HYOGO (TR) – The physique of 6-year-old Nao Hosaka was found inside a suitcase dumped in Kobe Metropolis in June of final 12 months.
The next month, the boy’s uncle, Daichi Hosaka, 33, his mom, Saki, and two twin aunts who lived with him have been accused of abandoning a corpse. They have been later accused of homicide.
In line with police, the 4 siblings beat Nao repeatedly with a metallic pipe at their dwelling on June 19, 2023. They then climbed on his again and stomped on him a number of instances with each ft, inflicting his loss of life.
An examination of Nao’s physique revealed quite a few bruises throughout his again. The reason for loss of life was possible traumatic shock, police mentioned final 12 months.
Based mostly on information stories, Daichi was a commander of violence in the home after he moved into the residence in December 2022.
Up to now, it’s a horrid story to make certain. However, sadly, it doesn’t finish there. The latest allegations reveal that Daichi’s obvious motive was romantic emotions for Saki, which police have discovered he expressed by means of a sexual assault.
Detained in a closet
The 4 siblings, the 6-year-old boy and his grandmother lived in the identical residence in Nishi Ward. The physique of Nao was present in a suitcase in a grassy space close to the residence on June 22, 2023.
The story surfaced two days earlier than, when a passerby discovered the boy’s grandmother, Yumiko Hosaka, then 54, on a road with bruises. The fifth occupant of the residence, she had simply escaped from the house after being detained in a closet for about three months.
Her kids, together with Saki, Daichi and twins Tomomi Hosaka and Asaka Hosaka, had crushed her with a metal pipe, police mentioned on the time.
Later, Saki took police to the grassy space. The boy’s physique was contained in the suitcase. He had suffered bruising to his again. An examination of safety digicam footage confirmed the 4 siblings going out with a suitcase.
The 4 siblings have been initially arrested June 22 of that 12 months on suspicion of injuring and confining Yumiko between March and June.
On July 13, they have been rearrested on suspicion of abandoning a corpse. Ten days later, they have been additional accused of homicide.
The outcomes of an post-mortem revealed that Nao had died round June 19.
Utilizing testimony from Yumiko, police decided Daichi instructed the opposite relations to rearrange for the suitcase in order that it could possibly be used to dump the boy’s physique.
Analysis by an knowledgeable
After these arrests, the prosecution positioned the siblings in detention for analysis by an knowledgeable for about eight months. After the analysis, it was concluded that they could possibly be tried in prison courtroom.
In April of this 12 months, the 4 siblings have been indicted on fees of assault leading to loss of life and abandoning a corpse. Nevertheless, Daichi’s fees didn’t cease there.
“On June 25, the prefectural police re-arrested Daichi on suspicion of non-consensual sexual activity and indecent assault towards his sister [Saki] and others [his sisters],” a neighborhood information reporter tells Gendai Enterprise (Jul. 9). “Daichi is accused of threatening his three sisters and committing indecent acts towards them between the night of the day he deserted Nao’s physique and the next morning.”
In different phrases, Daichi orchestrated the dumping of the boy of his nephew and sexually assaulted his sisters over the span of a single day.
“The turning level within the incident is alleged to have been Daichi’s birthday in Might,” an investigator says, “which was not lengthy earlier than the incident. He was enraged that his household didn’t have a good time with him, and declared to his siblings that ‘June shall be a month of hell.’ His goal was Nao, the weakest member of the household.”
Daichi denies the newest allegations.
“However he has additionally admitted that he has romantic emotions for his sister,” continues the aforementioned investigative supply. “It’s extremely possible that he dedicated the crime out of jealousy after seeing [Saki] taking good care of Nao.”
On September 3, police added recent fees to Daichi over the alleged assault leading to damage to Saki and others with the metallic pipe.
On June 18, 2023 he’s alleged to have struck Saki a number of instances with the metallic pipe on the dwelling and threatened her with a kitchen knife. He additionally struck his twin aunts and grandmother with a rubber spatula and different objects, injuring every of them.
In line with police, he threatened Saki, saying, “Are you ready to die?” As he mentioned this, he pointed a kitchen knife at her again. Police imagine that Daichi was a every day abuser of his household and managed them, in line with the Sankei Shimbun (Sep. 9).
Daichi denies the newest fees. “The whole lot written [in the arrest warrant] is a misunderstanding. It’s a lie,” he mentioned.
“I can’t go inside”
There have been indicators of hassle earlier than June 2023. From February, Nao started not attending day care. As nicely, employees members on the facility discovered a number of bruises on his buttocks and shoulder two months later.
In Might, neighbors discovered Nao on the balcony. “Assist, I can’t go inside,” he mentioned.
The day care contacted Kobe Metropolis in regards to the case being potential youngster abuse. Nevertheless, when municipal officers visited the house, Saki and Yumiko denied understanding the place the bruises got here from.
Officers returned to the residence on Might 1. At the moment, the bruises had healed, which precipitated the officers to imagine that there was no imminent risk to the boy.
Nevertheless, Saki instructed the officers that elevating Nao was tough. She then requested them if they may briefly take the kid into custody.
Kobe Metropolis’s kids’s welfare heart made preparations to take custody of Nao the day. Nevertheless, Yumiko mentioned they have been able to elevating the kid when officers visited.
