What the records say
- When
- 3 Sep 1955
- Kind
- Murder
- Killed
- 1
- Coordinates
- 26.35° N, 127.75° E
- Description
- Rape and murder of six-year-old Japanese girl by US soldier
- Injured
- 0
Yumiko-chan incident
Rape and murder of five-year-old Japanese girl by U.S. soldier
The Yumiko-chan incident was the rape and murder of five-year-old Japanese girl Yumiko Nagayama, sometimes reported as Yumiko Arakaki, by U.S. soldier Sergeant Isaac J. Hurt in Kadena, Okinawa, on 4 September 1955. Nagayama's body was found near Kadena Air Base during the U.S. occupation of Okinawa. An investigation led to the conviction of 31-year-old Sergeant Hurt on charges of murder, rape, and kidnapping.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “アメリカの占領下にあった沖縄の嘉手納基地付近（現：沖縄県中頭郡嘉手納町）で由美子ちゃん事件（6歳幼女への強姦殺人事件）が発覚。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page