CHIBA (TR) – Police have rearrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of murder after he allegedly strangled a female acquaintance to death with a smartphone charging cable at an apartment here before driving her body hundreds of kilometers north to dump it, reports Fuji News Network (Nov. 12).
Ryota Nakajima, 28, was served a fresh arrest warrant for allegedly killing 30-year-old acquaintance Risa Kato on October 19 at an apartment in the Kamo area of Ichihara City. Nakajima had previously been taken into custody on charges of abandoning a corpse.
According to police, an autopsy revealed that Kato died of suffocation caused by neck compression. The force of the strangulation was severe enough to fracture a bone in her throat.
Following the killing, Nakajima loaded Kato’s body into a passenger vehicle and transported it from Chiba Prefecture to Miyagi Prefecture, where he dumped the remains.
Investigators also suspect Nakajima attempted to take his own life shortly after the incident. Multiple slash wounds were observed on his neck and arms at the time of his initial arrest.
“I tried to commit suicide by cutting my neck, but I couldn’t die,” Nakajima was quoted by police as saying.
Under questioning, the suspect admitted to the murder charges, telling investigators, “I strangled her neck with a charging cord and killed her.”
