HOKKAIDO (TR) – On July 2, 2023, Hokkaido Prefectural Police made a grisly discovery inside a room of a love resort in Sapporo City: the decapitated corpse of a person.
Three weeks later, police discovered the top of the person on the Atsubetsu Ward residence of a household, three of whom had been then taken into custody.
As the investigation unfolded, police realized that Runa Tamura, 30, was the ringleader of the crime. She has been accused of homicide, mutilation of a corpse and different crimes.
Runa had met the sufferer, a 62-year-old cross-dresser, within the Susukino red-light district of Sapporo. Her obvious motive was that he engaged in unprotected intercourse together with her a month or two earlier than.
She is alleged to have killed the sufferer throughout an SM session on the resort by repeatedly stabbing him within the neck with a folding knife. After killing him, she decapitated him with a noticed or different instrument.
Runa then hid the top in a suitcase and took it to the house in a automobile pushed by her father, 60-year-old Osamu, who’s psychiatrist. Once residence, she peeled off the pores and skin of the top with a blade and eliminated the eyeballs.
She additionally deliberate to videotape the incident, having requested her mom, 61-year-old Hiroko, to take action.
The trial of Hiroko started this previous June. Earlier this month, the fourth listening to was held.
As is obvious from what follows through the court docket proceedings up to now, the case is a sordid story of revenge and turmoil inside a household that led to a most extraordinary crime.
“I only found out about the damage to the head after it was brought into the house”
The first listening to for Hiroko, who has been accused of aiding within the abandoning of a corpse and aiding within the mutilation of a corpse, was held on the Sapporo District Court on the afternoon of June 4, in accordance with TBS News (June 9).
She is alleged to have allowed Runa to cover the person’s head within the residence. She can also be accused of agreeing to Runa’s request that she to take a video of the top mutilation in that she allowed it and requested Osamu to do it.
In denying the cost of aiding and abetting the abandonment of a physique, she mentioned, “I only found out about the damage to the head after it was brought into the house. So, it’s not true that I allowed it to be hidden. When I found out, it was already in the bathroom. It was so abnormal that I couldn’t say anything to my daughter, couldn’t blame her, couldn’t accept it and couldn’t say anything.”
Regarding the videotaping, she mentioned, “There is a difference between carrying out the videotaping and approving it. I wasn’t told what exactly we were going to film. I couldn’t bear it, so I asked my husband to film it out of a desire for help. I had absolutely no intention of helping with the crime, and I had no intention of helping with the desecration.”
She additionally tearfully denied the cost of aiding within the mutilation of a corpse.
The protection additionally mentioned that Hiroko was conscious that Runa had left the sufferer’s head within the lavatory of her residence, however had not made any statements to point approval, so no crime was dedicated.
She additionally claimed innocence, saying she had not heard in regards to the plan to desecrate the top whereas filming, and had solely vaguely requested Osamu to movie it, and that Osamu had filmed it with out touching the top.
After this, each the prosecution and protection each identified the distorted parent-child relationship and Runa’s motive for killing the person, which was that he had intercourse together with her with no condom, and this led to hassle.
The prosecution identified that Runa not solely deliberate not solely to kill the sufferer but additionally to dismember and play with the physique, and that Osamu permitted and cooperated.
In response, the protection holds the view that Osamu just isn’t responsible of aiding and abetting homicide. They argue that each dad and mom solely knew that Runa and the sufferer had been engaged in SM play, and that they solely discovered in regards to the homicide when Runa introduced the top residence.
“I’ll kill everyone”
At 11:00 a.m. on October 1, the fourth listening to for Hiroko was held. During the session, six hours of audio recordings of Runa had been submitted by her lawyer. After which, Osamu, whose trial is but to start, appeared in court docket as a witness, in accordance with STV (Oct. 1).
In a number of the recordings, Runa speaks to her father in English. She additionally refers to an individual named “Cynthia” as her sister.
In a recording from October 6, 2020, Runa yells abuse at her father in English, saying issues like, “I want to kill you,” and “Why don’t you follow my orders?”
Runa says in Japanese on January 22, 2023, “I’m going to get a little stronger and kill you guys. That’s what I’ve always thought, my sister and I!”
That similar day, she says, “I’ll kill everyone! That’s all!” Osamu responds, “I don’t kill any.”
Runa provides, “You’re not even taking responsibility! Just hurry up and do it, you idiot!”
She says in Japanese in an obvious reference to the homicide sufferer on June 1, 2023, “The other person thinks that he is at my mercy, so I made him think that, but I am the one in control.” She goes on, “I thought it would be like a contest of endurance because I could pretend to be a bitch as far as I could go. But I don’t look like that kind of girl, don’t you think?”
“Runa’s soul”
The protection then questioned Osamu.
Defense: “In one of Runa’s statements, she said ‘my sister.’ Did she have a sister?”
Osamu: “No.”
Defense: “Who is her sister?”
Osamu: “Runa. Runa’s soul.”
Defense: “Who is the subject of the conversation that says, ‘I killed my sister!’?”
Osamu: “I think Cynthia is the main character. There are many other souls, but Cynthia is the main character.”
Defense: “Who does Cynthia’s soul want to kill?”
Osamu: “Me and Hiroko. Cynthia thinks that Runa’s soul died because of our response.”
Defense: “Have you ever been harmed by Runa?”
Osamu: “No.”
Defense: “Did she ever wave a knife or a kitchen knife around?”
Osamu: “Not directly at us.”
Defense: “Regarding the fact that you were forced to take photos of [the victim’s] head, could the photo session have been postponed?”
Osamu: “He solely had one eye left, and though it was Friday night, I needed to depart for a enterprise journey to Kansai very first thing the following morning. If I returned on Sunday night time, I might be away for 2 days, and I assumed I must ask Hiroko to take the photographs. Just fascinated by this sort of injury was sufficient to ship shivers down my backbone, and Hiroko couldn’t bear it. It could sound impolite, however I assumed, ‘It would be better to end this quickly.’”
“I hoped that he wouldn’t be discovered”
On the night time of July 1, 2023, Osamu drove Runa by automobile to Sapporo, searching for the sufferer. In safety digicam footage, Osamu is proven inside a Susukino membership a number of meters from Runa and the sufferer.
Defense: “What did you want from the victim?”
Osamu: “I thought that if she confronted him and there was an apology, [the situation] could be repaired. I thought that if he didn’t apologize, that would be the end of it.”
Defense: “What were your thoughts when you looked for the victim?”
Osamu: “I hoped that he wouldn’t be found, and that she would give up on it.”
Defense: “I don’t think you know anything about the victim, so how did you look for places where he might be?”
Osamu: “I didn’t get any personal information from him at all. I heard his nickname and that he often goes to clubs for older people on weekends, so I looked for him based on those conditions.”
Defense: “When [Runa] went to look for the victim, she called him ‘Shika”‘(deer) on the Line chat app. How did she begin calling him Shika?”
Osamu: “When we were looking for the victim, neither my daughter nor any of the family knew him, so calling him by his nickname didn’t sound good to my daughter. I guess she thought there was another way to call him. My daughter asked me to call him Shika just before we left.”
“This time I’ll be the attacker”
Prior to the crime, Runa bought varied gear, together with knives and handcuffs. Osamu bought a suitcase and saws at her path. Osamu and Runa additionally practiced SM collectively in preparation.
Just earlier than 11:00 p.m., after assembly within the membership, Runa and the sufferer went to the love resort. Once contained in the resort, she pretended that they’d pay out an SM fantasy. After he out on a watch masks and handcuffs, she started filming.
“The thing you need to reflect on most is breaking your promise to me,” she mentioned earlier than stabbing him to loss of life with a knife whose blade was 8.2 centimeters lengthy.
After decapitating him with a noticed, she put the top inside a suitcase, which was later packed into Osamu’s automobile. He then drove residence.
Defense: “Who was the one who started talking about SM practice?”
Osamu: “From my daughter. After making an appointment with the victim, my daughter practiced, saying, “I was attacked last time, so this time I’ll be the attacker.”
Defense: “How long did it take?”
Osamu: “I think it was at most 1-2 minutes.”
Defense:” Specifically”
Osamu: “I was sitting upright, with my hands handcuffed behind my back and wearing an eye mask, and my daughter approached me from behind, touching me here and there. I remember her asking me how it felt and interacting with me.”
“How many dolls can fit in a black suitcase?”
Osamu’s Internet search historical past for on June 25, 2023 reveals that he researched the acquisition of a giant black suitcase. During questioning, he mentioned it was for use for Runa’s doll assortment, which numbers over 100.
Defense: “Did Osamu search for “suitcase load capacity 100 kg” and “suitcase load capacity 50 kg”?”
Osamu: “I don’t remember exactly, but I was asked to look up what could fit in it, so did I type it in myself…or click it…?”
Defense: “How many dolls can fit in a black suitcase?”
Osamu: “I think 20-30 can fit in.”
Defense: “What about 70-centimeter tall ones?”
Osamu: “I think about 15 can fit in.”
Defense: “How much do they weigh?”
Osamu: Each one weighs 4-5kg, so if there’s no cushioning or something, it ought to weigh about 50-70kg.”
Defense: “Were you told to clearly film the destruction?”
Osamu: “I was told to film without being told what was inside [the bathroom].”
Defense: “At what point did you realize that the mutilation [of the head] would occur?”
Osamu: “I took the camera to the bathroom, and when I was shown the damaged bottles and other things, and was told that the eyes were still in the head, I thought that the mutilation would occur. I didn’t know until I got to the bathroom.”
Osamu did the truth is shoot the video. At one level, Runa used a colander, a hanger and an S-hook to hold the pores and skin from the top within the lavatory. She mentioned, “I want you to see my work.”