Slow month for murder, but nevertheless…
Mother, holding 2 children, jumps off platform into path of train; all 3 dead
A woman, holding her two young children, jumped off a platform into the path of a train at JR Kita-Toda Station in Toda, Saitama Prefecture, on Wednesday. All three died in what police believe was a murder-suicide. According to JR East officials and police, the incident occurred at around 11…
Man fakes attempted murder of himself after ‘feeling exhausted from work’
Police in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, have arrested a 50-year-old man who claimed he was stabbed by a stranger on Dec 20, but who actually stabbed himself to make it look like someone tried to kill him. According to police, the man, who is a company employee, claimed that he was…
Man sent to prosecutors over murder of 3 family members
Police sent a 40-year-old man to prosecutors on a murder charge Tuesday after three people were found dead with blunt trauma injuries in Saitama Prefecture. Jun Saito is suspected of killing William Bishop Jr, a 69-year-old U.S. national, by hitting him with a blunt object, on the premises of his…
46-year-old woman arrested for stabbing 13-year-old son to death
Police in Nasushiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, have arrested a 46-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her 13-year-old son. According to police, the woman took her third oldest son from their home at around 5 a.m. on Dec 25 and drove to a parking lot in nearby Otawara city, Kyodo News reported.…
Man jumps to death after telling police he killed his wife
A 31-year-old man apparently jumped to his death from an apartment building after calling police and telling them that he had killed his wife, in Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on Monday. According to police, the man called 110 at around 1 a.m. Monday and said he had killed his wife, giving…
Man arrested for killing 66-year-old father after argument
Police in Osaka have arrested a 30-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of killing his 66-year-old father at their home on Sunday. Police said Yuki Kuramo is accused of knocking his father down, kicking him, then sitting on top of him, and punching his head with his bare hands, at around…
31-year-old man arrested over murder of grandmother
Police in Yachimata, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 31-year-old man on suspicion of killing his grandmother at his home. According to police, Yuji Kaneko, a temp worker, called 110 at around 12 noon on Saturday and said that he had stabbed his grandmother, Kyodo News reported. Police rushed to the…
26-year-old man arrested for dumping mother’s body in mountain forest
Police in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of abandoning the body of his 62-year-old mother in a mountain forest. According to police, Shiori Mizuno, a real estate company worker, has admitted to the charge, Kyodo News reported. Police said Mizuno told them he took the…
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50-year-old man arrested after parents found dead at home
Police in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, have arrested a 50-year-old man on suspicion of abandoning the bodies of his parents at their home on Tuesday. According to police, the two bodies were found on Tuesday afternoon after a neighbor went to a nearby koban (police box) to say there had been…
64-year-old woman arrested over murder of husband
Police in Tenri, Nara Prefecture, have arrested a 64-year-old woman on suspicion of murder after she stabbed her 65-year-old husband at their home on Sunday. According to police, Satomi Sakaguchi stabbed her husband Mitsuhiro in his right side with a knife, at around 6:40 a.m., Kyodo News reported. Immediately after…
Man arrested for keeping body of 87-year-old father at home
Police in Osaka have arrested at 53-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of abandoning a body after he failed to report the death of his 87-year-old father, and kept the body at their home. Police said the suspect, Shogo Kanaya, has admitted to the charge and quoted him as saying he…
Couple in their 80s found dead in suspected murder-suicide
A man and his wife, both in their 80s, were found dead at their home in Okayama City on Tuesday in what police believe was a murder-suicide. According to police, the bodies of the man, 83, and his 80-year-old wife were found by their 56-year-old son when he went to…
Wife, husband arrested in Naha for killing her mother, making it look like suicide
Police in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, have arrested a 34-year-old woman and her 34-year-old husband on suspicion of killing the wife’s 58-year-old mother and trying to make it look like she committed suicide. According to police, Mika Kyoda, who is unemployed, and her husband Moriya, of no fixed occupation, killed Mika’s…
20-year-old woman goes on trial for fatally stabbing 25-year-old boyfriend
A 20-year-old woman went on trial in Tokyo on Tuesday, over the fatal stabbing of her 25-year-old boyfriend with whom she lived. The defendant, who cannot be named because she was 19 at the time of the crime in January, entered a plea of guilty, TV Asahi reported. According to…
87-year-old woman arrested for abandoning ailing ex-husband to die
Police in Nagoya have arrested an 87-year-old woman on suspicion of abandoning her 89-year-old ex-husband at home while his health deteriorated to the point where he died last month. According to police, Kazuko Ichikawa has been charged with negligence as a guardian resulting in death, Kyodo News reported. Police said…
Infant’s body found in Yokohama park; 20-year-old mother arrested
Police in Yokohama have arrested a 20-year-old woman on suspicion of abandoning the body of her newborn baby in a park. According to police, Miyabi Nomura, a part-time worker, has admitted to leaving the infant in the park which is about one kilometer from her home in Seya Ward, Kyodo…
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