
Jose Manuel Torres Yake

Jose Manuel Torres Yake

Jose Manuel Torres Yake

Jose Manuel Torres Yake assumed the false name Juan Carlos Pizarro Yagi.


Torres Yake, who
entered Japan on a fake passport, strangled Kinoshita in his
apartment in Aki Ward.
He left her body in a cardboard box in a vacant lot near his home.


The box

Investigation

Investigation

Investigation

Memorial
The victim

Airi Kinoshita

Airi Kinoshita, 7.

Kenichi Kinoshita, 39, the victim’s father,
told reporters “the culprit effectively
killed her twice”
by sexually assaulting her and then strangling
her, and he deserved the death penalty.