KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police have revealed {that a} 75-year-old man was discovered useless together with his legs and palms sure inside his house in Yokohama Metropolis on Wednesday.
The case is being handled as homicide. Police suspect that the incident is linked to a collection of break-ins and robberies which have taken place within the Kanto space in current weeks, stories NHK (Oct. 18).
At round 9:30 a.m., a feminine neighbor of the residence in Aoba Ward known as police to say say {that a} window on the entrance had been open for the reason that earlier evening.
Officers arrived to seek out Hiroharu Goto collapsed in a dressing room together with his palms and legs sure with adhesive tape. He was confirmed useless on the scene.
An examination of his physique revealed a considerable variety of bruises, indicating that he had been assaulted.
Goto shared the residence, situated about two kilometers northwest of Ichigao Station on the Tokyu Denentoshi Line, together with his spouse, who was out on the time of the invention.
Subsequent investigations have revealed that roughly 200,000 yen in money is lacking from the house, police stated.
Goto is believed to have died on the Tuesday, the day earlier than his physique was discovered. Upon the invention, the entrance door was not locked and a close-by window was damaged, main police to imagine that somebody broke into the premises.
As well as, the home confirmed indicators of getting been ransacked, and there have been additionally indications that a number of individuals entered the home whereas carrying footwear.
Since August, a collection of robbery-murder circumstances have taken place in Saitama and Chiba prefectures and Tokyo. In these circumstances, the perpetrators had been recruited by means of on-line presents of “high-paying work.” Police imagine the homicide of Goto is one other potential case.