Man kills coworker; makes it look like car accident

Monday 31st August, 06:35 AM JST

HYOGO —

A 28-year-old man was arrested on Saturday night over the death of his colleague in Miki city, Hyogo Prefecture, police said Sunday. Police allege that Noriyoshi Okada, 28, beat Katsu Morimoto, 66, to death, then put his body into a car and caused it to get in an accident.

At about 7 p.m., police received a call that a car had rolled over. In the back seat they found Morimoto, in cardiac arrest with blood pouring down his face. He was confirmed dead upon arrival at a nearby hospital.

Okada had been driving the car and, under police questioning, admitted he had caused the accident to cover up his assault on Morimoto. He was quoted as saying: “We got into an argument over something at work, and I punched him a few times.”

The two worked together at a landscaping company.

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9 Comments

Mittsu at 10:44 AM JST - 31st August

Ingenious but he still confessed. J cops really are the best!
yukisnowflake at 11:57 AM JST - 31st August

Mittsu:

No. It was not ingenious.

It was stupid & not thought through. If the suspect wanted it to look like a car accident the victim should not have been found in the back seat but in the front seat.
sakurasuki at 01:21 PM JST - 31st August

Gardening business can be rough sometimes. What topics those guys argue? Which tree they would plant? Or which bonsai is better?
elbudamexicano at 04:07 PM JST - 31st August

RIP old dude from Hyogo!
isthistheend at 04:11 PM JST - 31st August

A 28-year old punching out a 66-year old? Geez, both were sauced to the gilt or what?
Rutares at 08:54 PM JST - 31st August

How messed up in the head do you have to be to punch a 66 year-old man?
bokudayo at 11:50 PM JST - 31st August

rutares - ask the 28 year old! ;)

gotta agree with yukisnowflake. he should have thought it through a bit more. Then again, I'm sure he was pretty nervous and jittery. I get that way every time I take out anyone over 60 years old.
ca1ic0cat at 01:46 AM JST - 1st September

Guess he didn't do a very good job of staging the accident. But if he was stupid enough to resort to violence against a guy that old I imagine he was dumb enough to get caught.
sharky1 at 06:39 AM JST - 1st September

Wonder if he really did what he admitted to, or if this is just another one of those "confessions" that the J-Cops are famous for???