May 05 (Japan Today) - Police arrested a 72-year-old man on Friday after a woman who had been missing for nine months was discovered at his apartment in western Japan the previous day.
The suspect, Kaoru Sasamoto, denied the allegation that he kidnapped her last July when she was 19, according to the police, who believe he took away the woman, who has a mild intellectual disability.
She did not return home since mid-July and her family reported the situation to police in September.
The woman, now 20, was discovered at Sasamoto's apartment in the city of Hamada, Shimane Prefecture, after another building resident called police Thursday evening to say a woman could be heard crying.
Source: ANNnewsCH