Overview
- Kyoto prefectural police searched the Adachi home Wednesday on suspicion someone abandoned the boy’s body, and they plan to question his parents.
- The body found in Nantan’s woods Monday was confirmed as Yuki Adachi, and a Tuesday autopsy found no clear cause of death or major external wounds.
- Detectives estimate he died in late March, and they say the scattered locations of his backpack and shoes led them to suspect foul play.
- An investigative source told Kyodo that the boy’s father hinted at involvement, as officers expanded a full criminal inquiry.
- Adachi vanished March 23 after his father dropped him near Sonobe Elementary School, which spurred large searches and a temporary school closure Tuesday to support students.