On the 3rd, the Metropolitan Police Department arrested and announced the arrest of Kazuki Owada (26), an employee of a waste collection company, from Mitsugi 1-chome, on suspicion of murdering the company’s president. He is reportedly remaining silent.
According to Investigation Division 1, on February 10 around midday, Owada is suspected of stabbing Kazuki Shiratori (26 at the time), with whom he lived, in the right chest with a kitchen knife in a room of his apartment in Mitsugi 1-chome, resulting in his death. The cause of death was hemorrhagic shock.
On the evening of February 20, Owada himself called 110, reporting, “I got into an argument and killed my friend.” Police officers who arrived discovered Shiratori’s body inside a wagon parked in the apartment complex’s parking lot.
Also withdrew cash from bank account
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested Owada the following day, February 21, on suspicion of abandoning a body, and he was later indicted on the same charge. During questioning before the arrest, he explained, “I was scolded by Shiratori at work, and we got into an argument.” He also stated that his relationship with Shiratori dated back to middle school.
Owada was re-arrested in April on suspicion of fraudulent creation and use of documents, for allegedly using Shiratori’s cash card and driver’s license to borrow a total of 950,000 yen from consumer finance companies.
According to investigative sources, the borrowed money is believed to have been spent on dining and entertainment at leisure facilities. It was also revealed that, in addition to the borrowed funds, Owada had withdrawn 200,000 yen from Shiratori’s bank account.
■ At night, he worked as a restaurant employee …
