Suspect told police, 'Based on clothes and appearance, I thought he was a woman'
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Suspect told police, 'Since I was under the influence of alcohol at the time, I do not recall'
Corpse of woman with a knife plunged in the back discovered on a mountain trail in Tokamachi City on August 11
Suspect told police, 'He insulted my father, so I stabbed him, but I did not mean to kill him'
Results of a DNA analysis confirmed that the body found by a male fisherman at Gongen Dam on the morning of August 11 is that of Yuka Konishi
Toshiyuki Kaneda allegedly wrote to the woman, 39, that he had sought the assistance of the yakuza over the repayment of a loan
Suspect repeatedly punched Yotsuko Miyamoto, 88, multiple times in the abdomen at Group Home Yushin San-chome
Suspect told police, 'He cautioned me about how to live my life, and I beat him'
Suspect entered an outlet of MiniStop and kicked the 27-year-old employee in the face as he stocked a shelf, knocking him unconscious
Staff member at the Tondabayashi Police Station entered the second-floor meeting room where Junya Hida had been speaking with the lawyer and found the defendant gone