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Ex-Air Force Airman Arrested in Japan for Killing Woman He Met Online

Ex-Air Force Airman Arrested in Japan for Killing Woman He Met Online
Hyogo prefectural police investigating an apartment where a decapitated head was found in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2018. Japanese police are questioning a US man in custody after a decapitated head was found in an Osaka apartment he was renting, local media reported on Feb. 25. JIJI PRESS/AFP/Getty Images
Colin Fredericson
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A 26-year-old man who once served in the U.S. Air Force was arrested in Japan for the gruesome death of a date he met online.

Yevgeniy Vasilievich Bayraktar is being held in Japan after police first believed he was holding 27-year-old Saki Kondo captive, but later found her decapitated head on Feb. 24 at a rental property linked to Bayraktar, along with dismembered body parts he led them to on Feb. 25, The Asahi Shimbun reported.
Colin Fredericson
Colin Fredericson
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Colin is a New York-based reporter. He covers Entertainment, U.S., and international news. Besides writing for online news outlets he has worked in online marketing and advertising, done voiceover work, and has a background in sound engineering and filmmaking. His foreign language skills include Spanish and Chinese.