Unsolved Case: Five Young Girls Disappeared in Japan Decades Ago
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Many years ago, five young girls went missing in Japan.
This happened in two areas called Tochigi and Gunma.
The girls disappeared one after another.
Nobody knows who took them. This is an unsolved case.
Police think one man did these bad things.
People say the man's face looks like a character from a manga.
The manga character is called Lupin the Third.
One girl was four years old when she disappeared.
Her mother is very sad. She talks about her daughter.
The mother says her daughter would be 41 years old now.
A TV show called NHK is talking about this case.
The TV show looks at old DNA tests from the case.
Many people still want to know the truth.
They want to know who really did this.
This case is still a big mystery in Japan.
Vocabulary6 words
- unsolved case
- a crime where police never found the answer
- manga
- a Japanese comic book or drawing story
- DNA
- small parts inside our body that show who we are
- disappeared
- went away and nobody could find them
- culprit
- the person who did something bad
- mystery
- something people cannot understand or explain
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Answer key
1. Five 2. A cartoon character named Lupin the Third 3. False
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Many years ago, five young girls went _____ in Japan.
This happened in two areas called Tochigi and _____.
The girls disappeared one after _____.
Nobody knows who took them. This is an _____ case.
Police think one man did these bad _____.
People say the man's face looks like a character from a _____.
The manga character is called _____ the Third.
One girl was four years old when she _____.
Her mother is very sad. She talks about her _____.
The mother says her daughter would be 41 years old _____.
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