In an incident in which an 85-year-old woman was found murdered in a house in Ina City, Nagano Prefecture, the day before her body was found, a man in his 20s was trying to withdraw cash using a passbook in the name of a woman. , I learned from interviews with investigators.
This person has been arrested in another fraud case, and the police are carefully investigating whether he had a passbook or whether it is related to the incident.
On the 3rd of this month, in a house in Nishiminowa, Ina City, Kikuyo Hara (85), who lives alone in this house, was found strangled and killed, and the police are investigating it as a murder case. increase.
According to the investigation so far, Mr. Hara is believed to have been killed after the 1st of this month, when it was confirmed that he made a phone call with an acquaintance.
Furthermore, according to the police's subsequent investigation, on the 2nd of this month, the day before the body was found, a man in his 20s with a passbook in the name of Mr. Hara visited a financial institution in the city and tried to withdraw cash. I learned this through interviews with people involved.
At this time, he was not the person whose name was on the passbook, so he returned home without being able to withdraw.
Separately from this, this person was later arrested on suspicion of fraud such as withdrawing cash from a financial institution using a passbook in the name of another person. I will carefully investigate whether it is related to the incident.