CHIBA —

Police said Thursday a restaurant owner was found murdered in Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, on Wednesday.

Police said they received a report from a male customer at around 4:30 a.m., saying that the manager of an establishment named Ippai 2 had been found stabbed, NTV reported. Police rushed to the scene to find the victim, who has been named as 61-year-old Yoshie Nemoto, lying in a back room of the restaurant having lost a large amount of blood from stab wounds to her back.

Doctors pronounced Nemoto dead at the scene and said that her wounds were consistent with those caused by an instrument the size and shape of an ice-pick, NTV reported. 

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  tokyobakayaro at Jun. 22, 2012 - 07:24AM JST

  caused by an instrument the size and shape of an ice-pick

  The should look for a woman, the suspect is probably Catherine Tramell

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  nonsibi at Jun. 22, 2012 - 11:14AM JST

  They should look for a woman, the suspect is probably Catherine Tramell

  Hm.... you must have been obsessed by 'Basic Instict'.

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  Al Stewart at Jun. 22, 2012 - 01:03PM JST

  Nothing was stolen? Recently most crimes like this, the victims are like over 60. Whats going on?

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  Spidey at Jun. 22, 2012 - 01:07PM JST

  "Nothing was stolen? Recently most crimes like this, the victims are like over 60. Whats going on?"

  Demographics

  S

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  Debucho at Jun. 22, 2012 - 01:16PM JST

  didn't pay his protection maney

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  Hategobo at Jun. 23, 2012 - 01:19PM JST

  A call from a customer at 4:30am. Is that a little early for a restaurant to be open?