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GPS Phone worked, school girl murdered anyway |
axxxr
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From: Londinium
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An elementary school girl was kidnapped in the Japanese city of Nara yesterday.The girl had a GPS-enabled mobile phone. At 5PM, the girl called her mom and hanged up immediately.The mother knew that she could get a map indicating where her daughter was if the daughter's cell phone was turned on. She fetched a map and found that the girl was located in a park near her house.
Later on, the kidnapper used the girl's phone to send a photo SMS message to her mother -- it said "I got your girl." That was at around 8PM. According to GPS data, the message was sent from a residential area that was 6 kilometers away from her house. Since then, it was impossible to access GPS data, which probably meant that the phone's battery run out or the phone was turned off by someone. 4 hours later, the girl was found dead near the the area indicated by the last GPS data.
This tragedy raises a question about usefulness of new tracking technologies including GPS and active RFID. Do they do anything beyond providing parents with small peace of mind? From a child's perspective, if GPS and/or active RFID tags don't make his/her life safer, what's the point in carrying them around? Makes me feel like something is missing.
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govigov
Joined: Jul 30, 2004
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From: Back home - Cochin
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Really, all these technology is being put to use in a good way. There will be some glitches in the start, but surely, murder is too much!
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kimcheeboi
Joined: Dec 19, 2003
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From: Abducted by hot blondes to Les
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goddammit 
stupid prick i hope he get it "priest style" in jail
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axxxr
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The killer of a 7-year-old girl in Nara last Thursday may have targeted her because she always had a cell phone hung around her neck when commuting to and from school, police sources said Monday.
The police suspect the killer was looking for a child with a cell phone to send photos to the kin by using the phone as was carried out in the case, the sources said.
Kaede Ariyama, whose body was found in Heguri, Nara Prefecture, hours after she went missing, had spoken with her mother around 1:40 p.m. on her red cell phone after getting off school around 1 p.m. Her schoolmates indicated Kaede got into a man's car soon afterward.
At that time, many pupils were around the area but none of them was approached by the man, the sources said.
A photo of Kaede, together with a text message which read, "I've got your daughter," was sent from Kaede's phone to her mother just after 8 p.m. The picture is believed to have been taken after the girl was murdered.
Investigators are still trying to locate the suspect and where Kaede was killed, based on tracking information from her cell phone equipped with a global positioning system locater that showed the phone was switched on temporarily somewhere south of Heguri after the text message was sent from inside the town, the sources said.
Kaede's body was found abandoned in a gutter in Heguri, some 6 kilometers from her home, with abrasions and bruises. Investigative sources said earlier the killer is believed to have drowned the girl in a bathtub or basin.
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kenski
Joined: Aug 15, 2002
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From: Philippines
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I hope they get the man and have him fed to the sharks alive!  May the girl's soul rest in peace 
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Lembo
Joined: Mar 13, 2004
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From: East London
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I recommend anyone who is worried about this to check out
http://www.locatemobiles.com/
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http://www.traceamobile.com/
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http://www.childlocate.co.uk/ |
k700nut
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What a wanker.i hope and prey that the murderer develops a slow and painful death threatening illness.i increasingly wish i'd never had children now...what with murderers,beasts,and dick brains like gwb and tony blair running the country!may she rest in peace...and i'm so sorry and upset for the childs family.
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Ayush
Joined: Sep 12, 2003
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From: Hyderabad, india
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Photo sms? What is that? :-)
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*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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Fones with GPS features is very IDEAL for folks who want to know where their FIANCEE's are  Specially if they won't be seeing each other for a LONG period of time! Yeah, fones should NOT just be DECORATED like GUNS around, as it will surely be ENTICING the would-be SNATCHERS to get it - otherwise . . .  |
sapporobaby
Joined: Sep 14, 2003
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Ayush,
Are you being serious or a prick? If you are serious, then technology is completely lost on you. Maybe Axxxr did not specify MMS, but I am sure that this is what he meant and we all seemed to understand. You see the key point is that someone got killed. A child in fact. If you are being a prick, then maybe your child or sister or mother will get kidnapped and murdered and we can all have a laugh on you.
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axxxr
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sapporobaby you have misunderstood ayush ..i don't think he meant that in bad way,It was my mistake for not saying MMS rather than photo sms,which the originial article had specified.
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*Jojo*
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@sapporobaby - Yeah mate, I agree with @axxxr here . . . temper, temper - capitan . . . keep your temperature/mercury from RISING dude!
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joebmc
Joined: Jan 03, 2003
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From: Kent
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@sapporobaby
The Japanese have better phone’s with more features that us western lot, so its not that far fetched to think photo sms’s may differ from mms’s!
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sapporobaby
Joined: Sep 14, 2003
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Guys,
I was not trying to jump on him unless he was making light of this. I am well aware of the possiblities of GPS and GSM capabilities with LBS services. My only complaint was that I thought Ayush was taking the piss at someone's misfortune.
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kimcheeboi
Joined: Dec 19, 2003
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From: Abducted by hot blondes to Les
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yeah i get really hotheaded when this kind of shit springs up
i hate these scumbags, i hope this one gets execution with a broom! 
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Posted: 2004-11-19 20:47
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