@FacelessPodcast, I’m sure it’s a burden for you watching a cold case become an even colder case - all the while thinking you know who murdered the Miyazawa family. The Miyazawa family deserves Justice.Yes, it was USG which is the podcast arm of Universal Studio Group. I completely understand her stance on not wanting to engage with the press. My only point was, I was "offering something in return", as it were. I've said many times, there is no single road map to dealing with grief or victimhood. But I think if it were me and I pleaded with the press to do everything they could to identify the killer, if a member of said press came to me offering the chance at doing this very thing, I would at least discuss the possibility with them.
I have a suggestion: why don’t you get USG to pay for a PI to surreptitiously collect an item containing the fingerprints of your POI? Send the item to TMPD (without including the POI’s name) and suggest to TMPD that if there’s a match and they’d like to know who the prints belong to, they could contact you or USG or your legal representatives and inquire. If USG won’t do it, do it yourself.
I don’t think there is anything illegal in collecting an item from somebody’s trash and sending it to TMPD. You are not implicating anybody by name. I don’t see why doing this would be any different than when somebody calls a crime tip line (anonymously or not).
Since it is only fingerprints they would be comparing (initially, anyway), I do not think this would run afoul of any Japanese privacy laws on the use of DNA, DNA databases, and genetic genealogy in solving crimes.
I’m sure TMPD would take no action if there was no match, but if there WAS a match, maybe they would act. I personally would find it hard to believe they would take no action while knowing they have a match.
The Miyazawa family deserves Justice. An Irie may have her reasons for not wanting to allow collection of a dna sample or prints by a third party, but it doesn’t mean forensics can’t still be used to solve the crime. Just work backwards. Plus, if it turns out you were right (and TMPD takes action) you won’t have to continue carrying the burden of thinking only you know. Also might help your podcast get picked up. Seems worth a try to me
All jmo