A Japanese man who worked as a teacher until the moment of his arrest and had a good reputation among students has been identified as a murder suspect.
On the 12th (local time), Japan’s Asahi TV and others arrested Omoto Yuki, a 36-year-old active middle school teacher, on charges of murder that occurred around February. It is known that the murder scene was 200 meters from the middle school where he worked, and a 3-minute walk from the school.
Omoto Yuki, who was identified as a suspect in the murder of Masafumi Yamagishi, a 63-year-old man, at a house in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, on February 24 at 6:30 pm, continued to teach students at a junior high school until the day before his arrest. went. His body, found at the time of the incident, had multiple knife cuts on his face and neck.
The police officer in charge analyzed the closed circuit surveillance camera (CCTV) near the scene, confirmed that he was leaving the scene at around 6:40 pm, and identified Omoto as a suspect. As a result of the scene analysis, the police said that the shoe marks found in the victim’s house are estimated to be Omoto’s. Omoto denied the charges at the time of the arrest, saying, “I was asked to move my luggage (by the victim) and I went in wearing shoes.” He is currently exercising his right to remain silent, police said.
A school official revealed that on the day of the incident, Omoto took half an afternoon break. However, at 7:00 pm, it was revealed that Omoto had taken the time off work on the school attendance card he was working at. Omoto explained his actions at the time of the incident, saying, “I didn’t go out because of class,” during the investigation before the arrest, but the investigator in charge believed that he made a record of leaving work to create an alibi.
Investigators in charge assumed that Omoto’s motive for the crime was theft. As a result of the investigation, it was revealed that Yuki Omoto had millions of yen in debt due to investments and gambling, and that he exchanged information with acquaintances on social media to the effect that ‘it is difficult to make money’ regarding investments.
Afterwards, an emergency parents’ meeting was held at the school at 7:00 pm on the 11th, and the school said it had assigned counselors to the students. Students expressed their shock at the incident Omoto had committed, saying, “He was a very kind and gentle teacher” and “He was a teacher who always smiled and treated everyone equally.”
Source: Donga
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