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Family of hiker from CT missing in Japan not ruling out possibility of crime

Her family says they have no evidence of a crime but have also been unable to turn up any evidence she was ever on the trail.

Jay Lederman

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News 12 Staff

May 11, 2023, 12:01 PM

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The family of Patricia Wu-Murad, a Connecticut woman missing in Japan says they are looking into the possibility she may be the victim of a crime.



Wu-Murad had been hiking alone when she went missing.



Her family says they have no evidence of a crime but have also been unable to turn up any evidence she was ever on the trail.

      

They are now working with the FBI to determine through cellphone data the last known location.

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