Suspect told police, 'I thought about whether to stab a person or start a fire'
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Father of victim said, 'The criminal who killed our daughter can never be forgiven'
Woman's ankles had been bound with rope and her wrists with adhesive tape, police said
Suspect says that she 'was forced' to swallow the capsules in Thailand
Suspect told police that he had been suffering from 'work stress'
Suspect told police, 'Since she doesn't understand the nature of my job, I flew into a rage'
Suspect told police, 'I have nothing to say'
Police are treating the case as murder and abandoning a corpse
Security camera footage showed the suspect following the victim prior to the incident, police said
Masafumi Hijikata was drunk upon his apprehension early Tuesday, police said