Peruvian man arrested for killing 7-year-old girl
HIROSHIMA -- A Peruvian man was arrested Wednesday for murdering a 7-year-old girl here and dumping her body in a cardboard box earlier this month, police said.
Carlos Yagi, 30, the suspect, is accused of strangling the first-year elementary school girl on Nov. 22, then placing her body in a cardboard box and abandoning it in a vacant lot in Aki-ku, Hiroshima.
Yagi, who lives in Aki-ku, had emerged as the prime suspect as police investigated residents of the area near where the victim's body was discovered. He lives along a road the victim used to walk along to go school. His apartment is only about 100 meters away from where he body was found.
Local police obtained an arrest warrant for him late Tuesday and placed him on a nationwide wanted list. They took him into custody early Wednesday morning.
Prior to his arrest, the suspect had denied involvement in the incident saying he was away from his neighborhood to look for a job. (Mainichi)
