HOKKAIDO (TR) – Hokkaido Prefectural Police have revealed that a body found in the mountains of the town of Mukawa has been identified as that of a missing man from Sapporo City, reports TBS News (Sep. 20).
According to police, the results of an autopsy confirmed that the body is that of 55-year-old Takayuki Nishimura. He went missing last month.
The discovery was made during questioning of Yuki Umezu, a 36-year-old an office worker from Tomakomai City. On Friday, police accused him of abandoning a corpse.
Umezu is suspected of abandoning the body of Nishimura in the mountains of Mukawa in the early hours of August 3.
The day before, Fumihiko Ogami, 49, allegedly used a knife to stab Nishimura on a street in Sapporo. Ogami then moved him into his car.
During the investigation into Ogami, Umezu surfaced as a person of interest.
Police are investigating the circumstances that led to the incident.
