Two men were arrested Friday on suspicion of killing a Tokyo man and his wife, whose bodies were found in Tochigi prefecture in April. One of them is said to have been the mastermind behind the high-profile murders.
Company executive Seiha Sekine, the 32-year-old suspected ringleader, and Ryo Maeda, 36, a real estate company executive, were arrested by a joint investigation team of the Metropolitan Police Department and the Tochigi Prefectural Police.
Sekine is the common-law husband of the couple’s first daughter. Maeda’s company managed a vacant house where the victims – Ryutaro Takarajima, a 55-year-old business executive, and his wife, Sachiko, 56 – were allegedly murdered.
