American linked to missing woman's severed head in Japan is from New York, in custody, reports say

The American tourist who police have linked to the murder of a missing Japanese woman, whose head was allegedly found in a suitcase at the location the tourist was staying, is reportedly from New York.

The tourist was identified as 26-year-old Yevgeniy Vasilievich Bayraktar by The Asahi Shimbun and other Japanese media outlets. Bayraktar lives in New York and had traveled to Japan in January to sightsee, the newspaper reported.

SEVERED HEAD FOUND IN SUITCASE; AMERICAN ARRESTED IN JAPAN, POLICE SAY

The American was arrested on Feb. 22 for “confining” a missing 27-year-old woman, from Sanda in the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan, who had been missing since Feb. 16, in the apartment he was staying in.

On Feb. 24, law enforcement reportedly found the unidentified missing woman’s severed head in a suitcase in the Osaka apartment — reportedly one of multiple condos the American rented while visiting Japan.

Source : foxnews