90: The Mysterious Murder of Kayo Matsuzawa | New Zealand

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

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🗓️ 29 March 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

When the body of a young Japanese woman was found in a hidden storage room in a building in Auckland’s CBD, police were stumped. Once they identified her, they learnt she was Kayo Matsuzawa, a 29-year-old English student who had worked and studied in Christchurch. She disappeared hours after she arrived for a weekend of sightseeing in Auckland. She was found eleven days later and her state of decomposition made it impossible to determine her cause of death. What happened to Kayo?

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0:00.0	You are listening to, the evidence locker.
0:08.5	Our cases have been researched using open source and archive materials.
0:12.3	It deals with true crimes and real people. Each episode is produced
0:16.0	with the utmost respect to the victims, their families, and loved ones.
0:28.7	Humico Matsuzawa was going about her usual day in the Japanese fishing village in the Yamagata Prefecture.
0:34.0	It was another hot and sticky August day and she was looking forward to getting home. As she walked, she greeted all the familiar faces of the small town.
0:37.9	She had lived there most of her life.
0:40.1	Her children were grown up and had left home. In fact, Humico's 28-year-old daughter,
0:45.4	Keo, was not even in Japan anymore. She was living in New Zealand for a year to work, travel,
0:51.1	and learn English.
0:53.1	Humico missed Keo, but she was not worried about her.
0:56.9	Her daughter had a good head on her shoulders and made friends wherever she went.
1:01.3	Since she was a little girl, Keo wanted to see the world, so Humaco knew that one day she would have to say goodbye.
1:08.0	When she reached her home, she was excited to see a postcard from Koe.
1:12.0	She had been very diligent in keeping in contact.
1:15.1	Besides regular phone calls, she always sent a postcard when she traveled around New Zealand.
1:20.0	It almost felt like the family was traveling with her. This one was from Christchurch and it said,
1:24.8	Dear mom, happy birthday. I've decided to come to Japan on November 4th, so another three months to go,
1:31.2	take care.
1:32.6	Love Kio.
1:34.6	Humaco could not be happier.
1:36.4	What a great birthday present, and when that Kio was almost home when she'd be able to see her every
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