Overview
- Kyoto prosecutors announced on May 28 that they formally charged the suspect, 37‑year‑old Yuki Adachi, with murder and abandoning a body.
- Police say Adachi confessed during questioning, telling officers he put both hands around the boy’s neck and that he acted alone.
- The indictment alleges the killing occurred on March 23 inside a public restroom near a parking area and that the body was moved by car to several sites before being left in a mountain on March 29.
- Authorities first arrested Adachi on April 16 on a charge of abandoning a body and re‑arrested him on May 6 on a murder charge after investigators gathered more evidence.
- Adachi is the child’s legal stepfather after marrying the mother in 2025, and the case will now proceed to court where prosecutors must prove the facts laid out in the indictment and the defense may present its account.