KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have launched new safety digicam footage of a suspect linked to the unsolved 2015 homicide and arson case within the city of Yugawara, marking the eleventh anniversary of the grisly killing, reviews TV Asahi (Apr. 21).
On April 21, 2015, firefighters responding to a blaze at an area residence found the physique of 66-year-old Mie Hirai. The house had been locked from the within, and Hirai was discovered useless on a mattress in a Japanese-style room, lined with a futon.
The crime scene was brutally violent. First responders discovered Hirai with a kitchen knife embedded in her face. She had sustained over a dozen extra stab and slash wounds, in addition to blunt-force trauma to the pinnacle.
Although a pool of blood was discovered beneath the mattress, investigators famous an absence of defensive wounds on her physique, suggesting she was possible attacked in her sleep or incapacitated.
Security digicam footage
On April 21, precisely 11 years after the homicide, police unveiled new safety digicam footage exhibiting a person strolling via the roundabout at JR Yugawara Station shortly after 5:00 a.m. on the day of the incident.
The particular person — believed to be a person — approached the station from the path of the sufferer’s residence. The suspect is described as being roughly 170 centimeters tall with a slender construct, carrying darkish clothes. In the footage, the suspect carries a big paper bag in his left hand and may be seen adjusting a face masks along with his proper hand.
Security cameras additional captured the person passing via the ticket gates and taking an escalator as much as the practice platform. Because solely northbound Tokaido Line trains had been working at that early hour, police imagine it’s extremely possible the killer fled towards Tokyo.
“The person in the video has a distinctive way of walking. I hope as many people as possible will view it,” mentioned Masayuki Suzuki, the previous director of the welfare facility the place Hirai labored.
Kanagawa police are persevering with their efforts and interesting to the general public for any data that would result in the identification of the suspect.
Persons with data on the case are suggested to name the Odawara Police Station at 0465-32-0110.