask.”—P.267

This is another reason for the increase in the number of pages. The police system has drawbacks, the lower level conceals it, and the upper level does not pay attention, resulting in a serious delay in the progress of the search. On the contrary, it is the author's publication that exposes and creates influence, and the police can act under the pressure of public opinion. In order to achieve justice, Qingshui took up the responsibility of the police, listened to the voices of his family members, searched for all clues, and tried to be truthful. However, during the investigation of the case, he also wandered on the edge of the law several times, such as long-term surveillance and secret shooting or running away. Going to the police station to give an ultimatum, these decisions are very likely to put him in a situation of being retaliated and suppressed.

One year after the Okegawa incident, on December 22, 2000, the Ino family filed an administrative lawsuit against the Saitama Prefectural Police. Shiori's death could have been avoided, but since there was no substantive law at that time to sanction stalking, harassment and other behaviors, it was difficult to If the case is completed and it will affect performance, the police are reluctant to accept it, and even tamper with the report file. All kinds of signs show that there is a problem with the system. A very famous "Stanford Prison Experiment" in the field of psychology once put forward an argument that bad situations and authority will affect people, making good people become bad people, and people's The nanny is also inactive because of this. In the end, in order to make peace with the situation, he just punished a few dereliction of duty police officers and closed the case. This kind of treatment of the symptoms but not the root cause is still being staged everywhere, and it is quite emotional to read this passage. If you ask what Shiori's death brought in exchange, it is probably that Japan passed the "Stalking and Harassment Code of Conduct Law" in order to prevent the same regret from happening again.

Ecology of Japanese Journalists

Back at the company desk, I wrote the headline on a note and handed it to the editor-in-chief.

"The 'Last Words' of a beautiful college student who fell victim to a stalker."

The title of "beautiful college students" is really the fate of the weekly magazine, but I don't plan to write anything like "the dead are recognized as beautiful women". Shiori's "Last Words" about what I wanted to write. I want to write about Shiori's stalking and harassment while protecting their identities, centering on the summary of the murder case and what Shimada and Yoko said. —P.96

Although the author did not write a report that insinuated that victims worship money to be self-inflicted like other media, but in order to make a living, he could not escape the use of sensational headlines to attract readers. Today's news media has never been the same, randomly labelling people and events in reports. Shiori's father once said: "My daughter was killed three times: once by the murderer, once by the police in Buli, and once by the media." It's really scary, but how many media are willing to take social responsibility and present facts objectively. Conversely, the public is also the same. The way of news reporting is often like taking out any chapter of the book for the audience to see, often unable to see the whole picture of the matter. While receiving information, don’t be arbitrarily incited.

There is a special organization called the " Journalist Club " in the Japanese press circle, and only members of the club are eligible to receive first-hand information from the government. In the Okegawa case, it reflects the problem that club members blindly received information from the police and did not seek further verification, thereby causing harm to the families of the victims. Although the author has repeatedly criticized the club in the content, and the issue of the "journalist club" is often brought up for discussion, it still exists to this day.

At the end of the book, Komatsu and Ren finally chose to go to a dead end when there was no way to escape. It's a bit subtle here. The media is a double-edged sword. When reporting the truth, it will hurt people at the same time. To some extent, it is also because of the help of Author Weekly that this ending has been brought about. I have always been curious about the background of Komatsu's growth. Komatsu once told Shiori that he was abandoned by his parents, but his mother came to recognize the body after Komatsu's death. I couldn't find any relevant information on the Internet. I thought about it later, because Japanese society is very strict with the families of the perpetrators. Maybe it's a good thing to have no news, so as not to cause another tragedy.

In the end, I really admire Qingshui Jie for daring to write the interview process into a book, especially in the book there are a lot of comments about the incident and his thoughts, and all the people he attacked are powerful and powerful, and it is easy to be suppressed if he is not careful. , can only say that he is really a clear stream in the press.