Murder of Narumi Kurosaki

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Narumi Kurosaki was a Japanese woman who disappeared in Besançon, France, in December 2016 and is believed to have been murdered. The primary suspect in her case was Nicolás Zepeda, her former boyfriend from Chile, whom she had met while studying in Japan and from whom she had separated two months prior to her disappearance. The international nature of the case drew significant attention, as authorities from three continents—France (Europe), Japan (Asia), and Chile (South America)—were involved in the judicial process. On 12 April 2022, Zepeda was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 28 years in prison. A retrial began on 4 December 2023, after being postponed from 21 February when Zepeda's defense lawyer, Antoine Vey, withdrew from the case. The retrial concluded on 22 December, upholding the original sentence. On 26 February 2025, the Court of Cassation, France's highest court of appeal, ordered a second retrial, ruling that investigators had withheld evidence from the defense. The...

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