The body of a 35-year-old office worker in Tokyo, who had been missing since September, was found in a villa in Tochigi prefecture, and around her home, she looked a lot like a childcare worker who was arrested. It turned out that the security camera showed a man following several other women.

The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the relationship.

Saori Tomitsuka (35), an office worker who lived alone in an apartment in Toshima-ku, Tokyo, went missing from the end of September, and the Metropolitan Police Department searched the villa in Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture, and found the body. I did.



Yoshito Sato, a 29-year-old childcare worker in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, who was arrested on suspicion of abandoning his body, had no acquaintance with Mr. Tomitsuka, and a security camera showed him following him near his apartment before the incident. It means that.



In a subsequent investigation, it was found in an interview with an investigative official that a man who looked a lot like Sato was seen on a security camera in the vicinity, following several other women.



The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the relationship and the behavior of the suspect before and after the incident.



According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, he admitted to the investigation so far and stated that he "broke into the room to steal money. He strangled with a rope and killed him because he was resisted."

Suspect worked in a special nursing home for the elderly in the past

Sato also worked as a caregiver at a special nursing home for the elderly in Kazo City, Saitama Prefecture.



In the in-house newsletter published in May 2015, the suspect's comments are posted in the "Introduction to New Appointments" section.


Among them, "I was interested in welfare because my mother was a childcare worker. I went on the path of welfare if I could support children and the elderly so that they could lead a happy life. I learned the importance of interacting with people and used it as a source of growth. "

Workplace nursery school principal "I am surprised to work normally"

Sato has been working at a licensed nursery school in Toshima Ward since July last year.



According to the nursery school, he was not absent until December 4, the day before the Metropolitan Police Department heard about the situation.



The 61-year-old director said, "The suspect hasn't changed in particular and was working normally, so I'm surprised to know this incident. I'm really sorry for the victim woman. I will. "