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Police in Aomori said Thursday they have arrested an unemployed 37-year-old man over the murder of a woman who managed a restaurant in Aomori City.
According to police, the body of Hatsue Kawamura, 59, who managed Daiyasu restaurant in Sentomimachi, was found by a customer in the restaurant at around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Fuji TV quoted police as saying that Kawamura had various puncture wounds in her neck, caused by a knife or some other sharp object. The victim most likely died from excessive blood loss from the major arteries.
Investigators said they found no evidence of a struggle or a break-in, adding that the restaurant door was unlocked.
Police said that the suspect, identified as Kenichi Okubo, turned himself in at a nearby police station just before midnight Wednesday. Police said he brought a bloodied knife, believed to be the murder weapon, with him in a bag, Fuji reported.
Police said that Okubo has so far given no motive for the crime.
© Japan Today
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Wakarimasen
all the staff at her restaurant should have been carrying guns and she might still be alive.
Kobuta Chan
Yakuza.
sensei258
More likely a customer who couldn't take no for an answer.