Police in Hiroshima are investigating the murder of a 19-year-old employee of Mazda Motor Co, whose body was found dead in the company dormitory.
According to police, another dorm resident found the victim, Kyohei Sugano, lying face up on the emergency exit stairwell at around 4:15 p.m. on Sept 14, Sankei Shimbun reported. Sugano was bleeding from head injuries. He was taken to hospital where was confirmed dead shortly after arrival.
An autopsy on Friday showed he died due to loss of blood from several blows to the head and face.
Sugano joined Mazda in April and worked on the assembly line at a nearby plant. He was last seen alive after finishing his night shift early on the morning of Sept 14.
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Ron Barnes
where is the companies security cameras
Yubaru
Ok, let's guess that someone beat the guy up,
Blows to the face? How about maybe he fell down the stairs?
How about the police are investigating it as a possible murder instead of assuming it was, reading the location of the body could mean so many other things and while murder MAY be one, it could have been and accidents too.
sensei258
RIP Kyohei, I hope they nail the guy who did this to you. I'd be willing to bet it was a drunk coworker, who of course won't remember a thing after he's caught.
Monozuki
Hope the police make a concerted effort to capture the criminal soon, and crack the case in due course. In any event, being killed at the age of 19 is overly early death. RIP.
Dom Palmer
If he fell down the stairs I would expect him to have injuries to other parts of his body than just his head and face. Also I would expect evidence (like blood) all down the stairs.
clamenza
Pretty clear he was assaulted, and not by a stairwell that concentrated on his face and head.
Since it was in a company dormitory, the number of suspects will be quite short.
Sherman
What the EFINI happened?
coskuri
Not sure the access to this stair, or even to the main entrance, was protected. Also the article says that was near the factory. That could be an industrial area with nobody out in the street. Anyone could have come by car, gone inside to kill him there, or brought back the corpse. If they have no cameras around...
The stairs can hit on both sides of the head ? Forensic docs are not magicians but there are cases where they can clearly tell the difference between a shock against stairs and the impacts of base-ball bats...
misunderstood
Employee bullying probably just started at the company and didn't get along or fit in well with the other employees and the rest we will find about later. You just don't fall down the stairs!!!
Sparky Santos
RIP.
I hope the family gets some justice and peace from this horrible crime.
Dennis Bauer
RIP, wouldn't surprise me if there are Camera's at the dormitory, someone from work, or someone living in the same building?