Suspect said, 'I thought they were from the city office, so I showed them the knife in trying to drive them away'
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Body of Yoshiki Yokoyama was found with an electrical cord around his neck inside a van in Suzuka City on May 13
Police apprehended the suspect after an image of a plant posted to Instagram showed a residence in Itabashi Ward in the background
Three perpetrators tied the arms and legs of a woman, then 61, with adhesive tape at her residence in Shinjuku Ward and ransacked the interior
Suspects received cocaine and marijuana from a 20-year-old Japanese national residing in Shinagawa Ward, police said
Suspect told police, 'I did not intend to kill'
Police found 1 kilogram of stimulant drugs concealed in 2 boxes of wrapped sweet cakes
Officers entering the residence found skeletal remains atop a bed in the living room and a mummified corpse lying on a futon in a bedroom
Body of Noboru Ujiie was placed in a bag that was found in a closet in the residence
Member of the ring posed as a seller of corporate bonds in swindling an elderly woman in Ibaraki Prefecture earlier this month