Schuhe, die möglicherweise von einem vermissten Jungen getragen wurden, wurden in den Bergen von Kyoto gefunden

Seems like „oh it’s too weird relatives found the backpack – quick, plant something else for police to find“ to me.

No, it’s just too weird the relatives found his backpack. Out of thousands of searchers? And they’d already looked there 3 times, I heard. I also heard the boy usually took the bus to school and carried a cellphone, but on the day he went missing he didn’t for no apparent reason. Just too weird. I hope they have camera footage somewhere of someone heading in the direction of planting the backpack/ shoes.