On the night of the 27th, a 42-year-old office worker was arrested on suspicion of murder in an apartment in Koganei, Tokyo, for murdering a woman in her 20s who seems to be living in a room by strangling her.
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the details of the investigation, saying that he had stated that he had been dating a woman before but had an argument.
The person arrested was Ippei Maruyama, a 42-year-old office worker in Tama City, Tokyo.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, on the night of the 27th, there is a suspicion of murder in an apartment in Sakuracho, Koganei City, for killing a woman who seems to be in her twenties living alone by strangling her.
Around midnight on the 28th, the suspect’s wife called 110, saying, “My husband said he killed a person,” and when a police officer rushed in, a woman fell on the bed in the apartment room. It means that it was found.
In response to the investigation, he admitted the suspicion and stated that he had been dating a woman before, but when he visited the room to talk, he had a quarrel.
The Metropolitan Police Department is proceeding with confirmation of the victim’s identity and is investigating the details.