
AI-generated summary
Tezuka's family consists of three people, and the eldest daughter was previously married to Mihara, but they divorced. Ota Police Station received a consultation about Mihara from the eldest daughter in June, and Tochigi Prefectural Police also provided information twice. This month, Ota Police Station telephoned the eldest daughter to check on her progress and determined that there was no abnormality.
In connection with the murder of Yuka Tezuka (52), a resident of a private house in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture, on the 26th, prefectural police obtained an arrest warrant for Suspect Nozomi Mihara (30), from Iseyama-cho, Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture, on suspicion of attempted murder of Tezuka's eldest son, and made the arrest warrant public. According to the First Investigative Division, Mihara is the ex-husband of Tezuka's eldest daughter (28), and Ota Police Station received a consultation regarding the suspect in June. Tochigi Prefectural Police also provided information twice, and the police station called the eldest daughter this month to check on her progress and determined that nothing was wrong.
52-year-old woman stabbed to death in private house, man runs away; son also injured in encounter - Ota, Gunma
Suspect Mihara is about 165 cm tall and has a medium build. A security camera captured the suspect, wearing dark clothing, running away from the scene in a northbound direction. Prefectural police believe that after killing Tezuka, he attacked his eldest son when he returned home, and are looking for him.
According to the First Investigative Division, Mihara is suspected of cutting the eldest son (26) on the back of the head and back with a knife at Tezuka's residence in Ichiba-cho, Ota City on the 25th noon.
There are three people in Tezuka's family. When the eldest son returned home with his eldest daughter, he encountered the suspect indoors and was attacked. The eldest daughter was not injured, but she found her mother lying inside the room covered in blood and called 911. Tezuka was pronounced dead at the scene, with more than a dozen stab wounds and cuts on his chest and arms. A kitchen knife with a blade length of about 20 centimeters was left in the room.
For information, please contact Ota Police Station at 0276 (33) 0110.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Investigation continues toward arrest of Suspect Nozomi Mihara
Very likely · Within days
The eldest son's condition is expected to improve.
Likely · Within weeks

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