Asami’s body to be returned to Japan

Asami’s body to be returned to Japan
Monday, February 15 2016

The body of Japanese murder victim Asami Nagakiya will be returned to Japan for her final interment. Newsday understands that a certificate of clearance to ensure that Nagakiya did not have any infectious diseases will be sought from forensic pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov today .

When that certificate is obtained, all arrangements will be made to fly the body from Trinidad to Japan .

Newsday understands that relatives of Nagakiya did not wish to come to this country, stating that they were afraid for their safety and preferred that the body be returned to Japan. The Consul General of the Japanese Embassy last week ordered that the body of the 30-year-old victim be removed to a local funeral agency to be embalmed in preparation for the return to Japan .

According to well placed sources, most of Nagakiya’s bruises were centred around her face and police believe she knew her attacker. Yesterday the search widened for the man captured on CCTV footage leaving Picton Court with Nagakiya late Tuesday evening .

Nagakiya, who arrived in the country on January 1 to play pan with PCS Nitrogen Silver Stars, played mas on Carnival Monday and Tuesday with ‘Legends’. On Ash Wednesday, her body still clad in her carnival costume, was found on the western end of the Queen’s Park Savannah. An autopsy revealed that she was manually strangled.