SHIGA (TR) – Shiga and Gifu prefectural police forces have arrested male Syrian nationwide, 22, in reference to the invention of a lady’s physique in a wooded space in Maibara City, stories the Asahi Shimbun (Feb. 18).
Between 7:40 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on March 14 final yr, Mohammed Hammoud allegedly moved the physique of Mayumi Kiriyama, 64, from her dwelling within the city of Tarui, Gifu Prefecture to a mountain forest in Oshimizu, Maibara.
Police haven’t revealed whether or not Hammoud admits to the allegations.
Kiriyama was a employees member at an academic facility. When she failed to indicate up for work on March 17, 2025, the ability director lodged a report with police. Based on the situation of her dwelling, each prefectural police forces started an investigation into the chance that she might have been kidnapped.
Kiriyama’s physique was discovered mendacity face-down and wrapped in a futon within the forest in Oshimizu on April 2. The physique was clothed in a long-sleeved shirt and blue denims.
The outcomes of an post-mortem revealed the reason for demise to be asphyxiation resulting from compression of the neck, police stated.
According to police, Kiriyama was noticed on safety digital camera footage strolling in direction of her dwelling on the night of March 14.
Based on that footage, each prefectural police departments imagine that Hammoud loaded her physique into his automobile and drove it to the mountains.
Hamoud arrived in Japan in June 2024. At the time of the incident, he was a brief worker. Following an investigation into his whereabouts, he was arrested in Ogaki City, Gifu on Wednesday afternoon.
Police in each prefectures imagine that Hammoud might have information of the circumstances surrounding Kiriyama’s demise. The relationship between the suspect and Kiriyama can be beneath investigation.