OSAKA (TR9 – Osaka Prefectural Police have arrested a 35-year-old man over the alleged dumping the physique of his spouse in Okayama Prefecture final yr, studies the Asahi Shimbun (Feb. 10).
Investigators have but to seek out the corpse of the spouse of Yoshifumi Kuroki. However, police accused the suspect, who lives in Osaka City’s Chuo Ward, of abandoning a corpse on Monday.
“Based on security camera footage and testimony from related parties, we have determined that there is a strong suspicion that she died and was abandoned,” police mentioned on Monday.
“I can’t say anything right now,” the suspect was quoted by police. He was despatched to prosecutors on Wednesday morning.
Around June 5, Kuroki and a person in his 30s are is suspected of carrying the physique of Kuroki’s spouse, 52-year-old Izumi, from the couple’s residence in Chuo Ward to Okayama Prefecture by automobile and dumping it.
Security digital camera footage shot close to the residence on that day reveals two individuals, believed to be Kuroki and the confederate, loading a big bag right into a automobile.
Prefectural police consider Izumi’s physique was within the bag.
“Dumped the body at a dam”
On May 26, Izumi returned house from her part-time job. That evening, a neighbor reported listening to a person and lady arguing. Officers who arrived on the scene rang the intercom however acquired no response.
After that day, Izumi has not been heard from. Her kinfolk filed a lacking particular person report with prefectural police on June 22.
Investigators additionally discovered that the aforementioned confederate advised an acquaintance, “Kuroki [suspect] and I put the body in a bag and drove to Okayama. We then dumped the body at a dam.”
The confederate then died. It is believed to have been a suicide.
Police are persevering with to seek for Izumi’s physique in Okayama, close to the residence of the suspect’s dad and mom and different areas with the main focus of the investigation shifting towards homicide.
Separate incident
According to sources cited by Jiji Press (Feb. 12), Kuroki assaulted Izumi at a restaurant in Osaka City in February 2023. He was detained after being indicted and launched on bail in December of the identical yr.
Kuroki married Izumi between his indictment and his launch on bail. A supply who is aware of the couple mentioned of Izumi, “She seemed devoted. I think the two got along well.”
The supply was unable to contact Izumi from round June final yr. When they requested Kuroki about it, he mentioned, “You don’t need to contact her.”