Overview
- The suspect, Arata Yamaguchi, 53, was detained early Jan. 9 after officers found a woman’s body inside his Niiza apartment.
- Police identified the victim as Sanae Yamamoto, 51, whose daughter reported her missing on Jan. 7 following an unexplained absence from work.
- Investigators reviewed CCTV showing a possible abduction near 10:10 p.m. on Jan. 6 and traced a white kei car to the suspect’s apartment parking area.
- The body was discovered in the bathtub, and Yamaguchi admitted to abandoning the body, according to police.
- Yamaguchi and Yamamoto were acquaintances, and he has reportedly hinted at killing her as detectives analyze footage, witness accounts of a scream, and forensic findings.