そういえばまだ彼女の部屋は、いまだそのままだということをつい忘れていた。彼女の持ち物を整理するために、高崎にいくのは至極当然だね。先の記事には行かないだろうと書いてあったが、ここでは高経大に行くと明記している。
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Nicola Furlong's father meets Japanese police
Updated: 16:22, Friday, 8 June 2012
The father of Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong has met Japanese police officers investigating her death.
1 of 1Wexford girl Nicola Furlong died in JapanAndrew Furlong from Wexford arrived in Tokyo yesterday morning with another family member.
Police suspect that Ms Furlong, aged 21, was sexually assaulted then strangled in a Tokyo hotel on 24 May.
Two American men are in custody in Tokyo on assault charges against the DCU student and her Irish friend, who flew home last week.
Police have named one of the suspects as James Blackston, aged 23. The second man, who is 19, cannot be named because he is a minor.
The lawyer representing Mr Blackston yesterday said his client is innocent and was not in the same room as Ms Furlong when she died.
Japanese police can detain suspects for up to 20 days while they interrogate them and gather evidence.
The two men are reportedly being held at separate detention centres in Tokyo police stations.
Ms Furlong's father is believed to have quizzed police on the details of the arrests, which have until now been kept mostly sealed.
During his four-day stay in Japan, he will travel to Takasaki City University of Economics, where Ms Furlong was studying, to pick up her belongings.
Mr Furlong told reporters at Dublin airport before flying to Tokyo that the trip would be "the toughest of my life."
"I was never meant to go on this journey. It is a nightmare," he said.
