10: Asami Nagakiya, 30, Japanese musician, strangled
Nagakiya may have not been a world renown musician but her death made headlines everywhere when she was found strangled to death in Port of Spain. This Japanese steel pan player's body was found under a tree and dressed in a carnival costume at the time of death because she often played in carnival bands in Trinidad and Tobago. Port of Spain Mayor Raymond Tim Kee was forced to resign after comments he made about how "vulgarity and lewdness" helped lead to her death. Actual quote: "Women have a responsibility to ensure they are not abused during the Carnival season...You have to let your imagination roll a bit and figure out was there any evidence of resistance? Or alcohol control and therefore involuntary actions were engaged in and so on." Shaming and blaming, it's not just an American phenomenon. The more you know...
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