A 53-year-old suspect who was arrested in a case in which the body of a female university student was abandoned in an apartment in Sapporo said, "The victim asked me to kill him, and after he took a sleeping drug, he strangled me. I learned from interviews with investigators that he had stated that he killed him.
The police plan to re-arrest the suspect on suspicion of murder on the 31st.
In October, a 22-year-old female university student living in Otaru was found dead in an apartment in Higashi Ward, Sapporo. Police arrested him on suspicion of abandonment.
The two are believed to have met through social media, and according to investigative sources, Ono had told investigators from the beginning that the victim had asked him to kill him.
In addition, in response to the investigation after that, he made a specific statement, such as "After taking sleeping pills and alcohol, he killed himself by strangling him with his hands," according to investigative sources. I understand.
The police plan to re-arrest Ono on suspicion of murder on the 31st of the detention deadline, and will continue to investigate the details of the incident.