Tokyo police arrested a couple for the fifth time Friday as part of a broader case in which the pair allegedly killed multiple family members to defraud an insurance company. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/17/japan/crime-legal/asakusa-couple-rearrest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #kenichihosoya #shohohosoya #childabuse
Tokyo couple re-arrested in ¥26 million insurance fraud murder case

The couple had already been arrested four times last year for allegedly murdering four family members.

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Tokyo police served fresh arrest warrants Friday to a couple accused of killing family members using antifreeze, this time on suspicion of murdering the husband's mother by employing the same killing method. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/22/japan/crime-legal/tokyo-couple-fourth-arrest-warrant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #kenichihosoya #shihohosoya #childabuse
Tokyo couple served fresh arrest warrants over family murders

The couple was served arrest warrants for the fourth time, following warrants over the deaths of their second daughter, the husband's father and his sister.

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Tokyo police have rearrested a couple accused of multiple murders of family members, with the fresh arrest relating to the suspected murder of the male suspect's father. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/25/japan/crime-legal/tokyo-murder-father/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #taitoward #tokyo #kenichihosoya #shihohosoya #childabuse
Tokyo police have rearrested a couple accused of killing their 4-year-old daughter on suspicion of also murdering the man's sister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/06/japan/crime-legal/couple-rearrested-murder-sister/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #tokyo #kenichihosoya #shihohosoya
Tokyo police rearrest couple accused of filicide for also killing sister

Police suspect a dispute over the family business was the motive for the murder.

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