A 40-year-old suspect who is suspected of murdering a couple and their eldest daughter in Hanno City, Saitama Prefecture last December, has been detained for four months from the 13th to examine his criminal responsibility. made it clear that
On December 25, last year, on the site of a house in Misugidai, Hanno City, Mr. Bishop William Ross, Jr. (69), his wife, and Mr. Izumi Morita (68), who live in this house, and a company employee who was returning home. Morita's eldest daughter Sofiana Megumi Morita (32) was murdered.
In this case, Jun Saito (40), an unemployed neighbor, is suspected of killing three people.
According to the police, after denying the charges, saying, "I am not the criminal," he will not talk about the incident.
The Saitama District Public Prosecutor's Office has announced that it will conduct an appraisal detention from the 13th in order to examine Saito's mental state at the time in detail.
The period is scheduled for four months until June 13, and the prosecution is expected to decide whether criminal responsibility can be questioned based on the results of psychiatric evaluation by experts.