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Case 346: Megumi Yokota
July 11, 2026·1h 23m
*** Content warnings: Child abduction *** When 13-year-old Megumi Yokota failed to return home from her regular badminton practice on November 15 1977, her parents immediately raised the alarm. The police in Niigata, Japan, conducted one of the city’s largest ever investigations, but no trace of Megumi was ever found.