The 62-year-old man was initially stabbed and beheaded after his death, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported, citing police sources.
Police in Japan have announced that they have arrested a woman and her parents in a bizarre beheading case. The arrest came three weeks after a headless body was found in a hotel room. After intensive investigations by the police, the skull of the victim was found at the house of the family of the suspects.
Japanese police said they arrested a woman and her parents in a bizarre beheading case in Japan’s northern city of Sapporo, where a headless man was found in a hotel room three weeks ago. The head of the victim has been missing since then. https://t.co/tVoyBKXsi4
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 25, 2023
Police on the island of Hokkaido announced today (25/7) that they yesterday arrested Runa Tamura, 29, and her father Osamu Tamura, a 59-year-old psychiatrist, on suspicion of conspiring to behead the victim in a hotel room and transport his severed head overnight between July 1 and 2. The victim has been identified as 62-year-old Hitoshi Ura.
Sapporo body: Head found in suspects’ home, mother arrested | The Asahi Shimbun Asia & #Japan Watch https://t.co/7EVtdKQnRj
— Asahi Shimbun AJW (@AJWasahi) July 25, 2023
Police are still investigating a motive for the killing and declined to say whether the woman and the victim knew each other. Information suggests that the suspect is facing serious psychiatric problems.
The 62-year-old man was initially stabbed and beheaded after his death, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported, citing police sources.
Source: Associated Press, The Japan Times, Asahi Shimbun
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