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Saitama prefectural police said Friday they have arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of kidnapping an 18-year-old third-year high school student with whom he became acquainted on Twitter.
Police said Mitsuo Yoshino, 26, a company employee who lives in Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama, has admitted to the charge, Fuji TV reported. Police said Yoshino sent a message to the girl on Twitter on Jan 10, inviting her to his house after seeing her post in which she said wanted to run away from home.
Police said he met up with the girl, took her back to his apartment and kept her confined there from Jan 19 to Jan 22 when she escaped and went to Tokyo. Police found the girl after her mother had filed a missing person report with Saitama police. The girl was not injured, police said.
© Japan Today
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sensei258
Stupid, if you wanted a pet, should have got a cat instead
sensei258
Legally, it's still kidnapping even if she went willingly
Macoleco
I think this happens when children and parents don’t keep a close relationship. So they want to run away away from home, and end up like this.
Bugle Boy of Company B
Never take them back to your own place.
ushosh123
The world we live in is ugly
WilliB
Saitama again?