TOKYO (TR) – On December 19, Tokyo Metropolitan Police working off a tip discovered the our bodies of a 36-year-old lady and her three youngsters inside their residence in Nishitokyo City. The case is believed to have been a murder-suicide.
As part of the investigation, police later discovered a fifth physique inside a residence in Nerima Ward rented by the lady.
As TV Asahi (Dec. 24) reviews, particulars within the case are slowing trickling in. However, police are nonetheless unclear as to what precisely transpired.
Sealed closet
At simply after 7:00 p.m. on December 22, police discovered the physique of Shintaro Nakakubo, a 27-year-old worker at a building firm, inside a bed room closet in an residence in Nerima.
He had been stabbed greater than 10 occasions within the abdomen and different areas. A chef’s knife was discovered on the couch in the lounge, although police are uncertain if it was concerned within the crime.
The closet containing the physique had been sealed with tape from the surface. Since the residence was additionally locked, police are investigating the case as a homicide.
“Let’s meet in Nerima”
The residence the place the homicide occurred was positioned alongside a significant highway in Nerima Ward. It is about six kilometers away the house in Nishitokyo.
At round 5:45 p.m. on December 19, the husband of the lady started receiving messages on hte Line app from his spouse simply as he arrived residence.
“Let’s meet in Nerima,” she wrote. “Where are you? Come quickly.” The husband replied, “I’m already in front of the house.”
When he tried to open the door, he discovered it to be chained from the within. Sensing that one thing was flawed, he known as the police. “The front door to our house, which should be open, is chained,” he mentioned. “I wonder if someone is inside. I hear noises coming from inside.”
Police officers who arrived on the scene eliminated the chain and entered the house, the place they discovered two sons — ages 9 and 11 — collapsed on a mattress on the second flooring. The reason for loss of life is believed to be asphyxiation as a consequence of being strangled with cable ties.
The eldest son, age 16, and the lady had been discovered collapsed within the subsequent room. Both had a number of wounds to their necks and different elements of their our bodies. They are believed to have died from blood loss, police mentioned. A bloody knife and axe had been discovered within the room.
Since there have been no indicators of intrusion from outdoors, police imagine the case to be a murder-suicide. No suicide word was discovered.
Apartment contract
While investigating this case, police discovered a contract for the Nerima residence the place Nakakubo’s physique was discovered within the lady’s automotive. According to the contract, the residence was rented by the lady. Tthe contract was signed in late March of this yr.
Nakakubo is believed to have lived within the residence. Nakakubo and the lady had apparently been acquaintances for a number of years.
Nakakubo is believed to have been lifeless for a number of days, suggesting he could have died earlier than the deaths of the 4 individuals in Nishitokyo.