Police have arrested a 25-year-old woman on suspicion of killing her boyfriend by setting him on fire at the couple’s apartment in Nagoya.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 9 p.m. on Tuesday at an apartment in Moriyama Ward, Sankei Shimbun reported. The suspect, Maya Kushima, reportedly poured lighter oil on her 52-year-old boyfriend Junichi Hayakawa while he slept and then set him on fire.
Following the crime, the woman visited a nearby police koban but there was nobody there as they were out on patrol. So she used the phone to report the incident, telling authorities that she had “caused a fire” and had “perhaps murdered a person.”
When police arrived at the scene, they found Hayakawa on his bed, his body severely burned. He has taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Neighbors were quoted as saying they could hear a loud noise coming from the couple’s apartment at the time of the crime.
© Japan Today
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PeaceWarrior
Rest in peace... but what a way to go.
smithinjapan
Absolutely horrible way to go, and obviously the 'loud noise' the people heard was the 52-year-old boyfriend waking up and screaming in absolute agony before he died. Lock this woman up NOW! And please, please, no 'bell-jar lottery sentences'. I don't want this woman getting 1.5 years and then some guy getting 20 for stealing from a temple or something.
Aly Rustom
yes. perhaps.
clamenza
25 year-old dating a man 52 years-old. Theres the first clue that she's a nut job.
John Debacco
Many Japanese women tend to like guys between ten years older to twice their age. Teenage age girls often chase guys up to fifty plus if they're still sexy.
Fuben
I fail to see that. Does that go for all people dating 'outside' their age range? What about a 35 year-old and a 52 year-old? OK?
Peter Qinghai
Burned alive beyond excruciating.
Alex Einz
apparently Daddy wasnt doing his part...
goldorak
And rich.
clueless
Wow...I'm sleeping with one eye open from now on.
....you never know ;)
Meiyouwenti
Maybe the victim had run out of money?
wtfjapan
what dont like my cooking!? fine you just go to sleep... damn what a psycho b**ch!
Alex Einz
i reckon 25 year old dating 52 wont be much of a cook anyways... he probably didnt get her the prada she wanted or ran out of cash for her
glasshouse
What fruitloop but Japanese women tend to go a bit nutty at times once you piss them off.Wont be showing this story to the wife might give her ideas...
Spanki
Jeez. i'll definitely tell my wife I love her before i go to bed bed tonight, just to be sure...
Myhumbletake
May he rest easy. It's a sad ending.
TheGodfather
He was not her "boyfriend", he was someone whom SHE HATED and WANTED DEAD. Once you read bwteen the lines and accept that he was not her "boyfriend" then the story makes sense.
Kobe White Bar Owner
And the nut job of the day award goes to.........
nedotjp
There's more sadness here than we'll ever understand.
dcog9065
Miserable. Women in Japan are so weak that when they do feel like lashing out they go overboard like this. She's 25 going out with a 52 year old for gods sake. What a miserable life women have here
nath
Maybe he did.
katsu78
When one of us does it, they're a lone nutjob and we shouldn't be judged. When one of them does it, it's a trend.
Monozuki
Since her motivations are unclear, I'm not sure why she had to set her 52-year-old boyfriend on fire. In any case, it's like hearing the death cry of the middle-aged man. RIP.
ThonTaddeo
A man was just burned to death in his sleep, by a woman, and this is the first thing you think?
Abhorsenaube
That is definitely on my list of top 3 WORST ways to day. RIP Mr. Hayakawa. There has to be so much more to the background of this story though. What sort of "loud noises" were heard by the neighbors?
Ricky Kaminski
A loud noise' but kankenai. Hardcore. A wee knock on the door by the resident dude?
wontond
Lots of speculation going on here. She could have been a gold digger that got upset when the cash ran out, or he could have been an alcoholic that beat her, and she got pushed to her limit. I'd like to know more before I pass judgement (not that it really matters).
Geoff Gillespie
He was her boyfriend and she hated him and wanted him dead. How does that work for you...?
nath
Are you reading a different article from us?
keika1628
The who in the box
bluenote1
Hell hath no fury like female arsonist. She carries a torch for her bruised ego with no equal.
sensei258
My first wife used to punch me in my sleep, guess I got off easy
khulifi
Old man can buy Louis Vuitton bag ...
Robbie Castle
In her call to the police she didn't say "I think I murdered my boyfriend"... What if this 52 yo held the woman captive for a long while and this was her chance for freedom? Juz a thought...
sir_bentley28
And at that moment, she sang "This.....man is on fireeeeee! This......man is on fireeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"
clamenza
Fuben - Big difference between your example and the reality here. A 25 year-old dating a man 27 years older clearly has issues. As someone said earlier, daddy issues. Sure their might be the odd case where a relationship like this is born out of true love and actually works, but they would be very very rare. This relationship is proof the woman suffered from some sort of trauma in her life.
clamenza
Reckless - If at 52 you hook up with a girl as young and mentally screwed up as this one, well, good luck.
nath
And what if he hooks up with a girl who is as young and mentally fine?
Nothing wrong with large age differences if the people get along. The idea that an age difference means one or the other is screwed up is so outdated.