OSAKA (TR) – A 28-year-old man in custody over for allegedly dumping the dismembered corpse of a male land ministry official on a mountain in Higashiosaka City final month has been additional accused of murdering the sufferer.
At round 4:00 p.m. on December 27, Hiroto Oki is alleged to have fatally strangled Takamitsu Kamioka, a 52-year-old official with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, reviews the Sankei Shimbun (Feb. 23).
According to police, the incident befell when the sufferer got here out of his condo in Osaka City’s Chuo Ward. The suspect additionally allegedly stole about 50,000 yen in money, the sufferer’s money card and his smartphone.
Regarding his re-arrest on suspicion of theft and homicide on Saturday, Oki has declined to remark, police stated.
Knife retrieved from the Dotonbori River
According to police, Oki owed no less than 2 million yen to a number of monetary establishments and was struggling to make ends meet. During questioning earlier than his re-arrest, the suspect stated, “I had no money, so I had no choice but to kill him.” Police are investigating the chance that he attacked Kamioka to repay his money owed and canopy residing bills.
Oki additionally said, “After the murder, I removed his clothes, dismembered his body, put it in a plastic bag and stuffed it into a carry bag.”
Based on his assertion, police searched the underside of the Dotonbori River in Chuo Ward and found a fruit knife with a 13-centimeter-long blade that’s believed to have been used to dismember the physique.
As beforehand reported, police consider that Oki traveled on foot and by prepare to desert the physique of Kamioka within the mountains of Higashiosaka City afterward the night of December 28. He was accused of abandoning a corpse on February 3.
Repaid his debt
An examination of safety digicam footage shot in in January of this yr revealed a person believed to be Oki withdrawing money from comfort retailer ATMs in Osaka and Kyoto utilizing a money card in Kamioka’s identify. There was additionally proof that Oki had subsequently repaid debt with the cash.
Oki and Kamioka lived in the identical condo constructing. However, they didn’t know one another or have any previous hassle between them, police stated.
Police are actually investigating the circumstances that led to Oki focusing on Kamioka within the crime.