<figure id="attachment_465182" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-465182" style="width: 2150px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="ca6d6576"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2026/04/967523dc323c2bb7c72b6b5dd7c89220.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-465182" class="wp-caption-text">Many offerings were placed at the floral tribute table. Many mourned his untimely death.</figcaption></figure>
<h3><span class="strongInContent"> Mourners continued to arrive even after sunset.</span></h3>
<p> Even after the sun set, mourners continued to arrive.</p>
<p> The body of Yuki Adachi, 11, a sixth grader, was dumped in the mountains of Sonobe-cho, Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture. A memorial stand was set up at the entrance to the mountain road where the body was found.</p>
<p> When this site&#8217;s reporter went to the site, she found a bouquet of flowers, potato chips and other snacks, and Calpis and other juices. The offerings piled to overflowing on the small wooden table showed that many people were mourning Yuki&#8217;s death.</p>
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<p> A man in his 50s visiting from Osaka said, &#8220;It was such a tragic event that I came here on my way back from Minamisanriku Town in Miyagi Prefecture. I came here after returning from Minamisanriku-cho in Miyagi Prefecture. I came to &#8230;&#8230; just to donate flowers.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> After the father, Yuki Adachi, 37, was arrested on April 16 on suspicion of abandoning a corpse, various facts began to emerge during the investigation. The process of finding Yuki&#8217;s body, which had been a big mystery, is one of them. The area where the body was found is a place where people gather wild vegetables, and it is confirmed that even after March 23, when Yuki went missing, there were local residents who went into the wooded area to gather wild vegetables.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Initially, there was an undeniable sense of abruptness about the fact that a body was found in such a place. However, during the interrogation, we learned that the suspect, Yuuki, had moved the body from one place to another. In the process, it was suspected that he had temporarily hidden the body in a public restroom near his home. Yuki&#8217;s home was a large family with four households living on the premises, but the suspect had concealed the body so that the family would not find out about it,&#8221; said a reporter from the society department of a national newspaper.</span></p>
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<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" The investigators felt &quot;uncomfortable&quot; with the situation."></div>
<figure id="attachment_465183" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-465183" style="width: 589px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="63185858"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2026/04/cc8153b6112c1fa17fd37a6e0f537bfb-1.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-465183" class="wp-caption-text">Suspect Yuuki distributing search flyers. The suspect was said to have been unperturbed.</figcaption></figure>
<h3><span class="strongInContent"> I didn&#8217;t realize he was my father.</span></h3>
<p> It was not only the family that Yugi tried to deceive. On the day the backpack was found, Yugi was at work as usual and appeared unconcerned. Furthermore, on March 31, it was confirmed that he had come to a neighborhood cake shop to distribute flyers searching for Yuki.</p>
<p> In fact, this website obtained security camera footage from that time. It showed Yuki distributing leaflets in a nonchalant manner.</p>
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<p> However, some frayed edges were beginning to show.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> When he visited the cake shop, the suspect did not give his name. When he visited the cake shop, the clerk did not recognize him as his father. When the clerk asked him whether he wanted his name posted outside or inside the store, he replied bluntly, &#8216;Either one is fine,&#8217; and seemed unenthusiastic about the search.</span></p>
<p> The suspect, Yuuki, led a normal life in front of his family and appealed to those around him that he was a family member of the victim. However, the cover-up was broken down by the persistent investigation.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The prefectural police began investigating the suspect based on various suspicious points, such as Yuki&#8217;s reaction when the school reported Yuki&#8217;s disappearance, his appearance at the leaflet distribution event, and the fact that some of the video footage from Yuki&#8217;s car was found to have been deleted from the driver&#8217;s recordings.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The suspect&#8217;s range of activities was probably restricted because he was hiding from his family, but his belongings, including a backpack and shoes, were found in the mountains along the road from his home to his place of work. The backpack showed no signs of having been exposed to the elements and was clearly uncomfortable. Perhaps out of impatience, the cover-up efforts gradually became sloppy.</span></p>
<p> Four days have passed since the arrest of the suspect, and the whole story is coming to light.</p>
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 Kei Kato (1st photo)

 The "Kyoto Elementary School Sixth Grade Dumping Case" is being solved after a persistent investigation by the Kyoto Prefectural Police. How did the police break down the cover-up by the suspect, Masaki Adachi? We take a closer look behind the scenes of the investigation.

Kyoto Elementary School Sixth Grade Dumping Case: Behind the Vind the Scenes of the Vindictive Investigation&#8230; &#8220;Investigators Felt a Sense of Discomfort&#8221; at the Cover-Up Efforts of Yuuki Adachi, the Suspect

Kyoto Elementary School Sixth Grade Dumping Case: Behind the Vind the Scenes of the Vindictive Investigation… “Investigators Felt a Sense of Discomfort” at the Cover-Up Efforts of Yuuki Adachi, the Suspect

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