THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 12, 2022 at 18:54 JST
Yamanashi prefectural police cordon off the area in Doshi, Yamanashi Prefecture, where human bone fragments were found in late April. (Takuya Ikeda)
KOFU--Yamanashi prefectural police on May 12 said tests on a bone found in a mountainous area of Doshi showed it likely belonged to a schoolgirl who went missing in 2019 on a family camping trip.
Police studied the mitochondrial DNA of cells in part of the skull found by a volunteer on April 23 who was helping in the search for Misaki Ogura, the missing 9-year-old girl from Narita, Chiba Prefecture.
The lab tests found no discrepancy between the cells and a blood relative on the girl’s mother’s side.
Yamanashi police conducted a DNA test on the skull but could not identify the individual, leading to the study of the mitochondrial DNA, which is inherited exclusively from the mother.
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