Overview

• Police identified the victim as Shimizu Harue, 75, who was found near Aratosawa Dam in cardiopulmonary arrest and died that night.
• A judicial autopsy concluded she bled to death, with a neck wound as the fatal injury and multiple lacerations consistent with a bear attack.
• The group of four people in their 70s entered the mountain around 9 a.m., split into pairs, and a male companion found her bleeding around 1:35 p.m. and called 110.
• The missing woman who had been paired with Shimizu had not been located as of Oct. 5, as police continued day-three searches in the area.
• Kurihara City set traps on nearby forest roads on Oct. 4, police patrolled the area and conducted aerial searches, and operations paused at night before resuming Sunday.