Man arrested over fatal plunge of wife from 9th floor in Tokyo
Kyodo -- Feb 28
A man was arrested Sunday for allegedly killing his wife last year by pushing her off a balcony on the ninth floor of an apartment building in western Tokyo, police sources said.
Jun Takahari, 44, is suspected of choking his wife Asaka, 41, to the point of unconsciousness on the evening of Nov. 29, before dropping her from their apartment balcony in Kunitachi the next morning, the sources said. Takahari has denied the allegations.
The man called police in the early morning of Nov. 30 saying his wife had jumped from the balcony. He also said they had quarreled the night before and he did not see her jump, the sources said.
He previously told police the couple were having problems after the wife suffered a nervous breakdown due to the stress of child-rearing, the sources said.
- Kyodo
去年11月、東京・国立市で自宅マンションのベランダから41歳の妻を投げ落として殺害したとして、44歳の夫が逮捕されました。夫は転落死を装っていました。
高張潤容疑者は去年11月、国立市にあるマンション9階の自宅のベランダから妻の麻夏さんを投げ落として殺害した疑いが持たれています。
捜査関係者によりますと、麻夏さんは胸を強く打って死亡しましたが、首にも絞められたような痕がありました。
高張容疑者は自ら通報をしていて、警視庁に対して「夫婦げんかをして気が付いたら妻がいなくなっていた」「飛び降り自殺を図ったようだ」などと説明していました。
高張容疑者は取り調べに対して容疑を否認しています。 - ANNnewsCH
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