The only suspect in the murder of a 22-year-old British woman in Japan more than two years ago is reported to have undergone plastic surgery, a news report said Wednesday. Tatsuya Ichihashi, 30, is wanted in connection with the killing of Lindsay Ann Hawker, an English teacher who was found dead in a sand-filled bathtub on the balcony of his apartment near Tokyo in March 2007.
Photos of Ichihashi have been plastered on walls in police and train stations across Japan, but police have failed to catch the man who is officially wanted on charges of abandoning a body.
The Asahi daily, quoting unnamed sources involved in the investigation, reported that Ichihashi had visited a hospital in Osaka last month for cosmetic surgery.
Police have examined photographs provided by the hospital and believe their patient was Ichihashi. The wanted man failed to show for a follow-up appointment.
how can a suspect on-the-run afford medical treatment unless he's receiving support from his rich doctor parents?
That is a good question, Zichi, especially considering reports that he paid for the surgery in cash.
Where is he getting the money? Can't the police trace it?
And if this really is him, how has he managed to have all these procedures without those performing the procedures informing the police? Is silence being enforced or paid for?
he must have offered to pay more for the treatment than the reward offered, but when he failed to show and probably not pay his bill, the doc's called the cops?