Man, woman killed after their car goes off cliff during police chase

"Sato had consulted with them about a week ago concerning trouble she was having with Ikejima."

She wanted to break up with the worthless creap and cut her losses; she knew he was a volatile, unstable and immature momma's boy; and yet she got into the car with him?

What 3rensho said--sounds like a murder suicide to me. Why can't murderous and mental go out solo? Cowards.

And I forgot to add that the police obviously didn't do a good enough job.

Murder suicide?

she knew he was a volatile, unstable and immature momma's boy; and yet she got into the car with him

Some women can't resist bad boys. For all we know, she could have been subconsciously encouraging him...and secretly enjoyed the thrill of the police chase.

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You're not the only one who can make assumptions without knowing the whole story.....

39 and 32 reported missing, Don't get it they are adults why would the police be looking for them ??? Now if it was reported that Ikejima had kidnaped Asami Sato then I could see why the police would be looking for them. A lot of missing information in the write up of this story. 

Sato had consulted with them about a week ago concerning trouble she was having with Ikejima.

And it seems the police did no thing to help her ??? And now she is dead thanks to Ikejima's professional driving skills. Wasted Youth.

Have to agree with others, from how it reads it looks like a murder suicide.

What’s the go in Japan for these, is there now an official investigation into the crash and the Police handling of it?

If the content of this article is true, I would like you to release the drive recorder video of the chasing side to us.

Map of Fukaura Restaurant(Incident site)

https://goo.gl/maps/rtETmnYWx6U428mGA

Two adult out doing whatever and their families report them missing and police get involved. At what age do adult children become free from parental interference

That’s why you always wear a seatbelt. Could have saved their life if they wouldn’t be thrown out of the car.

Not so sure that the seat belt would have helped her. According to the article:

Police said an autopsy showed that Sato had been strangled and that she was probably already dead when the car went off the cliff.

Enough with these stupid police chases that endanger the public.

Enough with these stupid police chases that endanger the public.

Yeah, of course it's the police's fault that someone running from the police drove off a cliff.

So I guess you also think letting a suspected murderer get away wouldn't endanger the public at all.

Euro Dude: "That’s why you always wear a seatbelt. Could have saved their life if they wouldn’t be thrown out of the car."

You don't even see the irony of your silly statement, do you. She was strangled... by... not wearing a seatbelt? Sheesh.

Cops didn't do anything wrong here, by the sounds of it. Seems like Ikejima had killed her then decided he was too much of a coward to live with his actions when the consequences came knocking. These people need to stop taking others before they take themselves.

oldman: "Enough with these stupid police chases that endanger the public."

I know your handle is "old man", but I'm not going to assume all such people are incapable of reading or rational thought. They turned on the cherries and the murderer fled, driving the already strangled person off and suspect off a cliff. Whomelse did the hurt or endanger, amigo? And what else should have they have done?

@smithinjapan

Some folks have already blamed the police as soon as they read the headline. They could've chased Hitler off a cliff and it still would've been the Police's fault.

extender: I'm no fan of a lot of J-cop actions (or inactions), but there is no reason to doubt they did wrong here. In fact, I applaud J-cops when they do their absolute damndest to not pull out their weapons and/if they do to shoot at the ground. I've watched them escort protests and even the odd chase. Sometimes it seems weird, but as I believe is the case here they just wanted to arrest.

Now, they may forget to lock the doors a lot or what have you, but I believe they did nothing wrong here.

I'm no fan of a lot of J-cop actions (or inactions), but there is no reason to doubt they did wrong here. In fact, I applaud J-cops when they do their absolute damndest to not pull out their weapons and/if they do to shoot at the ground. I've watched them escort protests and even the odd chase. Sometimes it seems weird, but as I believe is the case here they just wanted to arrest. Now, they may forget to lock the doors a lot or what have you, but I believe they did nothing wrong here.

I agree, cops aren't perfect. But too often, just like in the US, people look to blame the cops for anything and everything that goes wrong. One police chase leads to an accidental death or injury, suddenly every police chase is an unnecessary risk to the public, even if they are chasing a suspected murderer with a body in the car next to him.

Most cops are just trying to do the best they can at an incredibly difficult (and thankless as seen here) job.

I watched the news coverage this morning. It's not like they went around the curve and off a cliff. he had to drive through a large gravel parking area and go through a chain-link fence so I'm definitely in agreement with those who said it was a murder-suicide. And the car landed upside down and was pretty well smashed so I doubt that seat belts would have helped at all. That was a cliff not an embankment that they ran down

And there were no brake marks at all in the parking area before hitting the fence

An autopsy determined that the woman was strangled to death before the man drove the car off the cliff. So it wasn't a murder suicide. It was improper disposal of a corpse and suicide