Suspect told police, 'I aimed at elderly persons as it is too much of a bother for them to chase me'
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Customs officials seized cocaine valued at ¥2.3 billion from backpacks aboard a freighter
Decapitated bodies of the suspect's son, 19, and wife, 58, were found in the bathroom of their residence in Toyohira Ward last week
Suspect posed as a customer and pocketed the piece of jewelry when the vendor's attention was diverted
Suspect used one of the cards belonging to the man, aged 79 when he died, to purchase a toothbrush and other items from a pharmacy in Hidaka City
Police say the skull is very likely not that of Tiphaine Veron, a 36-year-old French woman who went missing after she departed a lodge on July 29
Suspet is alleged to have beaten his wife Shiho, 23, in the face more than 10 times inside his vehicle
Suspect denies allegations, saying, 'I only came to hear why gang members are not allowed inside'
Woman fell roughly 9 meters to the ground after her husband threw her from the balcony at around 4:30 a.m. on Thursday
Suspect allegedly fondled the chest of the woman inside a carriage of the Keikyu Main Line as it traveled between Tomioka and Sugita stations