Yokohama girl take away promise to meet with online game call function or September 6 12:08

A 38-year-old man arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a minor for kidnapping a 9-year-old girl in Yokohama city to meet a girl in advance using a call function that allows participants to interact in an online game Interviews with investigators revealed that I had a suspicion that I had made an appointment.

Akira Otake (38) in Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, was arrested on the 2nd of this month for kidnapping a minor for driving a 9-year-old 4th grade girl in a car in Yokohama, and was arrested on the morning of the 6th. Was sent to the Public Prosecutor's Office.



The girl was protected near Suspect Otake's home just five days before the dawn of five days and was not injured.



In response to the investigation so far, Suspect Otake admitted the suspicion and stated that he got acquainted with the girl in the online game, etc., but in the subsequent investigation, it was a voice that the game participants could exchange. It was newly discovered during interviews with investigators that there was a suspicion that he had made contact with the girl using the call function of and had promised to meet in advance.



The girl was borrowing her parent's smartphone to play an online game and told one of her friends who had been playing until just before "meeting a friend in Tokyo", the police are further investigating the detailed story. ..