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Narumi Case: Nicolás Zepeda Changes Testimony and Recognizes Rapprochement Prior to the Disappearance of His Ex-Girlfriend

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On Thursday, on the third day of the new trial before the French courts for the crime of Narumi Kurosaki, Nicolás Zepeda acknowledged that he travelled to Besanzón to see her before she disappeared, after Judge Eric Chalbos confronted him for inconsistencies in his testimony.At the hearing of the third trial that the Chilean faces, accused of the murder of his Japanese ex-girlfriend, the Lyon court questioned him for his displacements and why he…

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On Thursday, on the third day of the new trial before the French courts for the crime of Narumi Kurosaki, Nicolás Zepeda acknowledged that he travelled to Besanzón to see her before she disappeared, after Judge Eric Chalbos confronted him for inconsistencies in his testimony.At the hearing of the third trial that the Chilean faces, accused of the murder of his Japanese ex-girlfriend, the Lyon court questioned him for his displacements and why he…

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This day was marked by statements by the family of the young Japanese woman. Her lawyer remarked that "they have never been able to mourn".

The third trial of Chilean Nicolas Zepeda for the murder of his ex-Japanese girlfriend in 2016 dismissed a new request for expertise of two DNAs and let see Friday the "icing" profile of an accused "...

The case of the Japanese student Narumi Kurosaki is once again at the centre of international attention after the start of the third trial against the Chilean Nicolás Zepeda in France. The trial, which is taking place in the city of Lyon, reopens one of the most media cases of crime in recent years. Marked by the absence of the victim’s body. With an investigation based on testimonies from students who reported screams, geolocation records, fuel…

Pushed into his entrenchments during his first interrogation, Nicolas Zepeda admitted to having lied "out of shame and fear", but assuredly left Narumi alive when he left his room "in disaster".

Zepeda's new statements raised serious questions from the judge, who mentioned inconsistencies in his account.

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La Hora broke the news in on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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