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HEADLINE : NAMIE AMURO'S MOTHER MURDERED.
Oogimi, Okinawa - JAPAN
On the 17th, around 10:40AM a 110 call (Japanese equivalence to 911) was
made that a woman was hit by a car, then beaten by a metal pipe. The woman
was taken to the hospital but died shortly.
Later, the Police Station issued a statement stating the woman in the
accident was the mother of Lady Singer Namie Amuro's mother, Emiko (48) -
who lived near the vicinity of the crime scene. The station is looking at
this as a murder case. After some initial investigation, Emiko was run over
by a vehicle several times, then beaten by a metal pipe-like object by the
man who stepped off the car. It's speculated that the man left in that very
vehicle. Witnesses say the man can be identified as being Emiko's
brother-in-law (Namie's Uncle). The Station is looking for the suspect at
this point.
According to family members, the family had plans to go on a trip and
the incident occurred just subsequent to her leaving her husband's family.
Friends of the deceased stated that, "on Sunday, there were some
incidents outside of the family, but it didn't seem as though there were
problems within". The deceased's father-in-law said, "I first learned what
the commotion was about when the Ambulance came over. I don't know any
specifics."
The deceased, Emiko, was born and raised in Okinawa and raised Namie and
her brothers and sisters while managing a small eatery.
Just last year, she published a book "A Promise : To my daughter, Namie
Amuro". Within the text, she wrote about her comments of seeing Namie on
stage saying, "The daughter I bore has grown up, not only as a magnificent
singer but as an adult... That happiness was worth the trials and
turbulations of the past."
For daughter, Namie, after appearing in the 1997 50th Annual NHK
"Kou-haku uta gassen" (Red [women] v. White [men] Singing Competition) gave
birth to her son, Haruto, and thus took a break until she made her comeback
in the 1998 51st Annual NHK "Kou-haku uta gassen". She had just released
her new CD single on the 17th - the same day as her mother's passing.
In addition, Namie's husband and dancer SAM (37) had just appeared on a
"child-rearing project" poster with his son, Haruto, and was getting a lot
of publiscity.
HEADLINE : SUSPECT IN MS. AMURO'S MOTHER'S DEATH, COMMITS SUICIDE
While the Okinawa Police were on the search for the suspect of singer
Namie Amuro's mother, Emiko (48), an investigater from the station found the
suspect - the deceased's brother-in-law (44) - on the 17th, approximately
1:45 PM. The investigator found the suspect, unconscious and still in his
car, deep in the moutains of a nearby town. Soon after, the brother-in-law
died. Inside the car, police found traces of bug killers and is speculated
that the suspect ingested the bug killers to commit suicide.
Suspect was found about 5 km (approx. 3 miles) from the crime scene deep
in the mountains. He was foaming from the mouth and pale in the face.
