Teenage boy in school uniform found dead in Osaka river

Bangulzai SG

Friday 12th June, 06:06 PM JST

OSAKA —

A 15-year-old boy was found dead early Friday in a river in Tondabayashi, Osaka Prefecture, with wounds to his head and face, police said. The boy was identified as Koki Okubo, a student of the private Chiyoda High School in Kawachinagano in the prefecture. Police said Okubo had been missing since failing to return home on Thursday night, according to information from the boy’s mother.

Clad in his school uniform of a white shirt and black pants, Okubo’s body was found lying in shallow water near the bank of the Ishi River at around 5:30 a.m. by a pedestrian who alerted the rescue services. He was confirmed dead by ambulance crew. Police said they found a deep wound at the top of his head and two teeth near his body, adding they recovered his empty wallet from the water as well as a blazer and found a pool of blood on a nearby river terrace.

lianamaster SG

Oh my...

Firestarie SG

tio mobb ba... Wait for e murderers to get caught.

15 yr old nia =x

wrong place at e wrong time

Kutter SG

Times are bad, robbers everywhere... poor boy.........

Tbee SG

R.I.P!

Deino SG

Time for detective Konan...

lianamaster SG

Sad case

Bangulzai SG

OSAKA, June 13 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Police arrested a 17-year-old male student Saturday on suspicion of killing a 15-year-old boy from a different school who was found dead early Friday in a river in Tondabayashi, Osaka Prefecture.

The suspect, whose identity is being withheld because he is a minor, surfaced as police investigators looked into whether the victim may have had problems with someone.

The victim, Koki Okubo, who attended the private Chiyoda High School in Kawachinagano in Osaka Prefecture, was found dead with wounds to his head and face that appear to have been made by blows from something like a metal stick, the police said.

The police believe Okubo died of a brain contusion early Friday.

Okubo rode on a train with a schoolmate Thursday afternoon, but they parted ways and he headed toward Tondabayashi alone, according to the police investigation.

Bangulzai SG

OSAKA (Kyodo) A 17-year-old high school student was arrested Saturday on suspicion of killing and abandoning the body of a 15-year-old from a different school who was found dead early Friday in a river in Tondabayashi, Osaka Prefecture.

The suspect, whose identity is being withheld because he is a minor, has admitted to the allegations, police said. The youth said he killed the other boy after growing close to the victim's girlfriend, who was coming to him for advice on their apparently sour relationship, because he thought that was only way he could help her.

The senior, who lives in Tondabayashi, told the police that he couldn't forgive the boy for troubling the girl, they said.

The 15-year-old victim was identified as Koki Okubo, a student at Chiyoda High School, a private school in Kawachinagano, Osaka Prefecture. The suspect allegedly killed Okubo by battering him around the head and face with a wooden hammer and a bat near the river, leaving his body there between Thursday evening and early Friday.

An autopsy showed Okubo died of a brain contusion, the police said.

According to the police, the suspect asked Okubo to meet him to talk about his girlfriend, and they met at around 7:30 p.m. Thursday at a train station. The suspect then took him out to the river area on his bicycle, the police said.

Near the river, the suspect told Okubo to close his eyes and sit down, saying he would give him a psychological test. Instead, he allegedly beat him to death and kicked his body into the river, they said.

Later in the day, many of Okubo's friends visited the site by the river and left flowers in his memory.

"I can't believe what happened. As the killer was arrested, I prayed for him to rest in peace," said Shuhei Mihara, 16.