KANAGAWA (TR) – During the trial of a person from Saitama Prefecture charged with murdering two ladies with their consent, Kanagawa Prefectural Police apologized over one of many circumstances that was initially deemed a “suicide,” experiences Nippon News Network (Mar. 23).
On Monday, Kanagawa police introduced that they’ve apologized to the household of a 22-year-old girl from Yokohama City who was allegedly killed by 31-year-old defendant Jun Saito in 2015.
During the trial, an announcement from the girl’s father was learn aloud: “I saw a suspicious man at home. I thought the man who killed my daughter had come to check on the body. The police determined it was a suicide, so I had no choice but to accept it.”
Kanagawa police dealt with the preliminary investigation in 2015. In their announcement, they acknowledged that they’d initially concluded it was a suicide.
However, in addition they defined that “after reviewing the circumstances at the time, it became clear that the investigation was insufficient, and the Kanagawa Prefectural Police take this matter very seriously.” They added that the top of the First Investigation Division apologized to the girl’s household on March 22.
At the Saitama District Court on March 18, Saito admitted to drugging and strangling the primary girl, 21, together with her consent at his residence in 2018. He additionally admitted to murdering the Yokohama girl together with her consent three years earlier than.
Following info offered by the Saitama Prefectural Police in May of final 12 months suggesting that “it might not have been a suicide,” the First Investigation Division started an investigation, together with interviewing these in cost on the time. The investigation has now been accomplished.
While the investigation revealed shortcomings within the preliminary investigation, they declined to reveal additional particulars, citing the continuing trial.