Search over Kyoto murder goes ahead after appeal rejected

MAIZURU, Japan - Police investigators raid the home of a man over a murder case in Maizuru, Kyoto Prefecture, on Nov. 28 after an appeal filed by the man's lawyer to prevent the search was rejected by the Kyoto District Court. Second from left is the lawyer who attended the search conducted in connection with the murder of a 15-year-old high school student whose body was found May 8.

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