Suspects in Girl Abduction Case Offer Shocking Justifications Claiming Kindness Could Lead to Dating
My daughter hasn’t come home.”
It was on August 13 that the police were contacted by the mother.
Three days after the mother’s call, the Meguro Police Station of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department launched an investigation and took custody of A, a 14-year-old junior high school girl, who was found in an apartment in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on the night of August 16.
The suspect with her was Ryosuke Yamamoto, 20, a resident of the apartment and a university student. Police caught the suspect Yamamoto in the act on suspicion of kidnapping a minor. According to the police, Yamamoto lured Ms. A to his home and kidnapped her between August 12 and 16, knowing that she was a minor.
The two met on a SNS game app and began meeting in person around July of this year. Yamamoto gave Ms. A the key to his room and told her that she could come over anytime. He told the investigators, “I thought she was not a minor. He denied the charges.
Is the relationship between the two men good?
A photographer for this magazine photographed the suspect Yamamoto being sent to the police station. He looked around with a hail of laughter.
In recent years, there have been a number of cases in which girls are kidnapped after meeting them through social networking services. The suspect’s story is appalling. Here are some of the major incidents that have occurred over the past few years (ages are as of the time of the incident).
In May ’19, a 34-year-old man kidnapped a 14-year-old girl, lured her to his home and locked her up, after posting on a social networking site that he was going to consult with her about her problems. He lured her to his home and held her there! Do you want a relationship like an equal husband and wife? He then put a collar and chain on her so she could not escape, sexually assaulted her for six months, and filmed it with a digital camera, creating more than 160 videos. He also kidnapped a 12-year-old girl and was sentenced to 20 years in prison in March 2010.
In September 2010, a 28-year-old man kidnapped a suicidal junior high school girl he met on a social networking service. He allegedly spent several days at her home and took her to a bridge in a mountainous area to help her commit suicide. The junior high school girl was found dead. The man’s motive for committing the crime was indecency. In court after his arrest and indictment, he stated, “I thought that if I was kind to a mentally unstable girl, she would take an interest in me and easily have a relationship or sexual intercourse with me. He also stated that he had met five to six suicidal women in his life. The man is sentenced to five years and six months in prison.
It is naturally dangerous to meet a stranger through a social networking service, especially if the person is a minor. This is especially true if the person is a minor. The police are warning people to be careful.
PHOTO: Shinji Hasuo