Suspect in slain student case says he set fire to apartment to erase evidence
CHIBA —
The suspect in the murder of a 21-year-old Chiba University student Yukari Ogino in 2009 said during his trial Friday that he set fire to the apartment after the murder in order to erase any possible evidence that would lead to his arrest.
“I was worried that there might have been hair or DNA left at the scene, said,” Tatsumi Tateyama, 50, who is charged with murdering Yukari Ogino. He said that he thought setting fire would be faster than cleaning the room.
The victim’s mother, Minako Ogino, was in court and was taking notes during Tateyama’s testimony. However, when he began describing the details, she covered her face with a handkerchief and remained motionless.
Ogino was found dead with stab wounds to the chest and neck in the burned-out ruins of her apartment in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, in October 2009. Tateyama was arrested after he confessed to the murder, shortly after police released security camera footage of him withdrawing money from the victim’s account at an ATM machine.
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Iwitness
But why did this piece of filth kill her in the first place?
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himehentai
no one knows. But he is actually an idiot.
He should never have killed her, but if he had not withdrawn her money and admitted to setting fire to the room, chances are he would have never, ever been caught.
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CruzControl
Why is the guy still called a suspect?
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BlueWitch
**Because this is JAPAN, CruzControl.
Utterly pathetic if you ask me. The judicial system here is stuck in the age of the dinosaur, it wasn't until VERY recently that they started to collect DNA evidence. Autopsies are still rare as well.
A very high percent of these scumbags can kill someone, get away with it and live their lives as if nothing has ever happened because the great majority of clown-cops here are useless/joke and prefer be sipping tea and laugh while in the koban. That's the sad truth.**
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cleo
Because he's assumed innocent until proven guilty. The trial is still under way, which means no verdict has been pronounced, which means he's not yet a convicted criminal. This isn't 'because this is Japan' - quite a few other countries are proud to continue this quaint and ancient tradition. Some people it seems would prefer Japan to slip back into an earlier, less complicated age, where cops were free to mete out instantaneous 'justice' without the hindrance of a judicial system.
There is no way this particular scumbag is going to 'get away with it and live (his life) as if nothing has ever happened'.
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BlueWitch
There is no way this particular scumbag is going to 'get away with it and live (his life) as if nothing has ever happened'.
I really hope so, Cleo. I remember this story well and it makes me cringe.
R.I.P. Yukari
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azninvasion
Oh my..my heart goes out to her. That is really saddening. I did some work at a magistrates court in queensland (australia) and the details of the crimes remind you that we are just unbearably human. Let alone for her to hear it happened to a loved one...with the perpetrator right in front of you..
Disturbing. Classic traits of a sociopath eg. incapable of feeling guilt, remorse or empathy for their actions
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goddog
This moron was not thinking out of the box. RIP girl.
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cleo
CruzControl - Sticking rigidly to the rules even when the issue of guilt is clear helps protect the likes of you and me if we ever get caught up in a case where things maybe aren't so clear-cut. Or where they appear to be clear-cut.
People confess to things they haven't done for all kinds of reasons - mental illness, misguided attempt to protect a third party, etc., etc. I'm not saying that's the case here - I haven't listened to any of the evidence, so I have no idea either way - but if you don't stick to the rules for everyone, they are meaningless. You may as well throw them out of the window and bring back trial by ordeal or trial by combat. Or vigilanteism.
The apparent fact that in American courts rich people can buy the kind of justice that suits them doesn't mean that courts in other countries should cut corners and simply string up the first suspect the cops lay hands on.
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CruzControl
Cleo, try to understand I was just being a bit facetious in my comments.
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Iwitness
I am happy to see this scumbag held as a suspect until the trial is over! We never know when our turn will come, and the evidence will seem overwhelming despite being innocent!
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jonobugs
It seems pretty stupid to be stealing money from an ATM machine from a person you just killed, but then it might be that he killed her for her money to begin with. It seems that criminals tend not to be overly bright...
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