>Body of missing Vietnamese girl found near drainage ditch in Chiba
>CHIBA — The naked body of a 9-year-old Vietnamese girl, who had been missing since Friday, was found Sunday morning in a grass field near a drainage ditch in Abiko, Chiba Prefecture, police said.
>The body was found at around 6:45 a.m. by a man who had come to fish in the Tone River nearby, the police said, adding the girl was confirmed dead at the site.
>No clothes or other items that could be her belongings have yet been found at the site.
>Police said the girl has been missing since Friday when she left her home in Matsudo at around 8 a.m. She did not show up at school.
>The place where her body was found is about 10 kilometers from her home.
>When she left home Friday, the 130-centimeter tall girl was wearing pink pants and a gray hooded jacket and carrying a red backpack of the type often used by elementary school students.
>Police will give a press conference later Sunday night to provide more details.
