Police in Osaka said Sunday they have arrested an unemployed 42-year-old man on suspicion of killing his 31-year-old girlfriend at his apartment.

According to police, a man called 110 at around 8:30 p.m. Saturday and said, “I strangled my girlfriend to death.” He gave the address of his apartment in Miyakojima Ward and asked them to come over, Fuji TV reported.

Police rushed to the scene and found the body of Natsumi Kitamaki, a resident of Ikuno Ward, lying face up on a futon. Police said she had been dead for a few days. They identified her from her driver’s license. Her parents had reported her missing on Oct 31.

Police said Noritake Kaieda, who lived in the apartment, was apprehended not far from the apartment at around 9:40 p.m. He admitted to killing Kitamaki, who he said was his girlfriend, “sometime around Oct 31,” police said, adding that he has so far not given any motive for the crime.

Source: ANNnewsCH