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The Tokyo District Court has sentenced a 50-year-old man to life in prison for the murder of a 23-year-old man in his apartment in Tokyo in 2002.
The court on Wednesday convicted Naoki Kawase of killing Kentaro Narushima, a company employee whom he did not know, in his apartment in Adachi Ward on Dec 21, 2002, Sankei Shimbun reported. The case remained unsolved until Kawase turned himself in to police in 2018 and confessed to the crime, saying he couldn’t live anymore with his feelings of guilt.
The court heard that Kawase broke into Narushima’s apartment, beat Narushima with a blunt object and stabbed him in the face. He then bound his feet with an electric appliance cable. He stole the victims’s wallet and fled.
Police said Narushima’s fingerprints matched those left in the apartment.
© Japan Today
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Yubaru
16 years after the murder, the guy turns himself in and the cops finally match his prints to the crime scene.
Just scratching my head on this one.
Mr Kipling
A DNA / fingerprint database taken at birth would greatly aid criminal detection. But those who support crime would be against it.
Larry Lacky
@kipling
Wow, you are serious? Good thing you are just JT poster. Certainly wouldn’t want you in any position like government or being a cop.
Mark
Violent, Ugly, Coward, just can't comprehend this madness.
Addfwyn
@Kipling
I’d be okay with that, it’d help not just in criminal proceedings too. Missing people or even identifying bodies would be facilitated.
Unless you plan on committing crimes there’s not much to be worried about.
Geoff Gillespie
@ Larry Lacky
Fascinating. Out of interest, what exactly would your problem be with this concept...?
Mr Kipling
Larry Lacky..
Yes, very serious. You seriously want the criminals to get away with their crimes?
kaimycahl
Now think about this, Kawase killed Kentaro Narushima, a person whom he did not know. Kawase broke into Narushima’s apartment, beat him with an object, stabbed him tied him up and stole his wallet. Do you really think this guy gave himself up after all these years because of guilt. I DOUBT IT, because Kawase was nothing but a career criminal now at 50 he had no career and was getting up in age. My thinking is the only reason why he turned himself in is he perhaps thought where else can he get 3 meals a day and have a place to stay and not worry about getting caught.
TokyoLiving
And the gallows ???:.
At least will die in prison..
darknuts
A DNA / fingerprint database taken at birth would greatly aid criminal detection. But those who support crime would be against it
Michael Machida
I guess if you murder someone, the dreams you must have every night. Nightmares. And during the day, seeing the person you killed looking at you from the cafe across the street in your crazy imagination.