Police are attempting to determine if the head belongs to the torso of a woman found floating at the mouth of a river by a fisherman in Oamishirasato City on September 29
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Upon his apprehension in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Junya Hida was in possession of a white bicycle, tent, a saucepan and a large number of seasonings
Suspect allegedly used a necktie and his hands to fatally strangle his mother, 85, at the residence they share in Takatsu Ward
Victim was fond collapsed near the entrance of his residence with a 14-centimeter-long knife protruding from his abdomen
Suspect allegedly used a cord to strangle his wife, 71, at their residence on the grounds of the temple he presides over
Suspect allegedly pushed the woman, aged in her 20s, up against a fence as she commuted home on a road near JR Uguisudani Station before fondling her body
Grant Andrew McEwan, a 30-year-old British confectioner living in Saitama City, was struck by a car while crossing an intersection and fell to the pavement
Suspect told the board of education, 'I used the money on gambling and fuzoku'
Knife was used to sever the arms, legs and head of the woman, who is believed to be an adult aged above 30, police said
Police seized a manual outlining how to carry out frauds, a register of names and cash during a raid of a room at the hotel