Suspect suffered a cracked skull; he remains unconscious, police said
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DNA analysis confirmed that the body belongs to a woman who went missing on November 24, 1987
Police arrested suspect after witness saw him at the residence around the time the fire started
Yasutaka Tsurumoto raped the women inside their residences in Yamagata and Yamanashi prefectures between 2013 and 2016
Suspect told police, 'Because of me, my daughter is dead'
Victim was told by a person posing an employee of the credit union that her card needed to be replaced
Suspect allegedly sprayed an unspecified liquid into the face of the delivery man from a takkyubin company and stole a high-end wristwatch
Police seized a list of about 3,000 names from a residence surrounded by paddy fields that is believed to have been the headquarters
Japan Coast Guard helicopter equipped with an infrared camera began patrolling Mukaishima island in search of Tatsuma Hirao on April 26
Money is believed to have been spent on entertainment and office expenses, police said