Suspect beat his wife, 75, in the head with the hammer and strangled her at their residence in Asahi Ward
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Suspect told police, 'There are facts in arrest warrant and there are also areas that are different from the facts'
Victim's body found to contain sleeping pills after he was found dead due to carbon monoxide poisoning
Police believe the man found dead carried out the stabbing earlier that morning before leaping to his death
Officer with a gun arrested the suspect on suspicion of attempted murder after ordering him to drop a knife he was holding
Woman found strangled; man unconscious with burned charcoal in saucepan nearby
Ex-president said that he used the funds to cover personal debt and entertainment expenses
Woman tipped off police about a dispute between her husband, son and another man at her residence early Thursday
Wife of Kozuke Nozaki found him not breathing on a sofa in a second-floor bedroom of their residence in Tanabe City
Victim likely suffered several wounds to the abdomen likely delivered by a knife, police said