The family of Asahi Okazaki, whose body was found at her ex-boyfriend's home in Kawasaki, had complained to a police headquarters not involved in the case about the local police’s inaction over the case of alleged stalking, it was learned Wednesday.
According to investigative sources, in mid-January, a member of the 20-year-old woman’s family told a police officer — a family acquaintance — at the headquarters that the Kanagawa Prefectural Police had "done nothing" since Okazaki went missing in December last year, despite the family's "repeated requests" for launching an investigation into the 27-year-old former boyfriend, Hideyuki Shirai.
After receiving the officer's report, a division of the headquarters conveyed it to the Kanagawa Prefectural Police and its Kawasaki Rinko police station, and sought explanations about their response to the case, the sources said. In reply, the local police said they were doing everything they could do.
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