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Matthew writes: Japanese police have discovered a Tamagotchi mass grave outside Osaka Japan in the back yard of an unassuming elementary school teacher.

Keiko Takahashi, 24, is being held on suspicion of negligent homicide in the deaths of hundreds of Tamagotchi digital pets, which were found buried in simple cardboard boxes in her back yard. Investigators have revealed that Ms. Takahashi was a participant in a massive international Tamagotchi slave trade ring, and that it was her participation in an online forum dedicated to the trade of Tamagotchis that led them to her house.

Fourteen neglected Tomagotchis were found still alive, and one Tomagotchi was found in good condition, apparently having been favored as her current pet project.