OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have revealed {that a} 61-year-old man arrested for pushing a male acquaintance right into a river and killing him withdrew money from the sufferer’s account after the incident.
In accordance with police, Tsukasa Inoue, of no recognized occupation, is alleged to have fatally pushed Akihiro Ikeda, 63, into the Yamato River, which flows via Kashiwara Metropolis, round December 4 of final yr, experiences Mainichi Broadcasting System (Sep. 29).
The physique of Ikeda was discovered on December 15. The reason for demise was drowning, police stated.
On September 27, police accused Inoue, a resident of Tondabayashi Metropolis, of homicide. In response to questioning, the suspect denies the costs.
Within the newest improvement, police have realized that Inoue withdrew roughly 160,000 yen from Ikeda’s account about 10 days after his demise. hen questioned he defined that he had “held the money card and obtained his consent.”
7 kilograms of dumbbells and weights
Inoue and Ikeda are believed to have gotten to know one another about three a long time in the past.
Initially, police suspected that Ikeda had dedicated suicide. Nonetheless, they had been unable to find a motive for doing so.
Upon the invention of his physique, Ikeda was carrying a backpack with a complete of seven kilograms of dumbbells and weights. Ikeda’s bicycle was additionally discovered about 500 meters upstream of his physique.
In the course of the investigation, police realized that Inoue had bought the dumbbells and weights on December 3. Inoue was the beneficiary of Ikeda’s life insurance coverage. About one month earlier than the incident, Inoue inquired about obtain a payout on the coverage.
Police suspect that the goal of the suspect was to accumulating the insurance coverage cash.
“I met him whereas watching baseball video games over 30 years in the past”
In an interview with NHK final month, earlier than his arrest, Inoue denied any involvement within the crime.
When requested about his reference to Ikeda, the suspect stated, “I met him whereas watching baseball video games over 30 years in the past, and for over 10 years I’ve been managing his funds and caring for his private wants.”
The person was discovered useless on December 15, 2023. Inoue says he visited the riverbed close to the scene with the person round December 4.
He defined, “[Ikeda] tended to remain shut up in his home, so I gave him train tools comparable to dumbbells to assist him construct up his muscle groups, and we labored out collectively on the riverbed.”
He then stated, “I went house early, so I don’t know what occurred after that, and I came upon about his demise when the police contacted me. I didn’t kill him.”
