The suspect, who was arrested for the murder of a 55-year-old man at a house in Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, is believed to have fled in a rental car until he turned himself in to a police station in Chiba Prefecture on the 22nd. I found out from the interview.


The rental car is an Osaka number, and the police are investigating the steps before and after the incident and the detailed circumstances.

On the 20th of this month, at a house in Nakakaigan, Chigasaki City, Yasuhiro Takai, whose address is unknown, was stabbed to death by a man who visited Yoko Shikata (55), a company employee who lives in the house. A 50-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder on the night of the 22nd.



In response to the investigation, he said, "There is no doubt," and admitted to the charges.



On the evening of the 22nd, Takai drove a rental car and appeared at the Mobara Police Station in Chiba Prefecture.



In addition, the rental car was an Osaka number, so the police will investigate the detailed steps before and after the incident and whether there were any troubles between the two.

Bereaved family comment

The wife of Hiroyuki Shikata, who was killed, made a comment through her lawyer.



"I am saddened and confused by this sudden incident. Please leave me alone," she said.

background of the incident

The incident occurred just after 1:00 pm on the 20th of this month in a residential area near the coast of Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture.



Yasuhiro Takai, who was arrested on suspicion of murder, is believed to have visited Yoko Shikata's home, called him to the front door by pressing the intercom, and attacked him with something like a knife.



According to eyewitness accounts of residents, the suspect ran away from the scene immediately after the incident and left in the south direction.



In that direction, there is a parking lot of the park, as well as Route 134, which runs along the coast.



Police suspected that he had fled the scene by car, and were investigating his whereabouts based on footage from security cameras along the national highway.



The situation changed on the evening of the 22nd, two days after the incident.



Around 4:30 pm, Takai suddenly appears at the Mobara Police Station in Chiba Prefecture, about 80 kilometers away from the crime scene.



Then he visited the Criminal Affairs Division on the second floor of the police station and calmly turned himself in, saying, "Do you know about the Chigasaki case? I did it."



At this time, the car that was used when he escaped was parked in the parking lot of the police station, and it is believed that he drove this car himself to the police station.



He was then transferred to the Chigasaki Police Station by investigators of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police, where he was arrested on suspicion of murder shortly after 10:20 p.m.