Nasu 2 bodies, 25-year-old man’s DNA found in female victim’s car trunk…Adhesive tape and cable ties inside the car

In the case where the bodies of a man and a woman were found on a riverbed in Nasu Town, Tochigi Prefecture, bloodstains found in the trunk of a car owned by the man who was arrested on suspicion of mutilating a corpse matched the DNA type of the female victim, investigators have learned. I found this out through an interview. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the circumstances, believing it is highly likely that the two people were assaulted and taken from Tokyo in this car.

The bodies of Ryutaro Takarajima (55), a restaurant manager in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, and a woman were found on the morning of the 16th on a riverbed in Nasu Town, with their hands and feet bound and their heads covered with plastic bags and adhesive tape. . The woman is believed to be Takarajima’s wife.

According to investigators, Takarajima and two others had traveled from Ueno, Tokyo to Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa Ward, in a rental car driven by an acquaintance, to look for property around 11 p.m. on the 15th. After that, the construction industry Hirayama AyakenRyoken It is believed that he was in a car owned by the suspect (25) (arrested on suspicion of damaging a corpse), and this car was seen on a security camera near the scene where the body was found in the early hours of the next day, the 16th.

The car was seized from Hirayama’s home in Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture, and bloodstains of the female victim were found in the trunk and back seat. Inside the car, Takarajima’s wife’s driver’s license, as well as adhesive tape and cable ties believed to have been used in the incident, were reportedly left behind.

A few days before the incident, Hirayama had purchased gasoline and adhesive tape in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture. He told investigators, “I bought the tools and lent him the car at the direction of a certain person. I did not go to Tochigi,” and the Metropolitan Police Department believes there may be other people in charge of instructing or executing the crime.