💔 Junko Furuta was only 17. The murder of Junko Furuta - often referred to as the “Concrete-Encased High School Girl Murder Case” - is one of the most horrific crimes in Japanese history. Quite often, when you see the question asked - “What’s the worst true crime story you’ve ever heard?” - it wouldn’t be unlikely to see Junko’s name mentioned. Junko was a bright, kind, hard-working teenager with her whole life ahead of her. In 1988, she was abducted by a group of boys her own age. For 44 days,