Man suspected of drugging, raping 4 women accused in fifth case
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Suspect told one victim, ‘I m going to be with you for the rest of my life’
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Man suspected of drugging, raping 4 women accused in fifth case
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on May 6, 2021
In 2018, Kenshiro Maruta, a former employee at Recruit Communications Co., is alleged to have sexually assaulted the fifth victim, aged in her 20s, at his residence in Shinjuku Ward.
Man’s corpse found in trunk of car overturned in Kobe field
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on May 6, 2021
HYOGO (TR) – Hyogo Prefectural Police launched an investigation after a male corpse was found in a vehicle in Kobe City on Wednesday, reports Nippon News Network (May 6).
At around 8:15 p.m., a resident in the Yamada area of Kita Ward alerted police. “There’s an overturned vehicle in a rice field with the alarm sounding,” the caller said.
Officers arriving at the scene about two and a half hours later found the body of a man in the trunk.
According to the Kobe-Kita Police Station, the man is the 66-year-old manager of a convenience store in Kobe.
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Elderly woman in Sendai accused of fatally bashing husband with whiskey bottle
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on April 29, 2021
MIYAGI (TR) – Miyagi Prefectural Police have arrested an elderly woman over the alleged fatal bashing of her husband with a whiskey bottle, reports Nippon News Network (April 28).
Between Monday night and around 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Eiko Hosokawa, 80, is alleged to have repeatedly beat her husband, 89-year-old Shingo, in the face and head in their residence in Sendai City.