Police believe a Japanese man found dead with multiple stab wounds and his severed genitals under his bed may have committed suicide, reports said Friday.
An autopsy showed the body of the 49-year-old man, which had several knife wounds to the chest and stomach, did not have any defensive injuries, the Sankei daily said, citing unnamed police sources.
The paper said a stimulant was also detected in his system.
Broadcaster Nippon Television reported the lack of bloody footprints at the scene supported a suicide theory.
TV gossip shows and tabloid papers have seized on the case, drawing comparisons with a 1930s murder in which a Japanese woman sliced off her lover's appendage and carried it with her for several days.
(mysinchew.com)
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