Police apprehended the suspect after an image of a plant posted to Instagram showed a residence in Itabashi Ward in the background
TokyoReporter
Three perpetrators tied the arms and legs of a woman, then 61, with adhesive tape at her residence in Shinjuku Ward and ransacked the interior
Suspects received cocaine and marijuana from a 20-year-old Japanese national residing in Shinagawa Ward, police said
Suspect told police, 'I did not intend to kill'
Police found 1 kilogram of stimulant drugs concealed in 2 boxes of wrapped sweet cakes
Officers entering the residence found skeletal remains atop a bed in the living room and a mummified corpse lying on a futon in a bedroom
Body of Noboru Ujiie was placed in a bag that was found in a closet in the residence
Member of the ring posed as a seller of corporate bonds in swindling an elderly woman in Ibaraki Prefecture earlier this month
Police said the results of an autopsy conducted on the body revealed the cause of death to be brain damage as a result of a blow to the face
Hospital staff member tipped off police on July 19, saying that a woman who died the day before arrived at the facility with bruises over the length of her body