Police believe the convict escaped through an unlocked window on the first floor of the prison
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Police are investigating whether the motive for the incident was sexual assault
Man chased his wife out of their residence and stabbed her before leaping from a building in Gamagori City
Suspect told police, 'I did it to view the couple having sex'
One suspect jumped on the railway tracks at JR Itabashi Station and fled
Suspect told police, 'I did it because I was worried about her'
Suspect used camera in pen to film up the skirt of the woman as she rode an escalator at JR Chiba Station
Suspect met the boy, aged 14 at the time, after he responded to a post the youth made on Twitter
Suspect told police, 'I did not have money for a funeral, and I thought that [his] pension payments would be stopped'
Daughter expressed regret, telling reporters, 'Even though he asked [the suspects] to help, they shouldn’t have listened'