男児遺体遺棄、通学かばん発見が深めた疑念、計画性の有無は？分かれる専門家の見解【Nスタ解説】｜TBS NEWS DIG

This is about the case in Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture, where a child's body was found and the father was arrested. ■Boy's Body Abandonment: Father Confesses to Murder Before Arrest Anchor Takahiro Inoue: The man arrested on suspicion of abandoning a body is Yuki Adachi (37), the adoptive father of 11-year-old Yuki Adachi. ▼Arrest Charges Suspected of abandoning a body The body was abandoned in several locations, including forests within the city. ▼Admission/Denying "There is no mistake that I did it." He also confessed to murder. ▼According to Police He emerged as a suspect based on "security camera" footage. Although it was said that the area did not have many cameras, it has been revealed that the father emerged as a suspect based on camera footage and other evidence during the police investigation. Tatsuyuki Narumi, former head of the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Investigation Division 1, said, "▼The father was the 'last contact person,' so the police must have been keeping an eye on him from the beginning. ▼They were likely tracking his movements using security cameras and searching for suspicious locations." On March 23rd, Adachi was the "last person to have contact" with Yuki. ▼Around 8:00 AM: Adachi allegedly drove Yuki to near the elementary school (no eyewitness accounts, no image on security cameras) ▼Around 8:30 AM: Yuki was not in the classroom ▼Around 11:45 AM: The homeroom teacher contacted the mother → Yuki's disappearance was confirmed ▼Around noon: The father called 110 (emergency number) On the 16th, the police newly announced that they had confirmed Yuki's survival until the morning of the 23rd, and that Adachi had driven his car to the vicinity of the school. According to former Kanagawa Prefectural Police officer Narumi, "The lack of eyewitness accounts and the testimony that he 'drew Yuki' is unnatural. The investigation should be considering the possibility that he killed her on the way to school." What is noteworthy here is that the police confirmed Yuki's survival until the morning of the 23rd. The fact that they are making such a definitive statement suggests that there is objective evidence, not just testimony. Generally speaking, how would the police proceed with the investigation? TBS News Department, Social Affairs Section, Akimoto Soki, Reporter: As the last person to see the missing person, I think they'll be gathering information through security camera footage and interviews. The information from the last person to know the missing person's movements is extremely important, so I think they'll be prioritizing that. Izumi Mai, Anchor: As of March 26th, the police were searching the suspect's car. Is it generally assumed that the search was to see if there were any evidence left behind? TBS News Department, Social Affairs Section, Akimoto, Reporter: We don't know what was found there, but I think they're carefully examining that aspect. Inoue, Anchor: You mentioned that they were tracking the suspect's movements using security cameras, but what exactly does that mean? ■Investigative Source: "We're at a dead end"—What was the intention behind that statement? The following is a summary of the events so far. ▼March 23rd: Yuki (11) goes missing ▼March 29th: School bag found ▼April 12th: Shoes believed to have been worn by Yuki found ▼April 13th: Body believed to be that of a child discovered ▼April 14th: Body identified as Yuki's ▼April 15th: Stepfather taken in for questioning, home searched ▼April 16th: Adachi Yuki (37) arrested on suspicion of abandoning a corpse When the school bag was found, investigators said, "The investigation isn't progressing, we're at a dead end." Also, when the body believed to be that of a child was found, investigators said, "We weren't searching blindly." In other words, it's possible there was some kind of information. What are some general possibilities regarding this? TBS News Department, Social Affairs Section, Akimoto Reporter: I think it's possible they used security camera footage or cell phone GPS as clues. TBS Special Commentator, Hiroshi Hoshi: "When the school bag was found, there were unnatural movements, so I'm curious what the investigators meant when they said they were 'stuck.'" "I thought they were confused and thought they were stuck, or that their assessment had gone awry, but that might be a key point..." "Inoue (Caster)" "The Kyoto Prefectural Police were proceeding cautiously with releasing information to avoid speculation. It's said that there were various reasons for this." "Former Kanagawa Prefectural Police officer Narumi said, 'Based on what we learned from security cameras and other evidence of Adachi's movements, he may have been searching for 'unusual places' outside his usual living area.'" "Since his range of movement can be determined from security cameras and GPS, he may have systematically eliminated places outside of that range." "On the 16th, the police announced that the suspect...