Police in Tokyo have arrested the boyfriend of a teenage girl on suspicion of abandoning her body. The man had already been arrested on a separate allegation of embezzlement.
The body of Nomoto Yurika was found in woods in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, in late November. The 18-year-old had been missing since June.
A former school classmate of the 31-year-old boyfriend, Atsumi Ryoma, has also been arrested for allegedly abandoning the body.
The former classmate, Hori Toshiya, reportedly told police that he went to the woods in a car with Atsumi to abandon the body.
Investigative sources say Atsumi admitted that he went to the woods in a car driven by Hori to abandon the body.
Investigators discovered the woman's body after searching the area Hori had suggested.
Atsumi is a resident of Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, where the woman also lived. Bloodstains were reportedly found in his home and car.
The body of Nomoto Yurika was found in woods in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, in late November. The 18-year-old had been missing since June.
A former school classmate of the 31-year-old boyfriend, Atsumi Ryoma, has also been arrested for allegedly abandoning the body.
The former classmate, Hori Toshiya, reportedly told police that he went to the woods in a car with Atsumi to abandon the body.
Investigative sources say Atsumi admitted that he went to the woods in a car driven by Hori to abandon the body.
Investigators discovered the woman's body after searching the area Hori had suggested.
Atsumi is a resident of Tokyo's Edogawa Ward, where the woman also lived. Bloodstains were reportedly found in his home and car.
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Tokyo police have arrested two men, a boyfriend and a former classmate, on suspicion of abandoning the body of a missing teenage girl, Nomoto Yurika. The suspects are Atsumi Ryoma, aged 31, and Hori Toshiya, who reportedly drove Atsumi to the woods in Yamanashi Prefecture where Yurika's body was
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URL: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20231201_12/
Date: Dec. 1, 2023
Created: 2023/12/01 16:00
Updated: 2025/12/08 20:48
Last Read: 2023/12/02 08:36