22 year old British woman found buried in sand in bathtub on Veranda

[Greji]

can't the authorities put pressure on these (potential) connections to give up this guy?

and what awful parents would leave a (suspected) murderer out on the street - assuming they know the mans whereabouts.

Easy. The murdered was a fg, which is usually held to be a misdemeanor which lowers it's priority....

[Catoneinutica]

[Mulboyne]

Yomiuri: Ichihashi 'stayed at Net cafe in mid-Oct.'

A man thought to be Tatsuya Ichihashi, who is wanted on suspicion of abandoning the body of a British woman in 2007, stayed overnight at an Internet cafe in Hakata Ward, Fukuoka, under a false name in mid-October, investigation sources said Saturday. The false name was the same as the one Ichihashi is believed to have used at a cosmetic surgery clinic in Nagoya, the sources said. The Chiba prefectural police, believing Ichihashi is possibly staying in Fukuoka Prefecture, sent investigators there. Ichihashi, 30, is wanted on suspicion of abandoning the body of English-language teacher Lindsay Hawker, who was 22, in his apartment in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, in March 2007.

There may be a good reason why the police aren't releasing this fake name but I can't think of one.

[kino]

Yomiuri: Ichihashi 'stayed at Net cafe in mid-Oct.'

There may be a good reason why the police aren't releasing this fake name but I can't think of one.

One semi-plausible reason:

He probably has several false names and they are hoping he'll once again use the one they discovered?

*shrug*

[sublight]

[IkemenTommy]

[BO-SENSEI]

The police has uncovered copies of fag magazines in his apartment and some are suspecting that he has been involved in gay prostitution to earn the cash for the numerous plastic surgeries.

Preparing for the prison life I see.

[Mike Oxlong]

Anyone know where his parents' offices are? If I were living in the area, I'd hate to think I might inadvertently be doing business with them.

IIRC from much earlier in the thread, his parents lived on the Gifu side of the Kiso river (border between Gifu and Aichi), and worked on the Aichi side.

[Greji]

IIRC from much earlier in the thread, his parents lived on the Gifu side of the Kiso river (border between Gifu and Aichi), and worked on the Aichi side.

And it is just discovered"suddenly" that he showed up to have a reupholstery job on his kisser in Nagoya?

What a surprise...

[Mike Oxlong]

And it is just discovered"suddenly" that he showed up to have a reupholstery job on his kisser in Nagoya?

What a surprise...

His old man is/was apparently a big deal surgeon at a hospital in Ichinomiya-shi, which is about 10 minutes by train outside of Nagoya. Probably one of his cronies did the job...

[Mulboyne]

His old man is/was apparently a big deal surgeon at a hospital in Ichinomiya-shi, which is about 10 minutes by train outside of Nagoya.

One effect of these surgeries is that Ichihashi no longer looks like his dad. They were very similar before.

[FG Lurker]

He probably has several false names and they are hoping he'll once again use the one they discovered?

I assume he will know which name he used to get his surgery done and won't be using it anymore...

[yabanjin]

found in Ibaraki Osaka...great move by the cops announcing it to the world,after some construction worker no doubt did the right thing.Jeez the cops here are imbeciles..it is almost uncanny how they keep managing to tip him off.

[GuyJean]

found in Ibaraki Osaka...great move by the cops announcing it to the world,after some construction worker no doubt did the right thing.Jeez the cops here are imbeciles..it is almost uncanny how they keep managing to tip him off.

A construction worker found his fingerprint? I guess I'm not following as close as I should.. This whole story is frustrating as hell.

GJ

[yabanjin]

[Mike Oxlong]

Ichihashi's fingerprint found in Osaka construction company dorm

The fingerprint of a man wanted in connection with the 2007 murder of a British woman in Chiba Prefecture has been found in a dormitory of a construction company in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, investigative sources said Monday.

The finding by Osaka prefectural police suggests Tatsuya Ichihashi, 30, who is the prime suspect in the murder of language school teacher Lindsay Hawker, 22, had been living at the dormitory until recently, the sources said.

The man thought to be Ichihashi had worked at the company for about 14 months until Oct 11, using the name of Kosuke Inoue, company sources said. A company spokesperson said the man earned a little more than 1 million yen and was given meals as well.

A person who is related to the construction company, after seeing the photograph of Ichihashi taken after he underwent cosmetic surgery, notified the police that the company had been employing someone who resembles post-operation Ichihashi, the investigative sources said.

The photograph was released Thursday by Chiba prefectural police after Ichihashi was found to have had plastic surgery which significantly altered his appearance.

Ichihashi was found to have visited a clinic in Nagoya three times after Oct 23 to receive counseling, have plastic surgery on his nose and receive diagnosis after the surgery, the sources said.

Then he was found to have traveled to Fukuoka airport at the end of October by plane, embarkation records showed.

At the beginning of November, a man who appears to be Ichihashi visited an Internet cafe in the city of Fukuoka and presented a membership card.

The membership card appears to be the same card which a man who is likely to be Ichihashi registered in mid-October to become a member of the Internet cafe, the sources said.

The name which had been used to obtain the membership card was the same false name he had used at the clinic in Nagoya, the sources said.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/ichihashis-fingerprint-found-in-dormitory-of-osaka-construction-company

[nottu]

[IkemenTommy]

Jeez the cops here are imbeciles..it is almost uncanny how they keep managing to tip him off.

This case really didn't go into a full-swing investigation until recently when the "wide-show" TV programs started to report it as newsworthy. Or maybe it was the other way around.. the chicken or the egg?

For over two years since the crime took place, the Chiba cops were too busy busting foreigners on bicycle and overlooked this murder case as just another Japanese-on-gaijin crime, in which to them is just a misdemeanor like stealing a pack of cigarettes from the conbini. The police files pretty much got shoved to the bottom of the paper stack.

With all the media attention now, I predict that this fuck face Ichihashi will be caught before Christmas. It's going to be hard for this fool to continue running around without being noticed in public.

[kino]

I assume he will know which name he used to get his surgery done and won't be using it anymore...

Humans are not particularly imaginative creatures. He will have to give a name for himself when doing various things and it is likely he uses a small set, especially if consistency is important. If forced to produce one on the fly, it is also likely that he will use his most common fallback instead of hesitating and arousing suspicion.

Informing the public of his aliases seems to me to be a wise move and I'm trying to think of a reason why they wouldn't do so. The previous post is all I've come up with so far. Aliases are probably of little use to the public anyways, assuming he uses a very common surname like satou or suzuki.

[Mulboyne]

Japan Times: Police get more leads on Ichihashi

[floatl][/floatl]The only suspect in the 2007 slaying of a British woman in Chiba Prefecture worked at a construction company in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, for 14 months until October under the name Kosuke Inoue, company sources said Monday. Police found a fingerprint belonging to 30-year-old fugitive Tatsuya Ichihashi in the company's dormitory where he lived until Oct. 11, investigative sources said. Ichihashi is officially suspected of dumping the body of Nova English teacher Lindsay Hawker, 22. Her corpse was found buried in a sand-filled bathtub on his balcony. According to the investigative sources, the construction company called police after the Chiba Prefectural Police released a photo of Ichihashi's surgically altered face, saying he resembled a former employee who called himself Kosuke Inoue. The name of the company was not released. Ichihashi was hired Aug. 19, 2008, after he asked a company official on a street in Osaka for a job, company executives and other sources said. He said he was 33 years old. "Please hire me because I need money," Ichihashi, who was only carrying several pairs of socks and underwear in a paper bag, was quoted as saying by the company official. "Please help me."

He started working at the company installing solar power panels for clients and lived in the company's dormitory, company officials said. On weekends, Ichihashi rarely came out of his dorm room. On one occasion he reluctantly went bowling with his colleagues and at karaoke sang an English-language song. He did not want to have his photograph taken, they said. Ichihashi's salary was about \250,000 a month before taxes, which investigators suspect he was saving to pay for his cosmetic surgery and his life on the lam after leaving the company. He reportedly told a colleague that he was saving up to send money to his parents. He disappeared Oct. 11 after telling colleagues he would "come back after a while," company sources said. He left behind his belongings, including comic books. He received his last pay on Oct. 9.

Investigators found that Ichihashi visited a cosmetic surgery clinic in Nagoya three times after Oct. 23 for counseling, a nose job and a postsurgery checkup. He paid for the surgery, which cost several hundred thousand yen, in cash. One of the clinic staff became suspicious after learning the man had undergone a previous operation to remove a mole from his face, a rare procedure for a man. Although he was supposed to return to the clinic, which police were staking out, on Oct. 31 to have the stitches removed, he never showed up. He flew to Fukuoka at the end of the month, sources said. Chiba police sent investigators to Fukuoka to look for him.

Police also found that a man resembling Ichihashi stayed at an Internet cafe in the city of Fukuoka early this month, sources said. The man who appeared to be Ichihashi used a member's card at the Internet cafe which appeared to have been registered in the middle of October in Fukuoka. Because a driver's license or some other form of identification is needed to use the cafe, he apparently had some other form of ID registered under the alias. The name on the card is the same as the alias he used at the clinic in Nagoya, sources said. Ichihashi has been on the run since March 26, 2007, when he fled his apartment in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. The National Police Agency raised the reward for information leading to his arrest from \1 million to \10 million in June.

[BO-SENSEI]

at karaoke sang an English-language song.

Let me guess, Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher"?

[Ganma]

[Mike Oxlong]

When police called at his apartment, Ichihashi fled past them and managed to jump over a barrier. Investigators decided not to follow because it was dark and they were not sure how big the drop was on the other side of the barrier. It turned out to be about 1 meter.

That's the lamest thing I've ever read about the cops here. Imagine what was it, nine officers, waiting in the suspect's hall and outside his building, and not a single one of them carried a flashlight - at night! Not one could have pulled his cellphone out and provided a little backlight to see how far the drop was?! TIJ, I know, but...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

That's the lamest thing I've ever read about the cops here. Imagine what was it, nine officers, waiting in the suspect's hall and outside his building, and not a single one of them carried a flashlight - at night! Not one could have pulled his cellphone out and provided a little backlight to see how far the drop was?! TIJ, I know, but...

Hey, give 'em a break. Why chase after suspected murderers when there are really heinous crimes to pursue...like making sure you have your bike light turned on when riding at night?

[maraboutslim]

On the other hand, I suspect way more people are killed by being hit by a car on their bike at night than are murdered by wackos like Ichihashi. So perhaps bike light enforcement should be a high priority.

[BO-SENSEI]

Even if they did have a flashlight, one meter, think about it, you could seriously sprain an ankle or stub a toe...can't pursue a criminal if you stub a toe, now can you?

[Catoneinutica]

Anyone have a link to the Channel Four show on which they appeared?

[Mulboyne]

If you are in the UK, or can use a proxy, this link will take you to it:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/lost-abroad-the-parents-story

[Captain Japan]

I was out at a festival concert on Saturday. Afterward, two cops shook me down. I kept asking why and they gave no reason. So I took their photo.

[Captain Japan]

But to the Ishihashi situation I find it totally bizarre that the Hawker family had to turn to the yaks.