Japanese probers confirm body parts belong to Filipina
04/09/2008 | 07:34 PM
MANILA, Philippines-Japanese investigators confirmed through DNA tests that the mutilated body parts found in the Minato-ku district belonged to Filipina, Honiefaith Ratilla Kamiosawa, a Japan-based news agency reported.
Mainichi Daily News in a report on Wednesday said that the test confirmed that the more than 10 chopped body parts found in a suitcase on Thursday night belonged to the Filipina.
The dismembered head has yet to be found.
In an apparent attempt to hide the crime, the Japanese suspect, Hiroshi Nozaki, allegedly washed Kamiosawa’s body parts in a laundry machine before stashing it in a suitcase.
Television network Asahi reported that the 48-year-old suspect “elaborately" washed the body parts of the 22-year-old Filipina to make it difficult to trace the victim’s cause of death.
The report also claimed that blood was found in Kamiosawa’s mutilated body parts while blood was also detected in the washing machine.
Earlier reports said that Nozaki was arrested in 2000 and later sentenced to three years and six months for mutilating and abandoning the body of another Filipina.
Quoting the Sports Nippon tabloid, wire reports said that Nozaki killed the first Filipina in 1999. He then burned and flushed the body parts of the 27-year-old Filipina victim in a toilet.
Nozaki was said to be a roommate of Kamiosawa, who worked as a nightclub hostess in Roppongi, a Japanese district known for its nightclubs and bars. They shared an apartment with the victim’s two cousins.
After chopping up Kamiosawa’s body, Nozaki tried to kill himself by slashing his wrists on Sunday night in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture. He then called for an ambulance when the suicide failed.
Police believed Kamiosawa could have been killed in the 26th- floor unit of the high-rise condominium in the Odaiba waterfront district between 5:30 pm and 8:45 pm on Thursday (April 3).
The condo unit was shared by Nozaki and three Filipinas who work in the same food service shop in the Roppongi amusement district, also in Minato Ward, according to the police.
Nozaki was arrested last Sunday (Apr 6) and has kept his right to be silent during the investigation.
Spat over rent
Japanese police are trying to determine whether Nozaki killed Kamiosawa over rent disputes, the Mainichi Daily also reported.
Nozaki and Kamiosawa were acquainted sometime last year, when the Japanese visited the Filipina in a nightclub in Tokyo's Taito-ku district.
When Kamiosawa moved to another nightclub in Roppongi last December, she agreed to live with Nozaki by sharing the rent for the apartment.
The victim, her two cousins and Nozaki agreed to equally share more than 200,000 yen in monthly rent. However, Nozaki recently began to refuse to contribute his share, triggering a dispute between him and Kamiosawa, according to the sources.
Online site Japan Probe said that prior to her disappearance, witnesses overheard Nozaki saying he would kill Kamiosawa after an argument ensued between them.
Nozaki went missing after one of the cousins returned home Thursday night and encountered him carrying a body part, the police said. The woman then reported the incident to the police.
GMA News reported on Tuesday that Kamiosawa’s mother, who is also in Japan, is closely coordinating with Japanese authorities regarding the incident.
Foreign Affairs spokesperson told GMANews.TV in a text message that they have not been given updates on the case as of posting time. - GMANews.TV
Mainichi Daily News in a report on Wednesday said that the test confirmed that the more than 10 chopped body parts found in a suitcase on Thursday night belonged to the Filipina.
The dismembered head has yet to be found.
In an apparent attempt to hide the crime, the Japanese suspect, Hiroshi Nozaki, allegedly washed Kamiosawa’s body parts in a laundry machine before stashing it in a suitcase.
Television network Asahi reported that the 48-year-old suspect “elaborately" washed the body parts of the 22-year-old Filipina to make it difficult to trace the victim’s cause of death.
The report also claimed that blood was found in Kamiosawa’s mutilated body parts while blood was also detected in the washing machine.
Earlier reports said that Nozaki was arrested in 2000 and later sentenced to three years and six months for mutilating and abandoning the body of another Filipina.
Quoting the Sports Nippon tabloid, wire reports said that Nozaki killed the first Filipina in 1999. He then burned and flushed the body parts of the 27-year-old Filipina victim in a toilet.
Nozaki was said to be a roommate of Kamiosawa, who worked as a nightclub hostess in Roppongi, a Japanese district known for its nightclubs and bars. They shared an apartment with the victim’s two cousins.
After chopping up Kamiosawa’s body, Nozaki tried to kill himself by slashing his wrists on Sunday night in Kawaguchi, Saitama Prefecture. He then called for an ambulance when the suicide failed.
Police believed Kamiosawa could have been killed in the 26th- floor unit of the high-rise condominium in the Odaiba waterfront district between 5:30 pm and 8:45 pm on Thursday (April 3).
The condo unit was shared by Nozaki and three Filipinas who work in the same food service shop in the Roppongi amusement district, also in Minato Ward, according to the police.
Nozaki was arrested last Sunday (Apr 6) and has kept his right to be silent during the investigation.
Spat over rent
Japanese police are trying to determine whether Nozaki killed Kamiosawa over rent disputes, the Mainichi Daily also reported.
Nozaki and Kamiosawa were acquainted sometime last year, when the Japanese visited the Filipina in a nightclub in Tokyo's Taito-ku district.
When Kamiosawa moved to another nightclub in Roppongi last December, she agreed to live with Nozaki by sharing the rent for the apartment.
The victim, her two cousins and Nozaki agreed to equally share more than 200,000 yen in monthly rent. However, Nozaki recently began to refuse to contribute his share, triggering a dispute between him and Kamiosawa, according to the sources.
Online site Japan Probe said that prior to her disappearance, witnesses overheard Nozaki saying he would kill Kamiosawa after an argument ensued between them.
Nozaki went missing after one of the cousins returned home Thursday night and encountered him carrying a body part, the police said. The woman then reported the incident to the police.
GMA News reported on Tuesday that Kamiosawa’s mother, who is also in Japan, is closely coordinating with Japanese authorities regarding the incident.
Foreign Affairs spokesperson told GMANews.TV in a text message that they have not been given updates on the case as of posting time. - GMANews.TV
