Nine years ago, the naked and partially decomposed body of 29-year-old Kayo Matsuzawa was found in a locked cupboard near the stairwell of a shopping center in Auckland.
The warm and vibrant young woman from Yamagata Prefecture, who had been on a working holiday in Christchurch for just under a year, traveled to Auckland for one last sightseeing trip before returning to her country.
She was murdered on her first night in Auckland — Sept. 11, 1998. Police made the grisly discovery of her body in the cupboard 10 days later. Her killer has never been caught.