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On her return ten days later, she found both children dead. Fujii arrived in Canada in April 1997, planning to study English. In 1998 she moved in with a boyfriend, Peter Brown.
The following year, her visa about to expire, Fujii returned to Japan.
Some months later, she returned to Canada, this time on a tourist visa. On February 9, 2000, Fujii gave birth to a son, Domenic Ryu Brown.
Although her visa expired, she continued to stay in Canada illegally. On February 24, 2001, Fujii gave birth to daughter Gemini Brown.
Between February and March, Fujii resided at an emergency shelter in Calgary, until beginning a relationship with a new boyfriend, Chris Knowler.
She stayed ten days, during which time both children died of starvation. She placed Gemini"s body in a plastic bag, which she threw in a dumpster, leaving Domenic"s body in the apartment. Two days later, she returned to Cochrane and stayed with Knowler for four days, returning for a further seven days at the end of May.
On June 5, 2001, Pritpal Sandhu, the owner of the apartment, having received no response to an eviction notice, contacted police after opening the unit"s door and smelling rotting flesh.
Fujii was arrested on June 6. She was sentenced to eight years in prison for manslaughter.
She was denied parole in 2004. According to the summary of the case published in the Criminal Case Bulletin,
Fujii was deported to Japan in 2006, after serving five years of her sentence.
