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Yoshio Nakada

Death by Force
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On the morning of December 24, 2008, the body of 61-year-old Yoshio Nakada was discovered in front of the Potomac Plaza Apartments on Virginia Avenue, NW in Washington, D.C. Mr. Nakada, a Japanese immigrant, had sustained fatal injuries to his head, which the D.C. Medical Examiner's office later determined were the result of multiple chop wounds that caused skull fractures and a subarachnoid hemorrhage. The Metropolitan Police Department is treating his death as a homicide.

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    Victim Details

    Yoshio Nakada

    March 28, 2022

    Male

    Asian / Pacific Islander

    Washington

    DC

    2008-12-24

    2008-12-24

    61

    Yoshio

    Nakada

    11/16/2025


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