HYOGO (TR) – A forty five-year-old man serving a life-in-prison time period for the homicide of an elementary college woman in Okayama Prefecture twenty years in the past was arrested final week for the homicide of one other woman, studies Jiji Press (Nov. 29).
Within the newest case, Kunihiko Katsuta is alleged to have used a knife to fatally stab Yuzuki Unose, second-grade elementary college, then aged 7, within the stomach and different elements of her physique close to the doorway of her residence in Kakogawa Metropolis at round 6:00 p.m. on October 16, 2007.
Police arrested Katsuta on suspicion of homicide on November 27. When requested to touch upon the allegations, Katsuta selected to stay silent, police mentioned.
“I introduced a change of garments with me”
In accordance with investigators, the Hyogo police have been voluntarily questioning Katsuta since Could. He’s presently serving a life time period for the homicide of the primary woman, aged 9, in Tsuyama Metropolis, Okayama Prefecture in 2004.
Although he has remained silent following his re-arrest, he admitted to his involvement within the Kakogawa incident throughout voluntary questioning. “I introduced a change of garments with me in order that it might not be assumed that I used to be the identical particular person going to and from the crime scene,” he mentioned.
The suspect was residing together with his dad and mom about 5 kilometers away from the crime scene on the time. He’s believed to used a bicycle to get there. He additionally reportedly defined that he had “scouted the world across the crime scene upfront,” main prefectural police to consider that he rigorously deliberate the assault and focused a woman he didn’t know.
To date, police have tied Katsuta to 3 instances.
Earlier this month, police arrested him on suspicion of tried homicide within the stabbing of a 3rd woman.
At round 6:20 p.m. on September 28, 2006, Katsuta is alleged to have repeatedly stabbed the third woman, aged 9, with a knife and critically injured her in Tatsuno Metropolis. The woman suffered severe accidents that took two months to heal, police mentioned beforehand.
