Back in 2000, Lucie arrived in Japan with her friend on a 90-day tourist visa. The visa didn’t allow her to work in the country, but she began working at a club called Casablanca due to the debts she had racked up.
Lucie’s new gig required her to go on a few dohans (paid dates) with customers every month, and on one date on July 1st, she had messaged Louise to say her date was “very nice”.
She has also left her boyfriend, an American marine aboard the USS Kitty Hawk stationed in Yokosuka, a message promising to meet him the next day. However, that was the last time anyone heard from Lucie.
When Louise realised her friend had gone missing, she received a mysterious phone call from a man claiming that Lucie had joined a cult.
She also called Lucie’s distraught parents, who flew out immediately to Japan.
The Japanese police were initially reluctant to investigate at first as they claimed women like Lucie often ran away to Bali with their new boyfriends.
However, they decided to take the investigations seriously due to mounting pressure from Louise, her parents, the British press and then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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Elsewhere, in October 2000, the police finally arrested a man named Joji Obara after years of sexual assault allegations made against him.
Sadly, in February 2001, when the body of Lucie Blackman was discovered, it was believed that Joji Obara was responsible.
What followed was years of struggle and devastation when it came to Lucie’s family attempting to get justice. Jogi still maintains his innocence.
Missing: The Lucie Blackman Story will launch on Netflix on 26th July.
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