Suspect told police, 'I did it to earn income'
TokyoReporter
An examination of security camera footage by police shows a woman using the toilet just before the discovery
Suspect is a member of the Sumiyoshi-kai
Suspect told police, 'I did not do it with an obscene intention'
Number of smuggling incidents has surged since the increase in the consumption tax in 2014, according to the Ministry of Finance
Suspect denies the allegations, telling police, 'I wasn't selling'
In security camera footage, the perpetrator is shown beginning to pay for an item at the register while slowing pulling a knife out of his back pocket
Man was found floating face-down about 15 meters from the bank of a lake at Shakujii Park
Officers arriving at the scene confirmed the presence of a skull wrapped in a blue plastic sheet
Cause of death to be suffocation as a result of strangulation by a cord, police said