Police in Osaka are looking for a man who checked into a hotel with a 17-year-old girl whose body was found in a room on Saturday night.
Police said a hotel employee found the girl’s body at around 11 p.m. at the hotel in Dotonbori, Chuo Ward, Sankei Shimbun reported.
Police said the girl, who lived in Ikuno Ward, was identified through her smartphone. She checked into the hotel with a man earlier Saturday evening but security camera footage did not show the man leaving the hotel.
The window of the room on the second floor of the hotel was open and and police believed the man left that way.
When the hotel employee entered the room, he found the girl collapsed on the bed, with no visible injuries and her clothes in disarray. Her smartphone and other items were left in the room, but her wallet was gone.
Police said an autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death.
© Japan Today
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garypen
He obviously used the window exit to avoid being seen on CCTV when leaving. But, he would have been captured on it on the way in, no?
I think the cops are gonna catch this POS using hotel CCTV of them entering, CCTV from the street, and info from the victim's mobile phone apps that will show chats/texts between her and him.
wallace
Could be drugs.
WoodyLee
So how could a 17 years old check into a hotel room with this man without being Identified , LOVE hotel are the perfect place for these creeps to commit such crimes, shame on who ever certifies these industries.
albaleo
Another reason would be to avoid being seen by staff on the way out. I think it's fairly common that if a single person is seen leaving a love hotel, the staff will check that the other person is still OK.
Whatever, a sad story.
The Ripper!
I hope he is found to be safe.
Hercolobus
Yes, find him to be safe and did not commit suicide, so he can be brought to justice. I understood the Ripper’s message. But not the one who gave him a minus.
Alongfortheride
I note in the comments here that most people are assuming he had something to do with her death or murdered her, although yes its possible you are too soon to judge. The story clearly says "No visible signs of injury". There are other possibilities here, She took drugs before meeting him and over dosed or she had a medical event. It could also be the man involved found her dead when he came out of a shower...perhaps a married man who panicked and run. So even though the story looks like he had something to do with it lets not make judgement until we know what actually happened.
Zaphod
WoodyLee
Hardly. While there is no ID check, they all have security cameras and check very quickly when the time is up and nobody has left. That is far from what I would call a "perfect place" to commit murder.
Alongfortheride
Where in the story did it say it was a LOVE Hotel? Again someone making judgement calls and assuming.
Zaphod
Alongfortheride
It does not say "love hotel", but that assumption is as safe as you can get. You think you would find a normal Hotel in Dotonburi to check in and register at the reception with an under-age companion? Sure...