The suspect, who remained unidentified, surrendered herself to authorities at the Japanese consulate in Shanghai, where she was questioned about the murder of 29-year-old, Rika Okada (pictured). Okada was found stabbed to death inside a 6-foot box that was being stored at a short-term storage facility in Hachioji city, which is located West of Tokyo, where the box was mailed to using the deceased woman's credit card. This sounds like another one of those bad Japanese murder mystery movies.
Okada, a nurse had been missing from her Osaka home since late March. She was found stabbed more than a dozen times and police told local news media that Okada had not defense wounds on her hands or arms. The suspect, who had been friends with Okada in elementary school allegedly took a flight to Tokyo in early May using the victim's passport. Back in March, Okada wrote on her Facebook page that she was going to see an old friend for the first time in over a decade just before she went missing. Authorities in Tokyo said that they were in negotiations with Chinese officials to assist in the suspects extradition.
This is pretty scary if you think about it because I have many friends that I haven't seen in over a decade too. I recently found myself using sites like Facebook to reconnect with them to meet up for a drink or dinner or something. If we learned anything from Okada's situation, it's maybe we should leave the past in the past. Though, they were friends growing up, they might not be anymore. How do we know that this woman wasn't stalking Okada on Facebook and watching how successful she had become. This could've caused the suspect to become jealous and want to cause harm because she didn't quite have the life that Okada had. There's your motive right there! Damn, I should be a detective! Maybe, sometimes we need to rethink our reconnection with people from the past. Especially, those who might have a jealous streak in them.
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