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Japanese murder police fooled by sex doll

                   
guardian.co.uk
02-Sep-2008
        
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Police in Japan have been left red-faced by an apparent murder that turned out to be an unusual case of mistaken identity. It began in the morning with a frantic call from a couple who had spotted a "corpse" while out walking their dog in a mountain forest in Izu, central Japan, the ZakZak news website reported today. Fifteen officers were dispatched to the scene, where they discovered a human form wrapped in... [read full story]                    

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