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Original Little Hot Pot Uncle England 2024-05-08 01:42 United Kingdom Listen to the full article
Some time ago, a case occurred in Japan - a Chinese couple was killed and cremated, the latest progress of this case was made public, what people didn't expect was that this murder involved four people, one of whom was a former well-known Japanese child star.
1 Case review, multiple suspects appear
On the morning of April 16, the police in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, received a report that there was "something burning in the shape of a plastic mannequin in a clothing store" near the river.
When the police arrived at the scene, they found two bodies burning, and the two bodies were in strange postures — crossed, with their feet tied with ropes and their heads covered with yellow bags wrapped in duct tape.
As the police investigated, they discovered that the identities of the two victims were 55-year-old Ryutaro Takushima, a native of Northeast China who later became a Japanese citizen and ran a shop in Ueno, Tokyo, and his wife.
According to the information provided by some insiders, the two often have friction with the surrounding shops because of business, which is also difficult not to suspect that it is a vendetta.
Unexpectedly, a man suddenly came to the police station and turned himself in.
The 25-year-old man, Ayaken Hirayama, who turned himself in, said he had been promised a reward to buy gasoline to dispose of the body and to lend his car, but he had not been to the scene and did not know the deceased.
But when the police asked about the person who instructed him, he kept silent and resolutely refused to confess to the person, and the police only knew that the person was his "big brother".
As a result, a few days later, a piece of news suddenly became a hot search, which shocked everyone.
Police suddenly announced the arrest of two new suspects, Kang Kwang-ki, a 20-year-old South Korean, and former actor Yoshito Wakayama, who were suspected of destroying the bodies of the murdered Takushima couple on April 16, also known as cremating their bodies.
How can a celebrity get involved in a murder case? The announcement of this news immediately aroused everyone's curiosity.
Yoshito Wakayama was once a child star, debuted at the age of 9, and in 2012, he starred in the TV series "Miss Nightmare", and in 2013, he starred in the TV series "Military Officers and Guards". In 2014, he also starred in the TV series "For N", which is adapted from the very famous mystery novel, which is also a drama that most people know.
However, although he was once active in the entertainment industry, Yauto Wakayama, who was favored by the public, suddenly chose to withdraw from the circle. After starring in "Smiling Proud Tantian", Ruoshan left the agency and quit the entertainment industry.
The child star who had starred in hit dramas gradually faded out of the public's sight, but when he saw him again, it was actually a murder case......
According to the police, Kang Kwang-ki and Yoshito Wakayama helped dispose of the body after receiving a payment at the request of the suspect Hirayama Ayaken (25), who had already been arrested.
Although many suspects were arrested, they were all instructed by others, and they were not the real culprits behind everything, so the case is still full of suspicions, who is the real murderer hiding behind? actually came up with such a plan, with layers of help to kill people, why did he have to kill the couple?
On May 7, according to the latest news released by the Japanese Metropolitan Police Department, the real culprit behind the murder is a 32-year-old man, Sekine Qingfan, and he is the fiancé of the Takushima couple's daughter who lives together without marriage registration, and is also the person responsible for managing the store!
The vendetta turned into a family ethics case in seconds, and the police are still interrogating him, and the motive for his crime is still unknown.
2 The second-generation Chinese wife of a Hollywood star, whose father-in-law and mother-in-law are missing
In fact, a similar case occurred in the United States last year, where the murderer not only killed his wife, but also suspected of killing his father-in-law and mother-in-law, and the means were extremely cruel.
In November 2023, police arrested a white man, Haskell, after finding the dismembered body of his Chinese wife, Mei Haskell. Police suspect that he killed his wife and possibly his missing father-in-law.
After the investigation began, police found bloodstains and other evidence consistent with murder and dismemberment at Haskell's home.
It is reported that in addition to the couple, the couple has 3 children, aged 6, 8 and 12. In addition, Mei's parents also lived in a $2.5 million house with the couple, and their whereabouts are still unknown after the incident, and the police suspect that the two have also been killed.
At that time, many people focused their eyes on the background of the murderer, because he was a second-generation star with an aura. His father is reportedly Emmy Award-winning Hollywood producer Sam Haskell Sr., and his mother is former Miss Mississippi Mary Donnelly Haskell. The elder Haskell is president of Magnolia Hill Productions, which has worked with celebrities including George Clooney, Whoopi Goldberg, Martin Short and Prince Edward, King Charles' brother.
And Harskell Jr. followed in his father's footsteps and worked in the entertainment industry. and became a director and producer, having worked with a number of A-list celebrities.
At the time, several workers told the media that the suspect, Haskell Jr., had paid them to take some garbage bags from his house. The workers, who were paid a total of $500, removed three large garbage bags from Haskell's garage, which Haskell told them were rocks, but the workers felt that something was wrong, the bags were soft and heavy, appeared to be full of meat, and weighed about 50 pounds.
After loading the bags onto the truck, the more they thought about it, the more frightened they became, so they stopped the truck a block from the house to inspect them and found them full of body parts. They run back to Haskell's house, leave the bag in his driveway, and return the money, and Haskell tries to trick them into believing that the pieces are actually Halloween props.
On January 12, 2024, Haskell appeared in court for trial and refused to plead guilty, and he was subsequently held without bail in a prison in downtown Los Angeles, while the whereabouts of Li Mei's parents remain unknown.
On March 19 this year, the Los Angeles County Forensic Medical Department in California, USA, provided an autopsy report to reporters.
The report showed that the deceased's head, most of the neck and most of the limbs were missing. The bone edges at the amputation site are very smooth, suggesting that the dismemberment was most likely done with a sharp power tool.
Although the body lacked a head, the coroner concluded that the most likely cause of death was blunt force, gunshot or head (neck) sharp object wound or suffocation, in addition to poisoning. What's even more frightening is that the medical examiner was not only able to rule out that Li Mei was beheaded while she was alive......
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