Body of Mayuko Uchiyama was found in a forest in Fujieda City on June 9
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Hidden passage marked 'storeroom' was used to connect the rooms for massages and prostitution
Ring is believed to have collected about ¥180 million from 700 persons
Police seized cash, poker tables and chips from inside the premises
Employee found the body of the girl inside one of the lockers in a series in the Kabukicho red-light district on May 29
Suspect told police, 'I injected myself at a sauna near my residence'
Victim was told over the telephone by a person falsely claiming to be her son that he needed money to pay compensation to a co-worker over an unwanted pregnancy
Bodies of both women showed signs of having been beaten with a blunt instrument, police said
Suspect said that he left the body of his mother in the residence without a proper burial after she died around January
Suspect denies allegations, telling police, 'I did not intend to kill'