Crime Double Homicide and Fire in Kashiwa

A murder case occurs in succession.

Chiba Prefecture, Kashiwa City: Two people dead, murder case confirmed, investigation headquarters established. Fire at a house 1 km away... Is there a connection?


On the 18th, in Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, a case occurred where a man and a woman in their 50s were stabbed to death by an unknown assailant. The police have confirmed it as a murder case and established an investigation headquarters. This is a report from the scene.

(Report by Mitsuyuki Yamamoto, Social Affairs Department)
The incident occurred in a residential area just off a busy prefectural road.

Currently, police lines have been drawn, and there are many police vehicles and investigators in the area.

Around 6 p.m. on the 18th, a report was made to the police from a residence in Takayanagi, Kashiwa City, stating that "a person was found lying in a pool of blood. I heard a woman's voice arguing."

According to the police, a 59-year-old man and woman living in this house were stabbed with a knife-like object and were later confirmed dead.

A nearby resident said, "I really hope they catch the person soon."
Another resident said, "I have to pick up my grandchild around noon."

The police have established an investigation headquarters, concluding that it is a murder case based on the bodies and the scene of the crime.

Furthermore, about 1 kilometre away from the crime scene, a fire broke out, completely burning down eight houses.

It has been reported that the resident of the house where the fire originated cannot be contacted.

The police are searching for the man who fled the murder scene and are investigating the connection to the fire.

A 77 years old man is arrested on the suspicion of interference with a government official in the execution of his duties.
Do you participate in couple killing and house eight total destruction?
Chiba, Kashiwa-shi
(December 20, 2024)
The case that a couple in the 50s was killed in Kashiwa-shi of Chiba. The 77-year-old man who lived near on 19th was arrested on the suspicion of interference with a government official in the execution of his duties. The police consider that a man was concerned with the killing of the couple and check it.

■Do you participate in Mr. and Mrs. 77 years old man killing and the house eight total destruction of the arrest?

The case that the couple who got up in Kashiwa-shi was killed and the fire that eight houses were reduced to ashes just after that. It is Suspect Kaoru Sakamaki of 77 years old to live in the house of the cause that I was arrested over these two cases.

The 110th (18th)
"A person is bloody and falls down"

It is Toshiaki Watarai (59) and Reiko (59) of the wife living in this house that fell down in the site of the house of Kashiwa-shi, Chiba on 18th.

The person who witnessed it
"I was dead tired, and the blood flowed, too. I seemed to shout, "I help you" five times

Should have heard the voice that the woman fought just before the case, at the hospital of two the death was confirmed.

The person who witnessed it
"The number of police cars was how many or came and opened one stretcher, but I opened another one and have folded it immediately"

However, the case was not only this.

The person who witnessed it
When "there was a case (a police car) and came much, I have already smelled of the smoke here. Therefore indeed"

The fire that eight houses were reduced to ashes in a residential area about 600 meters away from the murder scene occurred.

The person who witnessed it
"First bang. It is an explosion. It is not such a fire that something burns, and became the fire even if an amateur thinks"

Only a pillar stays in the house which remained unburned while smoke smolders, and force of the flame is indicated.

Witness testimony (according to the firefighting)
"I looked at the person who threw in the inflammables which I put in the bucket in the room"

The police take the warrant for arrest of Suspect Sakamaki living in the house of the cause on the suspicion of arson, and they search whereabouts. Because I let a car suddenly take off, and Suspect Sakamaki resisted it when the police officer who discovered an unidentified car in Inzai-shi on the night of 19th approached, it was arrested a flagrante delicto on the suspicion of interference with a government official in the execution of his duties.

Suspect Sakamaki who should have had a money trouble between Mr. and Mrs. killed Watarai considers Suspect Sakamaki to know some kind of circumstances about the murder case and, according to the person concerned with investigation, pushes forward the investigation.

(close for December 20, 2024 broadcast)
[TV Asahi news