In March, a 43-year-old office worker was arrested for murdering a 37-year-old woman who was a dating partner in a room in an apartment in Nerima-ku, Tokyo, hiding herself as a married person. According to an interview with an investigative official, it was found that an office worker was suspected of having been killed in the wake of a woman's pregnancy.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating that the office worker disguised himself as if he had committed suicide after the murder.
Ken Takahashi (43), an office worker in Soka City, Saitama Prefecture, lived in a room in an apartment in Minamioizumi, Nerima-ku on March 12, and his partner, Nozomi Narita (37 at the time). He was arrested on suspicion of murder for strangling and suffocating.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, a single-mother woman was found living with her elementary school daughter and died with a string wrapped around her neck, and Takahashi was contacted by her daughter. He returned to the scene and called 119 himself.
The suspect explained to police officers, "I hadn't met the woman before I was contacted by my daughter. The woman committed suicide." It turns out that he was heading to the woman's room from the hotel, and after the killing, it seems that he wrapped a string around his neck and disguised himself as a suicide.
According to investigators, Takahashi was dating while hiding that he was married, but he attempted to kill the woman when she became pregnant and wanted to marry the suspect. There is suspicion.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of the investigation, saying that he "killed him with the rope he prepared" and admitted the suspicion.