Police plan to serve a fresh arrest warrant to a woman and her parents over the death of a man found decapitated in Sapporo, northern Japan, charging them with murder, investigative sources said Friday.
Runa Tamura, 29, her father, Osamu, a 59-year-old psychiatrist, and her mother, Hiroko, 60, were first arrested in July on suspicion of mutilating and abandoning a corpse.
Runa is believed to have been the only one at the crime scene, but the police suspect her parents were accomplices. They are expected to be arrested for the murder charges possibly on Monday, the sources said.
Hitoshi Ura, 62, was found decapitated in a Sapporo hotel in the Susukino entertainment district on July 2. The police subsequently discovered the severed head at the Tamura's residence, suspecting it was removed post-mortem.
Ura, a resident of Eniwa near Sapporo, checked into the hotel at around 10:50 p.m. on July 1 with an individual believed to be Runa. She was seen leaving the hotel alone at about 2 a.m. the following day, according to the police.
Runa and the victim met at a dance club in the Susukino area in late May and had some kind of issue at that time, according to sources.
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sakurasuki
How come this is being news? No one can escape that kind of crime. Especially when they store body part in their home.
virusrex
It is an unusual crime, hard to believe, full of grotesque details, that means people are interested. This remains true even if absolutely nobody thinks the criminals may escape.
falseflagsteve
And so they should, as we say in England they were caught bang to rights, you see.
Ken Holcomb
"Some kind of issue."???
WTH kind of issue leads an entire family, the patriarch of which is a doctor, to this kind of result?
Makes one seriously consider NEVER going clubbing again, EVER!!
englisc aspyrgend
I am sure there is some legal reason for it but why serve another arrest warrant when they are already in custody. It isn’t clear from the article what the rational for it is?
Rodney
The scary thing is a psychologist was involved.
Random
@Rodney, psychiatrist, not a psychologist.
Coulda been
Well, what a shock that is!
The question is..... why so long to lay a murder charge?
602miko
Murderer, why are they still outside?
Sal Affist
The police subsequently discovered the severed head at the Tamura's residence, suspecting it was removed post-mortem.
LOL. I don't think it was removed pre-mortem.
indigo
no evidences, just defamation without any alleged facts.
Zaphod
sakurasuki
It is absolutely news because of the extremely strange nature of the case. Plenty of people want to know what exactly went on leading to this.