Niigata female murder case Arrested man escaped on foot so as not to be discovered November 19 17:56

In a case where a 20-year-old woman of a restaurant clerk in Niigata City was killed, an acquaintance man who was arrested was suspected of continuing to escape on foot without using a train or bus I understood from the interview.

Ryosuke Saito (25) from Ageo City, Saitama Prefecture, was acquainted at a building in Chuo-ku, Niigata City on the night of 15th of this month, and murdered a restaurant clerk Yui Ishizawa (20) with a knife. I was arrested on the 18th.

According to the investigation so far, Suto Saito ran away in the direction of JR Niigata Station after the incident, but it was found that the figure was not reflected in the security camera inside the station.

Around 1:30 pm on the 18th, it was discovered and arrested at a convenience store approximately 18 km away from the site, but according to investigators, there has been no evidence of bus or taxi use so far. That is.

The police are investigating the details of the suspicion that they continued to run away on foot without using transportation to prevent the gait from being detected.

Witness men talk about the situation at the time

At the time of the incident, a man who was present on site responded to a NHK telephone interview and told the situation at the time.

The driving agency man stopped the car near the building on the spot to wait for the customer and was out of the car to smoke at the time of the incident.

The man said about the situation just before, `` There was a vending machine in front of the building on the site, a man was sitting next to it, drinking an umbrella, drinking juice or water or something, and tampering with the mobile phone. '' I said.

"When the victim's woman entered the building, suddenly a man stood up and walked fast to chase the victim. The woman screamed and heard a voice saying" Cakarka ". I stabbed the victim with a knife from the top of the cover, and when I said “No,” I was looking up here and raised the knife, so I thought I would come over here, then I went down. I was running away across the parking lot across the street. "

A figure seen as two by a drive recorder

At the time of the incident, the taxi drive recorder stopped in front of the scene showed a man approaching to follow the woman who entered the building.

In the video of the front of the taxi, you can see a woman wearing a coat entering Mr. Ishizawa's building at around 8:55 pm.

In addition, the image of the back of the taxi shows a man rushing into the building as if chasing a woman.

About 25 seconds later, you can hear the woman scream multiple times, and then about 30 seconds later, you can see the man coming out of the building and running.

According to the police, Saito had a beige shoulder bag when he escaped, but the man who came out of the building also appears to have a beige bag.