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A 27-year-old former employee of a ramen restaurant in Kasugai, Aichi Prefecture, has been charged with robbery and murder.
According to police, Ryota Miyaji, who is unemployed, is suspected of murdering Noriaki Ogihara, 35, on Sept 24, and stealing at least 2.5 million in cash from the ramen restaurant where he worked until August, Fuji TV reported Wednesday. Ogihara suffered multiple injuries to his head after being beaten by a blunt object, police said. He died of a fractured skull. A second employee, a 39-year-old man, was also beaten about the head and remains in a critical condition in hospital.
According to police, they asked Miyaji to come in voluntarily for questioning. He was questioned from about 3:45 a.m. until 8 p.m. Monday. Then he told officers he wanted to leave. As police had no tangible evidence to hold him on, they released him.
However, one officer walked with Miyaji for nearly six hours, trying to persuade him to return for further questioning, Fuji reported. At 2 a.m. Tuesday, Miyaji fled and was subsequently put on a nationwide wanted list.
At around 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Miyaji was arrested at his parents' home where he had been living since quitting his job at the ramen restaurant.
Police said they also found 1.95 million yen of the stolen money at the home.
Miyaji has admitted to the charge and was quoted by police as saying “I did it.”
© Japan Today
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Stuart hayward
I'm really glad they caught this monster. I've never understood how someone could take a life just for money, especially repeatedly beating someone's skull till they're dead. Rip to the victim who lost his life and prayers for the recovery of the other. Also, I have to acknowledge the good work by J police, who followed through on this case.
Mike3113King
Is the economy in Japan really in a recession even after all that money printing and debt?
nath
On the contrary, I'd request that criminals always submit to voluntary questioning. It's innocents who should never submit to it.
nakanoguy01
where did they walk to? tokyo and back?
Mocheake
Six hours walking!? Did they take him on a hike and pack a lunch too?
TheGodfather
Only in Japan would the police beg a murderer let them arrest him!! :-D
sensei258
Strangerland got it right. I spent years as a Federal Agent, and 9 times out of 10, the guys who wanted to talk were the guilty ones.
Joseph Tompkins
I hope so much that justice can be served. It's such a shame that men that worked so hard for their money at that ramen shop had such a tragic death. I hate thieves almost as much as murderers.
Polar Cities
Reminds me of that movie by itami jujo ...tampopo
zones2surf
I remember thinking at the time the original article was posted on JT that it had to be an inside job... someone who knew the cash handling routines of the ramen shop. However, I never posted that because I don't like to speculate on these things. Alas, I was right.
misunderstood
WOW the cop walked with the suspect for 6 hours? Let me see I need ma dog walker
Peace Out
I am not saying he is innocent, but boy, the police sure harassed him good! Sounds like he got enough sleep deprivation that he would have confessed to killing Jimmy Hoffa!
wontond
How could he have fled if they had nothing to hold him on in the first place?
Dennis Bauer
Luckily he was a smart criminal and hid at his parents house. :P