Tamako Kawashita was cheerful and in high spirits when she left Japan for what she expected to be a wonderful trip to Thailand 17 years ago. “Her life, however, ended tragically during the trip and it is sad that her killer is still at large,” Tamako’s father, Yasuaki, said at Suvarnabhumi International Airport on Sunday.
His daughter’s body was found near Saphan Hin Temple in Sukhothai’s Mueang district during the Loy Krathong festival in November 2007. Also found at the scene was the bicycle she had rented for sightseeing.
Her throat had been slit and her belongings were missing, leading police to suspect that it was a robbery gone wrong.
Her parents said in an earlier interview that their daughter had saved money for her Thailand trip by taking extra jobs and that she was especially attracted to the Loy Krathong festival in Thailand.
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