Arano Rina did not return after leaving her home in Tokyo to tell her family that she was going to see friends. Her family reported her missing to the police three days after her Arano Lina disappeared, and the local police started a search on the 8th.
As a suspect, Sanpei Hiroyuki (33) was arrested. Arano texted Sanpei before disappearing, and he got into a car with him, and was caught on CCTV outside a train station in Ibaraki Prefecture.
The two were confirmed to have moved to Sanpei’s villa located in Ota City, Ibaraki Prefecture. Aranorina was in custody before her death, and a picture of her handcuffed to Aranorina was also found on her suspect’s cell phone.
The police arrested Sanpei on charges of kidnapping and detaining him, and an investigation is ongoing. He denied the allegations, claiming that “I took Arano to my villa, where he was handcuffed for a while, and then dropped it off at a nearby shop.” Regarding the photos found on his own cell phone, he said he was “taken with Arano’s consent.”