On 7/11/2003 7:42 AM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:

> Scott Reynolds <sar@gol.com> wrote in message news:<beis0u$jbi$1@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp>...

>>When I heard about how the boy had been killed, and the circumstances of 
>>his abduction, I immediately thought that the culprits must be boys not 
>>many years older than the victim. Now we find out that a 12-year-old boy 
>>appears to be responsible. Creepy.

[I corrected "How" to "Now" in the above. Now embarrassing!]

> What made you think that? 

Because of the similarity of the circumstances to the Bulger case.

> I thought it was an adult pedophile who
> prefers boys. There's been more of that reported recently.

Really? In Japan? My impression is that in Japan such cases tend to be 
reported as simple murders, and the sexual aspect is hushed up.

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Scott Reynolds                                      sar@gol.com