I dont get it.

So, it seems that Lindsay Ann Hawker, the British girl working as an English teacher in Japan was tortured and strangled as the killer tried to act out some Manga book story. Although she was employed by NOVA it seems they had nothing to do with this case.

According to her flatmates, she was followed home by a man. She later let this man into her home after he rang at the doorbell. He asked her for private English lessons and insanely she accepted. More insane, she then went to the same guys apartment alone to teach him English. All I can think is that she became somehow accustomed to the safeness of Japan and it warped her judgement. She wrote home saying "Don't worry about the guy who chased me home, it's just crazy Japan." She had only been in Japan 5 months, and she was talking of 'crazy Japan'?! This cries out to me that her judgement of safety must have been warped. A man following you home isnt crazy Japan, its scary. You wouldnt call it 'crazy England' if it happened here.

There are things that dont make sense.

Such as why she was carrying a passport. In Japan any long-staying foreigner (3months+) have to get a 'Foreigners ID card' by law. This is the card you have to carry everywhere with you incase you get stopped by police or need ID at any time. Sure had been in Japan for 5 months, so she would have had one of these. There should be no reason why she had to carry her passport with her. It seems odd.

Also, Lindsay Ann Hawker was in a long-term relationship so shouldnt have been warped by the fact that he reportedly tried to charm her. Some friends say they had never met before. But another one has recently come forward to say that she heard the man saying to Lindsay 'Do you remember me?'. This could be interpreted a number of ways.

Also, she left the address of where she was going on the table in her flat for her flatmates. Maybe this was habit, maybe it was because she was in a foreign place and everywhere was new and going to a strange man's apartment is risky. Its lucky she did, but I wonder why she did. She did she carry her passport with her if she thought she might be going into danger? Why did she go if she thought there might be danger? Was it that this man had been continuously stalking her and this was a last-attempt to get rid of him?

Also, NOVA make it clear to all their employees that private students are banned. NOVA doesnt want their teacher being allowed to teach students at a reduced rate outside of their company. If she was caught she would be sacked. If she got sacked, she would have to leave Japan. As she worked for NOVA, I think she would have been on the JET programme, not the Working Holiday one. Would you really risk all to teach some wierd man who had stalked you home? NOVA pay is bad, but surely not that bad. Maybe it was peer pressure from other eikaiwa teachers who had private students.

Also, the suspected murderer, Tatsuya Ichihashi answered the door to the police. He confirmed his name before grabbing his backpack and legging it out the window in no shoes. Japanese police say they did not chase him because they were unsure what was happening and had no clue that there was a dead body. But come on---!! A woman goes missing, you visit the place where she was last and the man inside runs away?! What kind of police are they?!

The suspected murderer comes from a rich family. Even though the circumstances are different, it does remind you of Lucie Blackman, a fellow young gaijin murdered in Japan. Her murderer was also from a rich family. He has reportedly given Lucie Blackman's father a 'condolense' sum of 453,000pounds. How the father can accept this is beyond me. Joji Obara, the man accused of killing Lucie Blackman has always denied the charges. I'll admit to it sounding suspicious - she was reportedly date-rape drugged, although the post-mortem found no evidence of this. No DNA matching Joji Obara has ever been found on the victim.

The suspected murderer is, like Joji Obara, Korean. (Thanks to Miki for that information. - I doubted it, but it has been confirmed. He was a zainichi.) This could severely effect how seriously the Japanese media and police approach this murder case.