The Murder of Natsumi Kogawa

Published: Feb. 20, 2023, 8 a.m.

b'Episode 255: On September 28, 2016, a police dog discovered the nude and decomposing body of a young woman on the grounds of Gabriola House, a famous and, at that time, abandoned mansion on Davie Street in Vancouver\\u2019s West End. The body was that of Natsumi Kogawa, 30, a Japanese woman who\\u2019d been in Canada on a Visa to study English since May that year. Natsumi\\u2019s friends and family had not heard from her since September 8, and she\\u2019d been officially listed as a missing person four days after that.\\xa0\\nOn the same day as discovering Ms. Kogawa\\u2019s body, police arrested William Victor Schneider, a man from Vernon, B.C. Schneider\\u2019s brother Warren turned him into the police after William had told him where he\\u2019d put Natsumi\\u2019s body and that he \\u2018done something bad.\\u2019 Warren also recalled to police about overhearing a phone conversation during which he said he\\u2019d thought William had admitted to having killed Natsumi.\\nThe legal proceedings that followed dragged on into the fall of 2022.\\nSources:\\nHirosaki \\u2013 Travel guide at Wikivoyage\\nTonari Gumi - Japanese Community Volunteers Association - Vancouver, Canada\\nFIND Natsumi Kogawa\\uff0f\\u53e4\\u5ddd\\u590f\\u597d\\u3055\\u3093\\u635c\\u7d22\\u60c5\\u5831 \\u2014 Facebook\\nSearch for Natsumi Kogawa - TokyoReporter\\nJapanese woman missing in Canada - Japan Today\\nVancouver Shinpo - \\u53e4\\u5ddd\\u590f\\u597d\\u3055\\u3093\\u4e09\\u56de\\u5fcc\\u3057\\u3081\\u3084\\u304b\\u306b\\nVancouver Shinpo - \\u305d\\u306e\\u4e09\\u5341\\u4e94\\u3000\\u53e4\\u5ddd\\u590f\\u597d\\uff08\\u3053\\u304c\\u308f\\u306a\\u3064\\u307f\\uff09\\u3055\\u3093\\u306e\\u4e00\\u5468\\u5fcc\\n\\u53e4\\u5ddd\\u3055\\u3093\\u6bba\\u5bb3\\u3001\\u7d42\\u8eab\\u5211\\u306e\\u7537\\u304c\\u63a7\\u8a34 | \\u65e5\\u52a0\\u30c8\\u30a5\\u30c7\\u30a4/JC Today\\nPolice Looking for Missing Woman | Vancouver Police Department\\nUpdate: Body of Missing Woman Found | Vancouver Police Department\\nEXCLUSIVE: Friends of murdered Japanese student, Natsumi Kogawa, speak out - BC | Globalnews.ca\\nA look at the troubled life of William Schneider, the killer of Natsumi Kogawa - Vernon News - Castanet.net\\n\\u2018It\\u2019s my fault,\\u2019 court hears accused tell police in murder trial of Japanese student | The Star\\nMan gets life in prison for killing Japanese woman in Canada | The Japan Times\\n\\u2018People listened\\u2019: Mother of murdered Japanese student grateful for guilty verdict | CBC News\\nNew trial ordered for man found guilty of murdering Japanese student Natsumi Kogawa | Globalnews.ca\\nMurder conviction of B.C. man who killed exchange student restored: Supreme Court of Canada | Globalnews.ca\\n\\u2018People listened\\u2019: Mother of murdered Japanese student grateful for guilty verdict | CBC News\\n1523 Davie St, Vancouver, BC \\u2022 Vancouver Heritage Foundation | Vancouver Heritage Site Finder\\nYOU SHOULD KNOW: About The History Of \\u201cThe Gabriola Mansion\\u201d In The West End \\u2013 Scout Magazine\\n2021 BCCA 41 (CanLII) | R. v. Schneider | CanLII\\n2022 SCC 34 (CanLII) | R. v. Schneider | CanLII\\nSupreme Court of Canada - SCC Case Information - Docket - 39559\\nSupreme Court of Canada - 39559\\nSupreme Court of Canada - SCC Case Information - Webcast of the Hearing on 2021-12-10 - 39559\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'