Kyoto 11-year-old boy murder case: Police conduct forensic investigation at public toilet
Police are continuing to investigate the murder case of an 11-year-old boy in Kyoto, Japan, and conducted a forensic investigation at a public toilet near the boy's home today. The boy's stepfather has been arrested on suspicion of abandoning the body, and police speculate that the suspect may have temporarily abandoned the body in this public toilet.
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(Central News Agency, Tokyo, April 18, comprehensive foreign wire report) Japanese police are continuing to investigate the murder case of an 11-year-old boy in Kyoto, and today morning conducted a forensic investigation at a public toilet near the boy's home. The boy's stepfather has been arrested on suspicion of abandoning the body. Police speculate that the suspect may have temporarily abandoned the body in this public toilet.
According to the "Yomiuri Shimbun," sources involved in the investigation stated that the Kyoto Prefectural Police's investigation site today was a toilet in a parking lot near the well-known Rurikei valley.
This public toilet is located approximately 2 kilometers northwest of the boy's home, and also southwest of the elementary school the boy attended, and is directly on the boy's route from home to school.
Several forensic personnel set up blue tarpaulins in front of this public toilet this morning and measured the width of nearby roads.
The boy's body was found in a mountainous area of Nantan City on the 13th of this month, approximately 7 kilometers northeast of his home.
Kyoto Prefectural Police initially judged that the suspect had allegedly moved the boy's body to other locations in Nantan City several times before.
Sources involved in the investigation revealed that the stepfather had stated, "I strangled the boy," before his arrest.
It can currently be confirmed that the boy was still alive until the morning of March 23, when he had breakfast at home. However, at around 11:50 AM on the same day, after the elementary school contacted the boy's mother stating he had not arrived at school, the boy was subsequently reported missing.
The boy's stepfather had explained to the school that he had driven the boy to about 200 meters in front of the school building, but the school's surveillance cameras did not capture the boy's image. (Compiler: Yang Wei-ching) 1150418
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(Central News Agency, Tokyo, April 18, comprehensive foreign wire report) Japanese police are continuing to investigate the murder case of an 11-year-old boy in Kyoto, and today morning conducted a forensic investigation at a public toilet near the boy's home. The boy's stepfather has been arrested on suspicion of abandoning the body. Police speculate that the suspect may have temporarily abandoned the body in this public toilet.
According to the "Yomiuri Shimbun," sources involved in the investigation stated that the Kyoto Prefectural Police's investigation site today was a toilet in a parking lot near the well-known Rurikei valley.
This public toilet is located approximately 2 kilometers northwest of the boy's home, and also southwest of the elementary school the boy attended, and is directly on the boy's route from home to school.
Several forensic personnel set up blue tarpaulins in front of this public toilet this morning and measured the width of nearby roads.
The boy's body was found in a mountainous area of Nantan City on the 13th of this month, approximately 7 kilometers northeast of his home.
Kyoto Prefectural Police initially judged that the suspect had allegedly moved the boy's body to other locations in Nantan City several times before.
Sources involved in the investigation revealed that the stepfather had stated, "I strangled the boy," before his arrest.
It can currently be confirmed that the boy was still alive until the morning of March 23, when he had breakfast at home. However, at around 11:50 AM on the same day, after the elementary school contacted the boy's mother stating he had not arrived at school, the boy was subsequently reported missing.
The boy's stepfather had explained to the school that he had driven the boy to about 200 meters in front of the school building, but the school's surveillance cameras did not capture the boy's image. (Compiler: Yang Wei-ching) 1150418
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