Adachi Yuuki, a 37-year-old man who first claimed his son’s disappearance and later arrested for suspicion of abandoning his 11-year-old son Yuki's body, tells Kyoto police that he was told from his son that “You are not a father.”

Almost a month has passed since the missing boy’s body was found. Flowers and drinks were left at the scene on May 7th.
11-year-old Adachi Yuki, who had been told to be missing in Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture, was later found dead in woods.

Suspect
“I killed him by strangling his neck with both hands.”

Adachi Yuuki, the father who turnd into a suspect, 20 days after the arrest for abandoning his son’s dead body. On May6, he was arrested for suspicion of murder.

He is alleged to strangle his son inside a public restroom near their home on the morning of March 23, leading the boy to die.

At first, father told police and others that after driving Yuki to elementary school, he did not  know where the boy had gone, but investigators now believe that after the father headed toward the school by car, he turned back without dropping the son off and killed him in a public restroom near their home.

According to the judicial autopsy, the cause of death is now likely to have been suffocation.

In addition, reports from investigative sources revealed that some kind of trouble occurred inside the car, and that is believed to have led to the killing.

What happened between the two inside the vehicle?

According to our reports, words spoken by father hinted about their relationship were revealed.

At the questioning before his arrest, he is said to have said:

Suspect
“I was told I wasn’t the real father.”

Regarding their parent-child relationship, there is information suggesting that the two did not get along well.

YTV Reporter:
“After killing the son Yuki, father first abandoned the body in these mountains behind the house. There is absolutely no sign of traffic around here.”

After repeated searches following Yuki’s disappearance, his body was discovered last month in the woods within the city.

During that time, the father continued to behave suspiciously.

It is said that he used his own car multiple times to move Yuki’s body.

From March 23 to the following day…

First, the body was taken to the mountain behind the house.

Next, it was moved to “the location where his backpack was found,” and then in the mountains where the shoes were found.

Investigators believe that Several days later, the body was abandoned in the woods  where later discovered, meaning the body was moved to at least four different locations.

Police believe troubles involving the parent-child relationship could have escalated into the incident, and investigations continue for more  details on motives that led to the crime.