She went missing in late March in Osaka. Two months later, investigators discovered something horrifying: her body, packed in a 2-metre box labelled “doll,” shipped hundreds of kilometres. Rika Okada, 29, was a nurse, known by friends as steady, cheerful, and dedicated to her patients. Nothing in her routine suggested danger — until she arranged to meet an old friend she hadn’t seen in a decade. The box travelled from Osaka to Tokyo. The parcel was paid for in her name. The locker rental used her credit-card data. Inside: more than a dozen stab wounds, and no signs of a struggle. And the person under suspicion wasn’t a stranger. It was someone she once trusted. Full story 👇👇
2025/11/19
“Sent in a Box: The Strange Case of Rika Okada”
When a young nurse from Osaka vanished — and the world found her in a parcel
1) The Vanishing Act
Late March 2014. In a quiet Osaka neighborhood, 29-year-old nurse Rika Okada left her apartment, bid good-night to a friend, and faded into the Tokyo evening. She didn’t think this walk would lead into a nightmare.
Hours turned into days. Calls went unanswered.
Her Facebook page showed a single haunting post: she planned to meet an old friend she hadn’t seen in a decade.
Then… nothing.

What happens when someone who cares disappears — without warning, without trace?
2) The Mysterious Parcel
On a still spring morning a few weeks later, investigators opened a storage locker in western Tokyo.
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