Kumamoto University female researcher murder arrest cleaner "I knew the contact information" Police September 13 12:44
A 67-year-old man who was a cleaner in a condominium where a woman lives was arrested by police on suspicion of abandoning her body in the murder of a female researcher at Kumamoto University in Kumamoto City.
The man is acquainted with the woman and has stated that he "knows the contact information", so the police are investigating that he is also involved in the murder.
The person arrested was Kazuhiro Kumagai (67), an unemployed person in Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City.
On the 7th of this month, a 35-year-old researcher at Kumamoto University, Chisato Narahara, who lives nearby, was found murdered in a side ditch on the side of the city road in Honjo, Chuo-ku, Kumamoto City, and police investigated it as a murder case. was doing.
As a result, the suspicion that Mr. Kumagai, who had been a cleaner before, had abandoned the body in the apartment where Mr. Narahara lived increased due to investigations around the site, and he was arrested on the suspicion of abandoning the corpse on the early morning of the 13th.
According to police, Kumagai admitted to the investigation, stating that he had "thrown away the body."
In addition, after admitting that he had an acquaintance with Mr. Narahara, he stated that he knew the contact information.
Mr. Narahara was confirmed to have worked at the university until the evening of the day before he was found in the body, and police investigated that Kumagai was involved in the murder after being involved in the incident after work. doing.