Court rules police bungled Tochigi abduction-murder probe

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Mitsuo Sudo (L) speaks at a news conference in Utsunomiya on April 12 after the Utsunomiya District Court ruled that police mishandled their investigations into the abduction and murder of Sudo's 19-year-old son Masakazu.

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