Playback ’05] Arrest Warrant Issued for Another Case… Nara Girl Kidnapped and Murdered: Suspected Perpetrator’s “Hentai Extra Crimes
What did “FRIDAY” report 10, 20, and 30 years ago? In “Playback Friday,” we take a look back at the topics that were hot at the time. This time, we will introduce a story from the February 4, 2005 issue, which appeared 20 years ago : “Three weeks after his arrest, the murderer returned to the ‘crime scene’: Nara girl kidnapper and murderer, and the devil’s ‘many more heinous crimes.
On November 17, 2005, a first grade elementary school girl in Nara City was kidnapped and found dead at midnight. X (36 at the time), a newspaper salesman, was arrested on December 30 as the perpetrator; he had a previous conviction for multiple sexual assaults against girls, including forcible indecent assault of a 5-year-old girl in 1991, for which he was sentenced to 3 years in prison. Even after his arrest, there were whispers that he was involved in several incidents. All ages are current at the time).
The “murderer” appeared at the scene of the crime again.
The expression on the face of the man who murdered a young girl out of lust was not one of remorse for his crime. The murderer described his crime with an indifferent expression on his face, sometimes looking at the press with a weird, wan smile on his face.
Victim, A., 7. X showed up for the first time in about three weeks at the actual scene of the alleged kidnapping. The suspect, wearing a navy blue jumper, beige pants, and rubber boots, nodded occasionally in response to investigators’ questions and explained the circumstances surrounding the abduction.
On November 17, 2004, the day of the incident, X had been running around “hunting young girls” since the morning. He searched in Yao City, Osaka Prefecture, but could not find his “quarry,” so he went to Nara City. In the Tomio district of Nara City, where he was familiar with the area, he found and poisoned A-chan, who was on her way home from school.
During the interrogation, he was vague about the motive for the murder, but he admitted to the crime, and it was believed that it was only a matter of time before the whole case was solved. The focus of the case was now on the other crimes.
