On September 15, 2004, a Japanese Family Court ruled to institutionalize her, putting aside her young age because of the severity of the crime.[13] She was sent to a reformatory in Tochigi Prefecture.[14] The Nagasaki family court in 2004 originally sentenced her to two years of involuntary commitment, but the sentence was extended by two years in September 2006.[15] On May 29, 2008, local authorities announced that they did not seek an additional sentence.[16]
Because of issues with communication ability and obsessive interests, the girl was diagnosed after the murder with Asperger syndrome.[17]
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