Death sentence confirmed after killer of two Osaka junior high school students drops appeal
A death sentence for a man convicted of murdering two junior high school students in Osaka has been finalized after he dropped an appeal, it was learned Tuesday. According to the Osaka High Court, the appeal against the Osaka District Court ruling of December last ...
Death penalty sought for man accused of killing Osaka teens in 2015
Prosecutors demand the death penalty for a man accused of killing two junior high school children in Osaka in 2015.
Western Japan man indicted for killing girl now indicted for boy's slaying
Prosecutors have indicted a man for allegedly killing a junior high school boy in Osaka Prefecture in August, about two months after he was indicted for murdering a girl who was friends with the boy. According to the prosecutors, Koji Yamada, 45, has remained silent ...
Man served with third arrest warrant over murders of two Osaka youths
Police in Osaka have served a third arrest warrant on a man suspected of killing two youths in August, this one for allegedly murdering the 12-year-old boy, Ryoto Hoshino. Koji Yamada, 45, has already been indicted for the slaying of the girl, 13-year-old Natsumi Hirata. The ...
Blood, skin traces on Osaka slaying suspect's clothes appear to match victim's DNA
The clothes of the man charged with the murder in August of a 13-year-old girl in Osaka Prefecture had traces of blood and pieces of skin that appear to match the victim's DNA, investigators have said. The suspect, Koji Yamada, 45, told police that he ...
Man held over Osaka girl's murder served second arrest warrant
Police served an arrest warrant for murder on Saturday on a man already being held on suspicion of dumping the body of a 13-year-old girl in Osaka Prefecture last month. Koji Yamada, 45, is suspected of strangling junior high school student Natsumi Hirata to death ...
With the investigation into the murder of two teenagers from Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, apparently making little headway, police are looking into links with that case and similar crimes the suspect was convicted of more than a decade ago. Koji Yamada, 45, was arrested Aug. 21 ...
Police link adhesive tape found on bodies of slain Osaka boy, girl
Authorities send the murder suspect to prosecutors as police raid the onetime lodging of the man, a former worker in the Fukushima nuclear decontamination effort.
