Overview
- Aichi Prefectural Police arrested 69-year-old Anfuku Kumiko on October 31 on suspicion of fatally stabbing Takaha Namiko in a Nishi-ku apartment in 1999.
- Forensic testing linked biological material preserved from the scene to a DNA sample Anfuku provided on October 30 after initially refusing during voluntary interviews that began in August.
- In police questioning, Anfuku said she had felt anxious every day for 26 years and voiced remorse toward the victim, according to investigative sources.
- Police say Anfuku and Takaha had no prior acquaintance as they examine reports that Anfuku and the victim’s husband were high school classmates in the same soft-tennis club.
- The victim’s husband addressed reporters outside the Nagoya West police station on November 4 as authorities continue to investigate motive and corroborate the case facts.