My wife's killer from 26 years ago was her husband's 女 classmate...Renting a house for 200 million won to preserve the site
Nov 04, 2025
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Surprisingly, the culprit was the victim's husband's high school girl class.
In addition, the victim's husband has reportedly been renting the apartment that became the site after the incident for 26 years in order to preserve the site.
According to Japanese media, including Fuji News, Namiko Takaba (32 years old at the time) was stabbed several times in front of her son (2 years old at the time) in an apartment in Nishi-gu, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture in November 1999.
Considering that there was no forced invasion from outside, the police weighed in on the possibility of being an expatriate.
Experts analyzed that it is highly likely to be an impulsive murder due to the circumstances of the scene of the incident.
However, the suspect could not be identified and 26 years have passed.
Until now, the victim's husband, Satoru Takaba, 69, has rented an apartment to preserve evidence, including blood stains believed to be the culprit left at the scene.
The rent amounted to 22 million yen (about 200 million won) for 26 years.
Then, the suspect's outline was finally revealed. Yasuhuku Kumiko, 69, was a high school girl's classmate in Satoru.
She admitted the crime when it also matched the DNA of the bloodstains at the scene.
Satoru and Yasuhuku are said to have spent their school days as members of the same soft tennis team.
Yasuhuku confessed to Satoru at the time by handing him Valentine's chocolate and a letter, but was rejected.
Later, at a reunion in 1998, Yasuhuku said "It's hard to live and work as a housewife" and Satoro encouraged "I also started a family and am living hard, but I am living hard." After that, contact was lost, Satoru's wife was killed the following year.
Before the incident, the suspect Yasuhuku reportedly moved to a house 10 minutes away from the victim's house.
In a police investigation, Yasuhuku was anxious every day for 26 years"The depression was severe on the day of the incident," he said.
The police said "The case was solved with my husband's tenacity."
Meanwhile, at the time of the case, the statute of limitations for murder was 15 years, but the victim's husband, Satoru, continued to demand the abolition of the statute of limitations along with his son, and the criminal procedure law was revised in 2010 to abolish the statute of limitations for murder.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
