Take our user survey and make your voice heard.
Police on Sunday arrested a man in Fukaya, Saitama Prefecture, for allegedly killing his wife.
According to police, the suspect -- identified as Takahiro Shimizu -- allegedly strangled his wife to death with an electrical cord in their second floor apartment early Saturday morning.
TBS reported that Shimizu went to his parents' house and told them his wife had gone. When his father asked him what he meant, he reportedly said he had strangled her.
Police found the body of Shimizu's wife, Kumiko, wrapped in a plastic sheet in the car park.
© Japan Today
17 Comments
Login to comment
WilliB
It is been a while since Saitama was in the news.
Nicky Washida
Is there an age? Older couple? Young couple?
WilliB
What is unusual is is that they did not arrest him for "abandoning a corps". The cops must be really sure of them selves this time.
CrazyJoe
He should have divorced the woman, or have separated. Don't kill your wife.
nath
yep I'm wondering the age too.
Also, "allegedly", did they find evidence that he did not do it?
Christina O'Neill
A lady robbed of her life by the husband who confessed to strangling her, why? Why could he not just walk away?
Fadamor
Newspapers have to use "allegedly" until an actual conviction is obtained. If they accuse him outright and he subsequently is aquitted, then the newspaper could face a defamation lawsuit. The headline notwithstanding, they still have to use "allegedly" because the "confession" was to a third-party, not the police.
jonobugs
@WilliB. I'm assuming he wasn't charged with abandoning a corpse because he had already confessed to the crime.
yourock
I understand...
chuckbello
After reading the article the question is why did he do this. I want to know more.
Tamesu San
"According to police, the suspect—identified as Takahiro Shimizu—allegedly strangled his wife to death with an electrical cord in their second floor apartment early Saturday morning."
Takahiro Shimizu: identified suspect of the murder investigation
"Shimizu went to his parents’ house and told them his wife had gone. When his father asked him what he meant, he reportedly said he had strangled her."
MO (Modus Operandi) – An offender’s method of carrying out an offense.
"electrical cord"- suspected murder instrument
Psycho defined by unsocialized criminal behavior
refs: DSM-IV http://www.criminalmindsfanwiki.com/page/Criminal+Minds+Glossary
Elbuda Mexicano
Too many unanswered questions here, but anyway RIP Kumiko san.
multitasker
Ahh, Saitama, how I love thee...
Elbuda Mexicano
I agree with CrazyJoe, so stupid to kill anybody, let alone the mother of your own children, assuming she is the real mother of the kids of this lunatic idiot out there in crappy Saitama.
smithinjapan
Ah, Saitama. Let me guess, she chided him over a cell phone bill?
barristerwolf
What the Hell???? Psycho!!!!
realdoll
She must have made him snap... I'd like to hear his reasoning.