Woman slain in Tokyo apartment; boyfriend dies in suicide in Kawasaki

Wednesday 10th September, 11:17 AM JST

TOKYO —

A 25-year-old woman was found dead in the bathroom of her apartment in Shinagawa Ward early Wednesday morning, police said, adding that her 26-year-old boyfriend, who lived with her, died in an apparent suicide four hours earlier.

According to police investigations, officers found the woman, who has not been named, pending notification to her family, lying on the floor of her bathroom around 3:20 a.m. She had been stabbed in the back. Police had gone there after her boyfriend apparently jumped to his death from the balcony of his parents’ apartment in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture late Tuesday night.

13 Comments

KissMint at 11:25 AM JST - 10th September

All couples have disagreements, and break-ups happen all the time. How does it get to murder-suicide? Crazy...
fatloser at 12:02 PM JST - 10th September

Stabbed in the back!! She ignored him and he killed her. That's love for you!!!!!!!!!!! Another spoilt rotten BRAT kills because he was told no.
Larry at 12:26 PM JST - 10th September

What ever happened to a good ol beat down.
darksamurai at 01:06 PM JST - 10th September

NUTS!!..Love is Blind.
bushlover at 01:35 PM JST - 10th September

Well we don't know why he killed her. Who knows it could have been because she refused to launder his cloths. I mean mommy can't do everything for him his whole life. Sometime there has to be a girl to take over. How dare she refuse.
marylinm at 02:56 PM JST - 10th September

this is sick and scary.
mayabe at 04:07 PM JST - 10th September

poor couples they should think life is most important above all.
dennis0bauer at 04:39 PM JST - 10th September

these people really live in denial, when a relation is over then deal with and go to the next one.
tkoind2 at 04:53 PM JST - 10th September

Hey. Read more carefully. The Boyfriend died before she died. There is something more complex at work here.

If the boyfriend died 4hrs before she died? Who killed her? And what is the connection?

What kind of trouble were they in?
bobcatfish at 05:09 PM JST - 10th September

i think he committed suicide before they found her body - not before she died.
fatloser at 07:24 PM JST - 10th September

Or she stabbed herself in the back to make it LOOK like he killed her!!
KitsuneYoukai at 12:04 AM JST - 11th September

tkoind2...No, the article says the police found her at 3:20 am; who knows what time she died. That's up to the coroner to figure out. He could have killed her then went to his parents and jumped off the balcony.
Itabashiku at 11:44 AM JST - 11th September

Yeah, I saw the time difference too. It's bad reporting/writing. It should be worded correctly so it is more clear to readers.