宝島さんと都内空き家で接触か　逮捕の男の知人、事件当日―女性は妻と確認・那須２遺体

　栃木県那須町の河川敷で、会社役員宝島龍太郎さん（５５）と女性の遺体が見つかった事件で、宝島さんらが遺体で発見される数時間前の１６日未明、東京都内の空き家で、死体損壊容疑で逮捕された建設業平山綾拳容疑者（２５）の知人２人と接触したとみられることが２４日、捜査関係者への取材で分かった。
　宝島さんらと共に行動していた不動産業者は「空き家の近くまで一緒に行ったがいなくなった」などと説明しており、警視庁大崎署捜査本部は、宝島さんらが２人と接触した経緯を詳しく調べる。
　捜査本部は同日、ＤＮＡ型鑑定の結果、遺体で見つかった女性は宝島さんの妻で、会社役員の幸子さん（５６）＝千代田区外神田＝と確認したと発表した。（2024/04/24-21:38）

Police said Wednesday that two burned bodies found near a river in the town of Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, eastern Japan, last week have been confirmed to be those of a couple from Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.
   The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department said that DNA tests confirmed that the unidentified body of a woman was Sachiko Takarajima, 56, the wife of Ryutaro, 55, who had been identified earlier as the other victim.
   The husband ran several drinking and eating establishments in Tokyo's Ueno area, as well as other businesses.
   On Sunday, Ryoken Hirayama, 25, was arrested for allegedly damaging the bodies. He had turned himself in to the police, saying that he may have been involved in the case.
   According to informed sources, Hirayama has told the police that he had been ordered by a "certain individual" to dispose of the bodies and asked two acquaintances to handle the matter.