In 1988, 17-year-old Junko Furuta was abducted in Japan by four teenage boys and held captive for more than 40 days. She was beaten, raped, tortured, and eventually murdered. Her body was later placed inside a concrete-filled drum and abandoned in Tokyo. The case became one of Japan’s most notorious murders, but the aftermath caused even more outrage. Because the killers were juveniles, their identities were initially protected, and none of them received a life sentence. The main perpetrator, Hiroshi Miyano, was sentenced to 20 years and was released in 2009. After his release, he changed his last name to Yokoyama. Jō Ogura was also released, changed his name, and later returned to prison for another violent crime. He died in 2022 after his head became stuck between a toilet bowl and tank, causing him to choke on his vomit. Shinji Minato was released and later arrested again after striking a man with a metal baton and slashing his neck with a knife during a dispute over a parking spot. Yasushi Watanabe served the shortest sentence and was released in the 1990s. By 2005, Watanabe had developed a neurodegenerative disease but did not have the money to treat it. He died in May 2021 at age 49. Junko Furuta was murdered at only 17. Most of the people responsible for her death eventually walked free.