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Police in Ichihara City, Chiba Prefecture, have arrested a 47-year-old man on suspicion of killing a 56-year-old woman at a hotel.
According to police, Atsushi Egawa, a company employee, who was arrested on Wednesday, used to work at the hotel and was acquainted with the victim, Hitomi Saeki, Sankei Shimbun reported.
Saeki was found murdered at around 7:30 a.m. on Nov 1 by another employee arriving for work. The body was on the floor behind the check-in desk. Saeki's face was swollen and her neck had been slashed with what appeared to be a knife. Her wrists were tied.
Police said Saeki had been alone on night duty.
An automatic check-out machine in one room had been wrecked and a towel had been wrapped around a security camera in the lobby.
Police said Egawa is accused of killing Saeki between 11:50 p.m. on Oct 31 and around 7 a.m. on Nov 1. He is also suspected to stealing tens of thousands of yen from the hotel cash box.
Egawa surfaced as a suspect after an analysis of street surveillance camera footage showed him entering the hotel on Oct 31, police said, adding that he has admitted to killing Saeki.
© Japan Today
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DanteKH
So why did he do it?
Money? Robbery? Revenge?
Michael Corleone
the employer has a duty of care to not allow lone-working...
Zaphod
DanteK
Not yamibaito??
virusrex
Obviously not, what are the odds a completely unknown criminal hires by pure chance an ex-employee of the hotel to do the crime?
The much more simple (and therefore likely) explanation is that the criminal choose by himself the site knowing there is money to be taken and that a sole employee was there during the night that he could easily dominate.
Fossil
You've been going hard arguing with anonymous people all day. That can't be good for your health. But since your are the resident health expert maybe it is. Please advise.
SwissToni
Michael CorleoneToday 05:43 pm JST
Not so, but the employer does have to have a safe lone working procedure. If the woman knew her killer, it’s possible she may have circumvented the security arrangements.
Doesn’t seem a worthwhile crime for a few tens of thousands of yen.
R_R
Why did he do that,,,I want to know.
falseflagsteve
A repulsive monster a demonic creature in human form who must be removed from society for a very very long time.