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A man who had been placed on a nationwide wanted list on suspicion of killing his former mother-in-law and injuring his ex-wife in Sapporo was captured by police Wednesday afternoon.
Police arrested Shuichi Shirakawa, 30, at around 4:40 p.m. in the city of Bihoro, eastern Hokkaido, where he is presumed to have fled following the crime on Sunday night, local media reported.
At around 1:40 p.m. on Wednesday, a resident contacted police informing them that a suspicious car had been parked in the city’s mountain area. When police arrived at the site, they found Shirakawa sitting in his car, the same vehicle he used to flee the crime scene on Sunday.
As police attempted to persuade Shirakawa to surrender himself, he doused himself with gasoline and remained locked in the car, Sankei Shimbun reported. After about three hours of trying to persuade Shirakawa to give himself up, police officers stormed into the car and captured him.
Shirakawa is suspected of hitting and seriously injuring his former wife Yuko Ouchi with a bat and then and fatally stabbing her mother Mayumi. He is also believed to have taken his 1-year-old son from Ouchi’s house after committing the crime. The boy was later found safe at Shirakawa’s parents’ house.
© Japan Today
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sensei258
Glad the baby is okay, and hope the mom recovers completely. Judges, time to step up, put this guy away forever so he can't hurt anybody else.
"Good morning Mr. Shirakawa, here's your breakfast. Oh, by the way, you'll be hanged after lunch today. Just thought you should know"
Oh, Pie!
@sensei258 No, no. I say give him a light sentence. Poor kid had a rough upbringing. Give him a chance.
TheGodfather
"time to step up"
Oh yes...
bobsap
oh no
Mocheake
Should have let the scum burn.
nath
Hopefully that individual will never walk the streets for eternity. I feel really bad for the victim and her family.
It is completely shocking that domestic violence especially of with this extreme would occur in Japan. Japan is one of the safest countries in the world along with Singapore. Japan should emulate Singapore in terms of the criminal justice and quality of life enforcement. If Japan had the same exact laws as Singapore, this kind of incident would be much less likely to happen. Nothing like this ever occurs in Singapore. Despite what critics say, personal freedom (not that it is an issue in Singapore) is trivial especially when it comes to being able to walk around in public without having to worry about being a victim of street crime.
Monozuki
Early arrest than I expected. Good job! Hope this teaches him crime doesn't pay.
J.T.K.K.H.
He will get off lite sentence cause maybe he had a difficult up bringing blah blah this blah that. COWARD!!!!!
Nessie
Singapore's homicide rate is virtually identical to Japan's. Both are extremely low.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
Anyway, good news that the child made it out safe.
bobsap
oh no no