Japanese police early Monday captured a 23-year-old man outside of Tokyo for keeping a teenage girl hostage for nearly two years in his apartment, according to Japan Times.
The girl, now 15, disappeared from her hometown in Saitama, near Tokyo, when she was just 13.
Her disappearance was major news in Japan at the time.
According to police, she escaped from suspect Kabu Terauchi’s apartment in downtown Tokyo on Sunday, March 27, while he was shopping in Akihabara, a district where people interested in technology and comic books often shop.
Saitama police said the girl (whose name is withheld because she is a minor), told investigators that she escaped when her captor forgot to lock the door.
