News <Hyogo Elementary school brother dies> The 51-year-old uncle who set fire said, "I will give away my property and land..."

　On November 19th, around 11:30 pm, a fire broke out in a two-story wooden house in Inami-cho, Kako-gun, Hyogo Prefecture. Two bodies were found on the first floor of a burnt-down house, and they later lived in this house. confirmed. And five days after the fire, the incident took a sudden turn. The Hyogo Prefectural Police arrested his maternal uncle Ruyo Matsuo (51), who lived with him in the house, on suspicion of murder and arson. [Image] Ruyo Matsuo arrested on suspicion of arson (from a junior high school graduation album) "The arrest was on the suspicion of burning down a private house and killing his brother from around 11:31 pm to around 42 pm on the 19th. Surveillance cameras in the area showed a suspicious man walking near the scene just before the fire department was called, and police were searching for him. was on the 25th.(The suspect) was arrested because he admitted ``There is no doubt that he (started) the fire'' in a voluntary questioning.'' The five are Yuuki-kun, Maki-kun, his parents, and Ryouyo. In the evening of the same day, my father went out by car to pick up my mother who was heading to work. Twenty minutes later, the house was engulfed in flames. What kind of life did the suspect who took an irreplaceable life lead? The foreigner suspect reflected in the junior high school graduation Al has a shaved head. Her eyes are dazzlingly narrowed, and her face is crumpled, making her look shy. “When I was in junior high school, I belonged to the baseball club. After graduating, I went to night school while working at a bedding manufacturing company in Kobe City. I worked at a company in the city.I never married and was single.” (acquaintance) 　The turning point came about 15 years ago. In September 2006, when his father died, the eldest son of four siblings, Ryoyo, inherited the land of his parents' house. It was about a year ago that I returned to my parents' house where my sister and her husband lived.

The strange communal life eventually...

"At around 6:30 in the morning the day after the fire (20th), the parents of the deceased brothers looked up in amazement at the house that had disappeared without a trace. I was sitting on a chair and sipping coffee to warm myself up.At that time, my husband said about Ruyo, ``I brought you back from Osaka because you lost your job due to the corona virus and are not feeling well.'' I was."　However, the strange communal life soon fell apart. It is said that the suspect has begun to speak selfish "desire" to his sister and his wife. "I will hand over my property and money. I will also hand over this land, so I want to live on welfare." 　While expressing his lethargic feelings, he said that he had almost no daily communication with his sister and her husband. Investigators say: "(The suspect) was pessimistic about his own future, and it seems that he wanted to reset his life itself. Jealousy toward his sister's family and lack of a place to belong may have triggered the crime. , It's not a reason to get innocent children involved.It would be too short-sighted to set fire to receive public assistance.」

“Weekly Bunshun” Editorial Department / Weekly Bunshun December 2, 2021 issue