The Japanese woman whose body was discovered next to a waterfall in the Brazilian state of Goias died as a result of a blow to the head, probably by a blunt stone, according to the detective leading the investigation.
The 18-year-old Brazilian who confessed to killing Hitomi Akamatsu claimed in his first interrogation that he used her blouse to strangle him, Detective Isabella Joy told The Associated Press via phone. , said head trauma was the true cause of death.
The man, known through local media such as Rafael Lima da Costa, is in pre-trial detention for manslaughter resulting from theft and concealment of a corpse.
Akamatsu moved to the city of Abadiania to seek remedy for her skin cancer after surviving a nuclear turn of fate in Japan, Joy said. He stayed there after the arrest of the non-secular healer known as Joo de Deus, or John of God, who lured others from around the world to his small town two hours west of the Brazilian capital with promises that he could treat everything from depression to cancer. Last year, he was convicted of several rapes.
Akamatsu’s body was discovered in a ditch by the waterfall after her friend reported her missing, which led the government to send a search team with tracking dogs.
Security camera images showed Da Costa following Akamatsu and then returning with her blouse on her shoulder, Joy said. Although the woman’s blouse was not discovered, another clothes and a burnt training mat were discovered in a deserted space near the waterfall. in the woods and sent for forensic analysis.
Nearly a week had passed between Akamatsu’s death and the day his body was found, the elapsed time, combined with the rainy environment, caused an immediate decomposition and allowed to check if he had been raped, which Da Costa did not admit to having done. Joy said.
Da Costa stated that he intended to steal to pay off a drug-related debt, and that he had seized it. Another interrogation is scheduled for next week.
The guy doesn’t have a lawyer and he’ll probably be appointed public defender, Joy said. The AP may not succeed with it for commenting.
Let Hitomi in peace.
I heard he was also a victim of the Tohoku earthquake/tsunami in 2011.
I pray for his soul.
Akamatsu moved to the city of Abadiania to seek remedy for her skin cancer after surviving a nuclear turn of fate in Japan, Joy said.
What a tragedy.
The truth here is more disturbing and confusing than any bad plot in a movie. Skin cancer due to radiation, moving from Japan to a crazy sect in Brazil and then, as is still not enough, being raped and then killed with his own garments through a young nutcase. Over-indebted and addicted to drugs flying near a beautiful waterfall?
At least he’s been apprehended and won’t be here to devote extra crimes to fueling his addiction.
RIP Hitomi
The 18-year-old will also revel in many things about his tenure in Brazilian prisons, some possibly very similar to the last Akamatsu revelry. I hope your circle of relatives can recover your remains or ashes and bring them back to Japan. for a nonviolent closure of his tragic life.
AP may simply not succeed with it for commenting.
If she had stayed in Japan, she would have been killed. May his brain rest in peace.