7-year-old girl found in cardboard box dies in suspected murder

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Police investigators check the site in Hiroshima's Aki Ward, where a 7-year-old girl was found inside a cardboard box on Nov. 22 and was declared dead later at a hospital in a suspected murder case. Police said they suspect the girl, identified as Airi Kinoshita from the same ward, was killed on her way home from elementary school as she went missing after leaving school alone for home.

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