Missing: The Lucie Blackman Story is the latest Netflix documentary that is, quite frankly, the worst nightmare for every parent.
Yes, that's right. Just when you think the streaming service has given us more than enough true-life documentaries on the real-life horrors in this world, we're given a new one that makes us sick to our stomachs.
Directed by Hyoe Yamamoto and produced by Deborah Barillas, this latest doc offering will follow the complex investigation into the killing of British tourist Lucie Blackman more than twenty years earlier.
Back in 2000, Lucie was just like any other young Brit who needed a break from the world of education and moved to Tokyo with her childhood friend Louise Phillips "for an adventurous year of exploration".
However, it was only three weeks later when she vanished without a trace, leaving everybody in a race against time to find her.
Following her disappearance, "what follows is an intricate international investigation to find Lucie - led by a team of tenacious Japanese detectives.
"This gripping true crime feature is told both through the fascinating inside track of the investigation - as well as the emotional lens of Lucie's father who never gives up on finding his daughter," the official synopsis on Netflix adds.
While the new Netflix documentary will give us insight into the case that we never had before, here's a little reminder of the tragedy that happened to Lucie.
Back in 2000, Lucie arrived in Japan with her friend on a 90-day tourist visa. The visa didn't allow her to work in the country, but she began working at a club called Casablanca due to the debts she had racked up.
Lucie's new gig required her to go on a few dohans (paid dates) with customers every month, and on one date on July 1st, she had messaged Louise to say her date was "very nice".
She has also left her boyfriend, an American marine aboard the USS Kitty Hawk stationed in Yokosuka, a message promising to meet him the next day. However, that was the last time anyone heard from Lucie.
When Louise realised her friend had gone missing, she received a mysterious phone call from a man claiming that Lucie had joined a cult.
She also called Lucie's distraught parents, who flew out immediately to Japan.
The Japanese police were initially reluctant to investigate at first as they claimed women like Lucie often ran away to Bali with their new boyfriends.
However, they decided to take the investigations seriously due to mounting pressure from Louise, her parents, the British press and then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Elsewhere, in October 2000, the police finally arrested a man named Joji Obara after years of sexual assault allegations made against him.
Sadly, in February 2001, when the body of Lucie Blackman was discovered, it was believed that Joji Obara was responsible.
What followed was years of struggle and devastation when it came to Lucie's family attempting to get justice. Jogi still maintains his innocence.
Missing: The Lucie Blackman Story will launch on Netflix on 26th July.
