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The Daily Record
Dunn, Harnett County, North Carolina
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In Tokyo, 9-year-old Susan Rothschild, daughter of U.S. Army Col. Jacquard H. Rothschild, was killed by a mysterious assailant who forced a gag down her throat. Found in a drainage ditch near home; autopsy shows no rape, ongoing major manhunt.
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9-Year-Old Girl Gagged To Death
TOKYO (UP) Army officials said today that a mysterious assailant, object of Japan's biggest postwar manhunt, killed 9-year-old Susan Rothschild by forcing a gag down her throat.
Spokesmen said an autopsy showed "numerous bruises and scratches around the neck which indicated no instrument for strangulation was used."
Col. Jacquard H. Rothschild of Chicago, a chemical officer stationed near Tokyo, found his pretty daughter partly clothed and face down in a three-foot-deep drainage ditch two blocks from their home Saturday night.
NO RAPE
The autopsy report said there was "no evidence of rape or at-
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Tokyo
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Saturday Night
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9-year-old girl killed by forcing a gag down her throat; no evidence of rape; numerous bruises and scratches around the neck; japan's biggest postwar manhunt underway
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A mysterious assailant killed 9-year-old Susan Rothschild by forcing a gag down her throat. Army officials reported the incident, with autopsy showing bruises and scratches indicating no strangulation instrument was used. The girl was found partly clothed and face down in a three-foot-deep drainage ditch two blocks from home by her father, Col. Jacquard H. Rothschild, a chemical officer stationed near Tokyo.